If it ain't 'bout 'merica, we don't care! --- claudiouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Row brings down Dutch government > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5131240.stm > > Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk is known for her > hardline stance > The Dutch government is resigning after losing the > support of one of > its coalition partners, says Dutch Prime Minister > Jan Peter > Balkenende. > D66, the coalition's smallest member, withdrew its > support in a row > over Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk. > > Ms Verdonk had threatened to strip former politician > Ayaan Hirsi Ali > of her Dutch passport because of false information > she gave in 1992. > > Mr Balkenende said he would tender the government's > resignation on > Friday. > > "Following this, the remaining ministers and junior > ministers decided > to tender their positions to the head of state, the > Queen. This also > counts for me, the prime minister," Mr Balkenende > said on television. > > U-turn > > Mr Balkenende's announcement came after two days of > debate in the > parliament, where Ms Verdonk had done a U-turn on > her stance on Ms > Hirsi Ali, claiming she had found a legal loophole > that would allow > the Somali-born woman to stay. > > The D66 party pulled three ministers from the > government because Ms > Verdonk, known as "Iron Rita" for her tough stance > on immigration > issues, refused to resign over her treatment of Ms > Hirsi Ali. > > "A rift was created with my party and I feel there > is no other way > but to withdraw support for this government," D66 > party leader > Lousewies van der Laan told parliament today. > > Ms Hirsi Ali, 36, became an international figure > after writing a > controversial film about the treatment of women in > Islam, which was > directed by Theo Van Gogh, later led to his murder > by a Muslim > extremist in 2004. > > Since admitting to lying in her asylum application, > Ms Hirsi Ali has > stepped down as a member of parliament and planned a > move to the US > to work for a think tank. > > The resignation of the government could lead to new > elections in > October. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups > email. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
