Amsterdam - Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on Tuesday called upon Muslim countries on to make sure the film An Interview with Mohammed, by Iranian-born Ehsan Jami, will not result in violence against Dutch nationals or Dutch companies.

Verhagen said he discussed the matter on Tuesday with ambassadors of Muslim countries in The Hague.

The foreign minister says he fears Muslim extremist groups might use the film as an excuse to commit violence against Dutch targets.

Amsterdam  - Can a soap opera educate people and stop ethnic violence? Dutch non-government organization Radio La Benevolencija thinks it can.

The organization produces radio shows and media campaigns in central Africa with the aim of helping locals understand the workings of political propaganda and withstand incitement to ethnic and racial violence.

La Benevolencija also plans to develop activities in the Netherlands, to help the Dutch cope with their own ethnic tensions.

"We are in the business of media education," says George Weiss, founder and director of the Amsterdam-based NGO. "We teach people to recognize incitement so that they can act against it."

Washington, Dec 9 : Research at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has led to better understanding of the behavior of clouds, which would help to make reliable predictions on climate change.

The behaviour of clouds is the great unknown quantity in current climate models. To make reliable predictions on climate change, more knowledge about clouds is thus essential.

Delft researcher Thijs Heus has tackled this issue with a combination of detailed computer simulations and airplane measurements.

He charted data including cloud speed, temperature and the ''life span'' of clouds to arrive at new observations.

Amsterdam  - A young Dutch politician and founder of a group of former Muslims is due to present a 15-minute film criticizing Islam at a secret location on Tuesday.

Ehsan Jami, city council member for his one-man-party in Leidschendam-Voorburg near The Hague, is depicted in the English- language film as interviewing the prophet Mohammed who is played by an actor who remains unrecognizable.

Iranian-born Jami, 23, who announced that heresy and women's rights are central themes in the interview, says the production is not an anti-Islam film.

The film showing was set for a secret location for journalists only.

Jami has been living under heavy security protection since August 4, 2007.

London, December 9 : A Dutch man, whose nine world records include a world record for longest ice bath, has revealed that he loves to endure extreme cold temperatures for fun.

Wim Hof, nicknamed “The Ice Man” had in 1999 crossed 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle in an ice marathon – barefoot.

The 48-year-old had set a Guinness World Record for the longest amount of time swimming under the ice in 2002 after he pierced into ice at the North Pole swimming
80meters.

Hof, who has been honing his skills to survive life-threatening temperatures for the last 20 years, revealed that he had discovered his extraordinary talent after having taken a stroll in the park.

Amsterdam - Zimbabwe should not profit from illegal diamond trade and the European Union should investigate options to stop it, Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen said Monday.

Verhagen said he would raise the issue at Monday's meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. The ministers are expected to issue a ban on all EU-visas for associates of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

Mugabe's government is allegedly making enormous profits from illegal diamond trade. Verhagen said it was necessary for the EU to send a "clear message" to the Zimbabwean president.