Amsterdam - The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Moreno Ocampo, confirmed Wednesday reviewing the events in Georgia concerning the alleged commission of crimes under ICC jurisdiction.

In a statement released to the media on Wednesday, the ICC also confirmed meeting with a Georgian government official, while Russia has formally delivered information to the Office of the Prosecutor.

Amsterdam - The number of unemployed in the Netherlands will rise to 4.5 per cent of the Dutch labour force in 2008, government sources told Dutch news wire ANP on Thursday.

The calculations were made by the Dutch Central Planning Bureau (CPB), which provides statistics to the government, but have not been published yet.

According to the unnamed government sources, the CPB also adjusted the unemployment figure for this year upward from 4 to 4.25 per cent of the 7.5 million people in the work force.

If the calculations are correct, this will mark the end of almost 10 consecutive years of gradual unemployment reduction in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam  - A Dutch cameraman has been killed in Georgia, Dutch news agency ANP reported Tuesday citing foreign media sources.

Amsterdam - Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende has told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao he is concerned about human rights violations in China, Dutch newswire ANP reported Sunday.

"This issue should be discussed. I did it before, I have done it today and I will continue to do so in the future," the Dutch prime minister was quoted as saying.

Balkende said he discussed freedom of the press, the position of human rights activists, minority rights and the situation in Tibet.

London - Private detectives are investigating reports that a little girl calling herself "Maddy" was seen in the Netherlands just a few days after British toddler Madeleine McCann vanished during a