“Amsterdam” on The Daily Caller

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year. (more)

When she ascended to her position as Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano let it be known that the “War on Terror” was over. Instead, she decreed, America would conduct an “Overseas Contingency Operation,” in order to avert “man-caused disasters,” of the type we experienced on 9/11. (more)

WASHINGTON — Despite security concerns, two men were allowed to board a Chicago-Amsterdam flight with “suspicious items” in their checked luggage; they were arrested Monday by Dutch authorities on terrorism-related charges. (more)

AMSTERDAM — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the killing of a young woman in Peru last month and in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, suffers from mental problems, his mother told a Dutch newspaper in an interview published on its website Sunday. (more)

AMSTERDAM (AP) — For a decade, the Netherlands has been at the forefront of a Europe-wide crackdown on immigration and the debate over a perceived failure of Muslims to integrate. (more)

Sebastián Marroquín finally feels free. As the only son of the most famous drug lord in history, he has spent the past 17 years hiding his identity — until now. (more)

The moves would reduce crime and stop dirty needles being left in school playgrounds, Dr Peter Carter, the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said. (more)

London (AP) — With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire? (more)

A bomb on board a U.S. Christmas Day flight would have failed to bring the plane down even if it had been detonated successfully, a new test explosion suggests. (more)

AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–The latest opinion poll in the Netherlands shows the left-leaning PvdA Labour Party, which supports the withdrawal of Dutch troops from Afghanistan, is gaining popularity in the wake of the collapse of the Dutch coalition government Saturday over that issue. (more)

AMSTERDAM — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but apparently not sweet enough to conceal the scent of cocaine. (more)

The heart of California’s marijuana production, the “Emerald Triangle,” consists of sleepy Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity, the largest pot-producing counties in the U.S. A county-commissioned study suggested local economies in Mendocino are already two-thirds based on pot — with an estimated billion dollars in untaxed revenue. (more)