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http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=12355920

BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian Premier Yves Leterme's government collapsed Thursday after negotiations broke down to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district.

Dutch-speaking Liberals, one of Leterme's five coalition parties, quit the Cabinet, accusing its Francophone counterparts of blocking a deal to break up the Brussels-area district the constitutional court ruled illegal in 2003.

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For those who don't understand the problem (my guess is that all foreigners don't understand it)

http://inflandersfields.eu/2007/11/bhv-why-is-it-problem_07.html

It's long.

Basically the Walloons are being dicks.