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Geertruidenberg is a city and municipality in the province North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. The city, named after Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, received city rights in 1213 from the count of Holland. The fortified city prospered until the 15th century.
The Dutch public broadcasting system is a group of organizations that are responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters. The Dutch Media Act 2008 regulates how air time is divided and puts the administration of the public broadcasting system in the hands of the NPO Board of Directors.
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This is the discography of American disco group Village People.
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{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ "NVF leden". www.filmdistributeurs.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Association of Film Distributors. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ "De Kristallen Film, Gouden Film en Platina Film". www.goudenfilm.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival / Netherlands Film Fund. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
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