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Dutch government resigns over massacre report

By MARCEL VAN DE HOEF Associated Press

Wednesday, April 17, 2002

The Hague, Netherlands -- The Dutch government resigned Tuesday over a report criticizing its role in Europe's worst civilian slaughter since World War II, the 1995 massacre in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica.

Prime Minister Wim Kok took the letter of resignation to Queen Beatrix, accepting responsibility "in the name of the victims and survivors" for peacekeeping failures in Srebrenica. Some survivors called it an insignificant political gesture.

With elections set for May 15, the resignation has little practical effect. Kok's ministers remain as caretakers until a new government ...

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