Waal
Americannoun
noun
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Michael van der Waal, who identified himself as Mieke Oort’s former boyfriend, told the Dutch newspaper the Leeuwarden Courant that the alleged suspect and Oort had dated, but the suspect grew angry after Oort cut ties, according to the Boston Globe.
From Fox News
"He couldn’t stomach that, he first stalked her for a while," van der Waal told the Dutch newspaper, according to The Globe.
From Fox News
“The Russian military treated Chechnya as if it was a conquered country and Chechens as if they were enemies of Russia,” Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, wrote in a 2019 column for the Moscow Times, marking the war’s 25th anniversary.
From Washington Post
Western leaders who took a soft line on Yeltsin’s war in Chechnya only undermined liberals like Kovalyov, “who opposed the war and saw it as a threat to Russia’s hopes of being a democracy,” de Waal said.
From Washington Post
In the past few days, diplomatic efforts to address the multiple crises in Ethiopia have been ramped up, says Mr de Waal, with discussions taking place behind closed doors.
From BBC
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