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Netherlands not taking extra anti-terrorism measures
8/7/2005 9:42

The Dutch state is not taking any extra security measures for the moment, in response to the explosions in London, the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant reported on Thursday.
Local authorities, harbors and airports, however, were on extra alert on Thursday, the paper said, with measures including tighter security at Schiphol Airport around arrivals from Britain.
British institutions in the Netherlands were already on high alert and will remain so, the newspaper Volkskrant said.
It said the Dutch authorities were receiving information from Britain and monitoring the situation, the paper said.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was quoted by the NOS broadcasting organization as saying that the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland should continue despite the disaster.
He said that the Dutch cabinet and population sympathized greatly with all those affected by these abominable acts of terror, adding that the explosions were further proof continuous, intensive attention is necessary in the war on terror.

 



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