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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 13 > In Belgium, language again rears its head

In Belgium, language again rears its head

By Paul Ames and Robert Wielaard / The Bulletin
July 13, 2008

MEISE, Belgium — At the National Botanical Gardens, office windows are cracked, doors are broken and two greenhouses have collapsed in recent years.

The reason for the decrepitude is that the gardens lie in a Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, and French-speaking lawmakers won’t....

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