Armando Museum in Amersfoort destroys 19 paintings and a sculpture of artist Armando. Other works of art lost in the fire include Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer and paintings by Salomon van Ruysdael, Hercules Seghers and Anselm Kiefer. It was the first museum fire in the Netherlands since the fire in the Schielandshuis in Rotterdam in 1864. October 26: The royal family seeks an injunction against pro-pedophilia organisation MARTIJN. The organisation had refused to remove pictures of Princess Catharina-Amalia (daughter of crown prince Willem-Alexander) and of Anna and Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (children of Prince Maurits) from its website, which the royal family had demanded. October 26: The city council of Almere approves plans to expand the city to 350,000 inhabitants by the year 2030, twice its current size. October 29: Adnan al-Mansouri reports that his father, Iranian-Dutch human rights activist Abdullah al-Mansouri, has received the death penalty in Iran, on allegations of terrorism. Al-Mansouri had been arrested in Syria in May 2006, and had been extradited to Iran. Several political parties call on the government to do the utmost to rescue Al-Mansouri's life. October 30: Fugitive Belgian criminal Nordin Benallal is arrested after a robbery in The Hague. Benallal had escaped from a maximum security prison in Ittre, Belgium on October 28 October 31: Hans van den Hende succeeds Tiny Muskens as Bishop of Breda. November November 1: A judge in Amsterdam orders pro-pedophilia organisation MARTIJN to remove pictures of Princess Catharina-Amalia (daughter of crown prince Willem-Alexander) and of Anna and Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (children of Prince Maurits) from its website. November 3: Press agency Geassocieerde Pers Diensten accuses the Communications department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of illegally accessing draft articles. Two employees of the Ministry, both former journalists for the press agency, are suspended, one journalist of the press agency quits, after admitting he supplied a password to the press agency's internal computer system to a spokesperson of the ministry. November 5: A. F. Th. van der Heijden wins the 2007 AKO Literatuurprijs for his novel Het Schervengericht. November 8–9: The Netherlands and Great Britain are hit by a North Sea flood. The storm surge barriers Oosterscheldekering, Hartelkering and Maeslantkering are closed, the latter for the first time since its opening in 1997. November 12: The prosecution asks a 12-year prison sentence for Willem Holleeder, who is on trial for extortion.