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

Amsterdam - Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on Thursday published the first photo of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic since he has been shaven and had a haircut.

The paper, which published the photo on its front page, said the picture was taken on Monday while Karadzic was still in his cell in Belgrade.

War crimes suspect Karadzic was arrested by the Serbian authorities in Belgrade on July 21. On the run for almost 13 years, he had long hair and a beard when captured.

The picture also appeared in other outlets including Serbian newspaper Blic and British tabloid The Sun.

The Hague (Netherlands), July 30 : Former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has arrived in the Netherlands to face trial before a UN war-crimes tribunal in The Hague.

Karadzic, who was arrested in Belgrade last week after 13 years on the run, is to appear before the tribunal on Thursday.

He has been indicted for crimes against humanity and genocide during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s.

It comes hours after clashes at a rally attended by at least 10,000 supporters to protest his arrest, the BBC reported.

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Amsterdam - The global climate is changing fastest in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, a news report on Dutch RTL News said on Thursday.