Duo Misses Game For Holland

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk has named his final 23 players for the World Cup qualifiers contra Scotland as well as FYR Macedonia, with Orlando Engelaar as a consequence Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink the two players to miss the chopped.

Ibrahim Afellay, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Khalid Boulahrouz furthermore goalkeeper Michel Vorm full return to the side having missed last month's friendly contra Tunisia.

Defensive duo Edson Braafheid together with Gregory van der Wiel appreciate the prospect to win their second caps below making their debuts contra the Tunisians.

Holland face Scotland forth March 28 ahead of meeting Macedonia four days back.

Holland squad: Henk Timmer (Feyenoord), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Michel Vorm; Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn), John Heitinga (Atletico Madrid), Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid, Dirk Marcellis, Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax); Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Wesley Sneijder (Absolute Madrid), Ibrahim Afellay, Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Demy de Zeeuw, Arjen Robben (Clear Madrid), Rafael van der Vaart (Absolute Madrid), Stijn Schaars; Klaas Jan Huntelaar (True Madrid), Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel (both Liverpool), Robin van Persie (Arsenal).

Holland America to contribute goods from cruise ships to needy

Holland America Line as well as Port Everglades are starting a charitable program Friday in which goods used aboard the company's cruise liners will be delivered to the needy.

Ship to Shelter, a program that the Seattle-based company started in April 2008 in companionship regardless of the Port of Seattle, is designed to take reusable goods from Holland The states ships sailing from Port Everglades moreover accommodate with them to locals.

Hundreds of individual toiletry items will be taken from four Holland America ships starting Friday and will be donated to Cooperative Feeding Broward. Weekly toiletry donations will be produced including linens, dishes, cookware as a consequence silverware will to boot be given periodically.

The states ace shoots top of hit list

Several soccer clubs in Holland were by this time forward the trail of the 23-year-old American, who warmed up for this weekend's international in Los Angeles by spending six days forward trial at Lennoxtown.

Despite reports the framework of a deal worth around £2million to transfer Kljestan from Chivas Stateside was already in placement with the MLS, who involve his contract, Celtic are in the same place as every other club interested in asset the Californian.

Kljestan impressed everyone during his trial, containing manager Gordon Strachan, as a consequence admitted he enjoyed his period at the club where he believed he was well received.

SODOM Approved For Holland's ELSROCK Festival

Veteran German thrashers SODOM take advantage of been accustomed for this year's Elsrock festival, set to take position August 29, 2009 in Rijssen, Netherlands.

The festival billing is making room as follows:

SODOM
MUCKY PUP (20th anniversary reunion motion picture)
TANKARD
ACTION IN DC
THE BUTCHER
GENERC

For conjointly information, visit www.elsrock.nl.

(Thanks: Metal-Experience.com) .

Holland looks for indoor track marks

With 10 returning athletes, Holland starts its third indoor track stretch with its third coach, as Coach Matt Adams takes over the Dutchmen as a consequence Dutchesses.Timmer Prendergast, a golden-ager; Jake Dutton, a junior; together with Billy Prendergast, a sophomore, return for the Dutchmen. Alex Bender, a elder; Corine Pettit; a junior; Sophomores Laura Zakrzewski, Brandi Pettit, Kasey Jones, along with Taylor Vanderbush; also Emily Dutton, a freshman, return for the Dutchesses.New indoor track athletes are Skylr Carrow, a senior, plus Freshmen Michael VanDreumel, Jacob Lips, and Ethan Hunt for the Dutchmen, while Brittney Moshier, a junior; Grace Elvers, a sophomore; and Jill Faltyn, an eighth grade student, are new track athletes for the Dutchesses.Holland looks for qualifying times including distances for the Section VI Indoor Track Championships, which will launch the Section's team for the New York State Meet in March at Cornell University.

Four Rescued from Dutch Penthouse Fire

Rotterdam, Holland - The Dutch Fire Department rescued four people from a burning apartment in Rotterdam early Sunday morning.

It happened in the 1000 block of the harbor around 7:45 a.m.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke in the accommodation furthermore hallway.

Later getting inside, three people were saved from the burning aparment also the fourth was helped from the hallway.

One of the residents had managed to knock down the fire with an extinguisher. Firefighters finished putting it out.

Investigators say the fire began in the stovetop area of the kitchen.

The accommodation sustained almost $25,000 in damage as a consequence no one can live their until repairs are raised.

The Red Cross was called in to help the people who lived there.

Holocaust survivor shows courage in recounting painful tale

Marion Blumenthal Lazan, the author of "Four Perfect Pebbles," was 6 years old in 1939 when German soldiers invaded Holland and imprisoned her Jewish family in a concentration camp. She didn't regain her full freedom again until the mid-1940s. Lazan spoke last week to students at the Spring-Ford Seventh Grade Center on the same day President Barack Obama was inaugurated as the nation's 44th president. Lazan gave a similar presentation the next day at Pottsgrove High School.

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