Dutch king makes historic apology for slavery ...Middle East

AMSTERDAM: Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.Thousands of descendants of slaves from the South American nation of Suriname and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao attended the celebrations in Amsterdam for “Keti Koti” (”breaking the chains” in Surinamese) to commemorate 150 years since the practice was abolished.“Today I’m standing here in front of you as your king and as part of the government. Today I am apologising personally,“ Willem-Alexander said to loud cheers from the crowd.“I am intensely experiencing this with my heart and soul,“ the mon

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