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Tue 04 Apr 2002Dutch government falls over Srebrenica massacreDutch prime minister Mr Wim Kok's government resigned today for its shortcomings during a catastrophic peacekeeping mission which failed to prevent the worst massacre of the Bosnian war seven years ago."The international community has fallen short in offering sufficient protection to the people in the so-called 'safe area'," Mr Kok told a hushed parliament after all 29 cabinet ministers in his coalition resigned following a crisis meeting.