THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Dutch government’s efforts to win parliamentary backing for last week’s euro rescue plan has been thrown into question after the opposition Labour Party said Greece’s surprise referendum plan was a “deal breaker.”

The comments strongly suggest that the Labour Party is unlikely to support the rescue measures during a parliamentary debate scheduled for Tuesday evening in The Hague, and that the minority coalition government may struggle to muster a majority for the latest deal.

AMSTERDAM, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Dutch food and chemicals group
Royal DSM NV said lower consumer and business
confidence was hitting demand in the electronics and electrical
sectors, raising concerns over its outlook even as the group’s
quarterly profit beat estimates.

The chemical industry is particularly exposed during
economic slowdowns because of overhead costs for production
plants as well as the dependence on highly cyclical machinery
makers, car manufacturers and the building sector.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is expected to try to surrender to the International Criminal Court or seek refuge in a friendly African country as he races to escape his father’s fate.

The ICC in The Hague said on Friday the 39-year-old had been in touch. It urged him to turn himself in, warning it could order a mid-air interception if he and his mercenary guards tried to flee by plane from his desert hideout for a safe haven.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – From deep in the Sahara, fearing that he will share his father’s bloody fate at the hands of vengeful Libyans and calling in old favors bought with oil from desert tribes and African strongmen, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may be bartering a future.

The International Criminal Court at The Hague confirmed on Friday that the 39-year-old heir-apparent to Libya’s slain former leader had been in touch. It urged him to turn himself in, warning it could order a mid-air interception if he and his mercenary guards tried to flee by plane for safe haven abroad.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The prosecutor for the world’s top war crimes court said on Friday informal contact has been made with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in order to arrest him and bring him to trial.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) charged Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Negotiating the surrender of Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, would present logistical and security challenges to the world’s top war crimes court which is examining various possible scenarios to bring him to trial.

The International Criminal Court had charged Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the bombing and shooting of civilian protesters in February.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is trying to negotiate his surrender to the International Criminal Court, a source with the National Transitional Council told Reuters on Thursday.

How would the legal process unfold?

WHAT IS SAIF AL-ISLAM CHARGED WITH?

The ICC charged Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam and Libya’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity for the shooting and killing of civilians protesters in February.

FRANKFURT/AMSTERDAM, Oct 27 (Reuters) – European chemical
groups warned of slowing demand from construction industry
customers in both fast-growing Asia and moribund Europe,
compounding problems with rising raw materials costs.

The chemical sector’s dependence on highly cyclical
machinery makers, carmakers and builders makes it especially
vulnerable to a downturn.

FRANKFURT/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – European chemical groups warned of slowing demand in the construction industry on Thursday, compounding problems with rising raw materials costs as they reported third-quarter results on Thursday.

Global chemical industry leader BASF (BASFn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, but warned that growth was slowing as customers run down inventories.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International Criminal Court deputy prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is one of four candidates on a shortlist to replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court when his nine-year term ends next year.

Bensouda, 50, of Gambia, was appointed the ICC’s deputy prosecutor in September 2004 and previously worked as a legal adviser and trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.