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Calls for a split grow louder in Belgium
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International Herald Tribune
09-21-2007
Maia de la Baume contributed reporting from Namur.* Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, Rene Magritte, the saxophone and deep-fried potato slices that somehow are called French. But the back story of this flat country of 10.4 million is of a bad marriage writ large - two nationalities living together that cannot stand each other. Now, more than three months after a general election, Belgium has failed to create a gover...
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Calls for breakup rattle Belgium's uneasy unionGovernment crisis abets separatists
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; Elaine Sciolino International Herald Tribune 09-22-2007 Maia de la Baume contributed reporting from Namur, Belgium.*Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, Rene Magritte, the saxophone and deep-fried potato slices that somehow are called French. But the back story of this flat country of 10.4
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Wither Belgium?; Dutch-French Rift Leaves Nation's Future in Doubt
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