The city of Amsterdam is to close one-third of the brothels in its famous red light district. The city has reached a 25m euro deal to buy many of the premises and turn them into shops or housing. The mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, said that although prostitution was legal in the Netherlands, there was too much of the sex trade in the city centre.

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