AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The Dutch coalition government collapsed Saturday over whether to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan, leaving uncertain the future of its 1,600 soldiers fighting there....
Dutch Government Collapses Over Afghan Mission
By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press
Sat, 02/20/2010 - 4:10am
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