HOLLAND is internationally famous for its tolerance.

A Islamic fundamentalist with alleged terrorist ties was being held in a prison hospital today for the murder of a Dutch filmmaker who criticised the treatment of women under Islam.

A DUTCH film-maker who received death threats after making a movie criticising the treatment of women under Islam was murdered in an Amsterdam street yesterday.

THE Dutch parliament yesterday approved the expulsion of 26,000 asylum seekers, despite objections from the opposition and human rights groups.

Swedish premier Goeran Persson has said Sweden’s tradition of openness has been damaged by the killing of foreign minister Anna Lindh.

THE man who shot Dutch anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn started out as a passionate animal rights activist who fought against factory farming.

THE confessed assassin of populist Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years yesterday for the first Dutch political killing in more than three centuries.

The man who confessed to killing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years today for the first political assassination in the Netherlands since the Second World War.

THE man who confessed to killing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn yesterday told a court he did it to protect the country’s Muslim minority from Fortuyn’s anti-immigration policies.

The man who confessed to killing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn today told a court he did it to protect the country’s muslim minority from Fortuyn’s anti-immigration policies.

An animal rights activist who confessed to the first political assassination in modern Dutch history went on trial today for shooting Pim Fortuyn.

TO the disgust of police and politicians, the body of the man who kidnapped beer billionaire Freddy Heineken was paraded through Amsterdam in a horse-drawn carriage ahead of his burial yesterday.

DUTCH politicians yesterday began what could be months of bargaining to form a coalition after elections that put centrist parties back in control and relegated an anti-immigration party to the far-right fringe.

Dutch voters appeared evenly split between the country’s two major parties as they voted today, raising the prospect that the next government may be a “grand coalition” of the rival camps.

The Netherlands’ Labour Party appeared poised to return as the country’s biggest party today as Dutch voters cast their ballots.

THE Netherlands is set for a cliff-hanging general election today. A year ago, a dapper gay populist who railed against immigrants in general and Muslims in particular and then was shot to death in a car-park nine days before elections.

An animal rights fanatic charged with murdering Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is said to have confessed to the shooting.

A wealthy admirer of murdered Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn has agreed to buy his house, his Daimler limousine, his dogs and even his butler.

Judges today ordered the accused assassin of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn moved from prison to a mental institute for a psychiatric observation, a process that will delay the start of his high profile trial until next year.

The Dutch government collapsed today, undermined by friction among the coalition partners and a power struggle within one of the three parties.

A year ago, Europe watched America’s calamity, stunned and sickened but still an ocean away. Now, dusted with September 11 fallout, Europeans grapple with a new kind of world.

The remains of Pim Fortuyn, the right-wing politician who was murdered days before the Dutch national elections in May, was flown to Italy today for reburial.

Exit polls in the Dutch election say the opposition Christian Democrats have won by a wide margin winning 41 of the 150 seats in parliament.

Dutch opposition parties were the big winners in today’s elections, exit polls showed, including Christian Democrats and the movement of a murdered populist candidate.

Opposition Christian Democrats have won a wide lead in the Dutch general election, while assassinated populist Pim Fortuyn’s party shares second place with two other parties, according to an exit poll.

Dutch voters appeared likely to upset their country’s well-oiled political order today with an election that could put an untested party without a leader into the ruling coalition.

The Netherlands go to the polls today in a General Election overshadowed by the murder of far right politician, Pim Fortuyn.

Thousands of mourners filed past the open casket of assassinated Pim Fortuyn today in a solemn, often tearful tribute to the gay politician whose brash taboo-breaking policies and violent death ensured him a place in Dutch history.

Feyenoord, the first team to play a one-off UEFA Cup final on their home ground, have selected Christian Gyan in defence in the absence of the suspended Brett Emerton.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murdering Dutch far-right leader Pim Fortuyn on Monday.

German champions Borussia Dortmund have thrown down the gauntlet ahead of tonight’s UEFA Cup final against Feyenoord.

A 32-year-old man is due to appear in court in the Netherlands today charged with murdering far-right leader Pim Fortuyn on Monday.

The Dutch elections will go ahead on May 15 as scheduled, despite the assassination of right-wing leader Pim Fortuyn, the government announced today.

Tomorrow’s UEFA Cup final will go ahead in Rotterdam as planned, despite the assassination of Dutch far-right leader Pim Fortuyn in the town of Hilversum yesterday.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticised Israel for refusing to allow her to lead a fact-finding mission into the Jenin refugee camp.

Dutch political leaders were today considering delaying the May 15 general elections following the assassination of far-right political leader Pim Fortuyn, whose party was set to win up to 28 of the 150 parliamentary seats.

Right-wing politician Pim Fortuyn, who led his anti-immigration party to prominence in Dutch politics, was shot six times and killed today as he left a radio interview.

Right-wing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was shot in the head today and critically wounded, police said.