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A trial in the high-profile killing of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries opened in the Netherlands on Tuesday, with nine men facing charges of murder or accessory to murder. In the heavily guarded high-security court in Amsterdam, all of the defendants invoked their right to remain silent before the court, with only one claiming his innocence. The indictment also accuses seven of them of forming a criminal organization with terrorist intent. The murder is said to be the work of a notorious drug gang. The alleged perpetrator and the driver of the getaway car are on trial for the second time…