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Geography teachers can breathe a sigh of relief - plans to replace their subject with 'Sustainable Development' have been axed. And moves to encourage more apprentices have been announced. READ () »
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday that its pre-tax profit in 2005 rose 34 percent compared with 2004 to reach 6.67 billion dollars. READ () »
With less than two months until King Carl XVI Gustaf turns 60, the programme for the two-day celebration has been announced by the organiser - Sweden's former vice commander-in-chief. READ () »
Göran Persson says press freedom must be defended in the row over Jyllands Posten's Mohammed cartoons. Swedish papers have not published the pictures in full. READ () »
TietoEnator Corp said it plans to cut up to 130 jobs out of 720 at its Telecom Operators AB subsidiary in Sweden. READ () »
Investigators say that they have found no technical faults on the bus which crashed outside Arboga last week, killing nine people. READ () »
The suspected bomb which was found in the post box of a building in central Filipstad on Wednesday morning has been made safe by a police bomb disposal unit. READ () »
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