In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
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Weather December 2, 2008
The temperature on December 2, 2008 was between 0.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
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