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• Congo to create city in honor of Patrice Lumumba

  Mende said Tuesday that Lumumbaville will "honor the memory of a great Congolese statesman."Lumumba was elected prime minister when Belgium granted independence to Congo in 1960 after almost a century of colonial rule.The responsibility for Lumumba's 1961   Read more »

• Beyonce cancels concert because of exhaustion, dehydration

  is canceling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion.In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's publicist says Beyonce has been advised by her doctors to rest. She was scheduled to perform at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp .   Read more »

• Belgium says 31 detained in $50M diamond heist

  in France and his extradition to Belgium has been requested."Belgian authorities said that about 10 of the 24 people detained in Belgium were known criminals. The suspects ranged in age from 30 to 50, they said.The diamond industry, too, was totally caught   Read more »

• Report: Train with chemicals derails in Belgium

  -- Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium.Amateur video showed the train ablaze in the early hours of Saturday; in daylight, the train cars could be seen forming   Read more »

• Once-mighty Belgium courts trouble in Fed Cup

  after the Fed Cup weekend.Another issue is ranking points, Goethals said."Fed Cup has none and so it comes second," he said.If Belgium loses to Poland and drops a division, Goethals fears his top players might not return, although that could bring some positives."Then   Read more »

Around the web

• Desalle and Strijbos Set for Thunder Valley

  and Strijbos both hail from Belgium and are currently in contention for the MX1 (450 Class) title, ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the Grand Prix standings. With that series now on break, the two world-class competitors will add even more international 2:03 AM from MXLarge Read more »

• Route 66 for Sell in Belgium

  66 at the Telenet Trophy. That was good enough to propel the Swindon pro up to third on the leaderboard after round one in Belgium, two shots behind fellow countryman Luke Goddard and one behind Finland’s Roope Kakko. Conditions at the Royal Waterloo Golf 1:32 AM from Swindon Advertiser Read more »

• KBC’s ‘screamer’ testifies to the dearth of supply

  KBC Bank returned to the covered bond market for the second time this year to pull in €1bn of funding on Tuesday at pricing so tight that one of the leads called it "screamingly good". .. All comments are subject to editorial review. All fields are compulsory 5/23/13 from EuroWeek.com Read more »

• Man Utd plan to raid Arsenal again, this time for Vermaelen

  is understood to be keen to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal, even though he is no longer a guaranteed starter. The Belgium international has been edged out of the starting line-up, with Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker becoming Wenger’s first-choice 5/23/13 from Total Football Madness Read more »

• A World War II Soldier's Hideaway in Belgium

  that labels him "missing in action." After we bombed our target—a factory and rail line—I headed back. We never made it. Over Belgium we began taking flak from the ground. The tail gunner said we had been hit in the rear, and the plane was on fire. Within 5/23/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »