The pedo-party is over for the liberal Dutch.

Dancing and cavorting, shaking and beckoning, some working girls pass on an unexpected message.

Dutch MP Geert Wilders lives in fear because of Islamist threats against his life. He denounced Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the latter's visit to Amsterdam.

Although contrary to Catholic teachings, castrations were allegedly ordered by a Catholic bishop and a leading medical ethicist.

Thanksgiving Day has roots in Dutch history, before the Pilgrims set foot in America. Christopher Columbus' voyage has it roots in Spain's Reconquista.