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Revealed: particle science brings the lost art of Van Gogh to light - July 31, 2008

Advanced techniques show up what X-rays failed to discover, reports Karen Kaplan in Los Angeles.
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Big prices for oil, record 2Q profits at Shell - July 31, 2008

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 33 percent jump in second-quarter profits Thursday, its biggest quarter ever at $11.6 billion thanks to high oil prices and the weak dollar.
http://www.topix.net/world/netherlands/2008/07/big-prices-for-oil-record-2q-profits-at-she...

Five-year-old Delft girl raped, murdered - July 31, 2008

By Natasha Joseph At six o'clock on Tuesday evening, Chelsea Jacobs walked out of her family home in Leiden, Delft, to buy sugar at a neighbouring spaza shop.
http://www.topix.net/world/netherlands/2008/07/five-year-old-delft-girl-raped-murdered?fro...

Scientists recreate hidden Van Gogh portrait - July 30, 2008

AP Photo: TU DELFT In this undated composite image provided by the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, Wednesday, July 30, 2008, a hidden portrait under the Vincent van Gogh painting ''Patch of Grass'' ...
http://www.topix.net/world/netherlands/2008/07/scientists-recreate-hidden-van-gogh-portrai...

Man held for girl's rape, murder - July 30, 2008

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Delft, Western Cape police said on Wednesday.
http://www.topix.net/world/netherlands/2008/07/man-held-for-girls-rape-murder?fromrss=1

RFID Pill Monitors Body Temperature at Walking Race - July 30, 2008

Researchers at Radboud University in The Netherlands were able to monitor the body temperature of participants at the world's largest marching event using RFID technology .
http://www.topix.net/world/netherlands/2008/07/rfid-pill-monitors-body-temperature-at-walk...