May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Angered":
Science & Technology: 16 May 12
A man in Sweden who went to a Stockholm beauty clinic to have fat reducing treatment has reported the salon after his agonizing 25 minute procedure became a “catastrophic” experience.
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Society: 11 May 12
Four men who were arrested while out hunting beaver in central Sweden at the weekend are being held in custody as prosecutors continue their hunting crimes investigation related to suspected illegal hunting of wolves.
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National: 7 May 12
When police arrested a 20-year-old woman from southern Sweden for bashing up her boyfriend’s car with a baseball bat, they found a fully-functioning bootlegging operation in her house.
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Science & Technology: 3 May 12
British researchers who have come to Sweden to take bumblebees back to England have been threatened by bee-enthusiasts, who believe that Sweden’s bee population risks extinction.
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National: 1 May 12
Two men are in police custody in Sweden on suspicion of having attempted to trade in the horn from the rhinoceros, which is classed as an endangered species.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 12
The research team behind the project to translocate a 100 short-haired bumblebees in a bid to re-establish a population in the UK, has insisted that it has the full backing of the Swedish authorities despite widespread criticism.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 12
A plan by British researchers to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee to the UK by collecting 100 queens from Sweden has prompted an angry reaction from Swedish environmentalists who fear for the species' survival.
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National: 19 Apr 12
A public apology by Sweden's minister for culture on Wednesday didn't stop calls for her resignation after she carved up a cake depicting a naked black woman, sparking an onslaught of criticism.
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National: 12 Mar 12
In the Malmö district of Rosengård over 70 percent of children are living in relative poverty, according to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, which measures the growing economic divides across the country.
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Society: 17 Feb 12
Preparations for Crown Princess Victoria's impending royal birth have angered patients at Karolinska Hospital near Stockholm and sparked a flurry of speculation that the next heir to the Swedish throne may be arriving sooner than anticipated.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jan 12
Police in northern Sweden recently received a tip-off from Interpol in the UK about a Swedish resident suspected of snatching rare bird’s eggs and nests to sell to collectors worldwide.
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Business & Money: 3 Jan 12
Users of snus, or moist snuff, will get less for their money as manufacturers reduced pouch content by ten percent when the tax on tobacco was raised at the beginning of the year.
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Society: 14 Dec 11
A lawyer for British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of killing his Swedish wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town, told a UK court on Tuesday her client's life could be at risk if he is extradited to South Africa.
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National: 4 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to avoid extradition to Sweden by having his case heard by Britain's High Court, the final card in a legal battle that has lasted almost a year.
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National: 16 Nov 11
A man has reported a Swedish zoo to the Consumer Agency for misleading information, after the piglets that he had adopted were fed to the tigers in the park without him being informed.
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National: 16 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday applied to Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer questions over rape allegations.
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National: 12 Nov 11
A government agency slams emergency services operator SOS Alarm for severe flaws in their judgements of ambulance call-outs, claiming that mistakes may have led to deaths, injuries and increased risk.
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Science & Technology: 2 Nov 11
The bankruptcy of a Swedish zoo has left three endangered crocodiles homeless and lawyers struggling to find someplace new for them to live.
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National: 16 Sep 11
A man travelling without a ticket on a train in southern Sweden has been arrested after trying to throw a conductor from the moving train.
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National: 8 Sep 11
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has angered his coalition partners by unilaterally recognising the Palestinian representative in Stockholm as ambassador.
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National: 5 Sep 11
Exasperated farmers in Jämtland in northern Sweden have grown so tired of their crops being destroyed by cranes that they have sought permission to shoot the endangered birds.
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National: 17 Aug 11
Several police came under attack in the Gothenburg district of Angered overnight as teenagers hurled Molotov cocktails at police vehicles.
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Society: 27 Jul 11
The rhinoceros horn's reputed potency powers are believed to be the motive for the recent theft at a Gothenburg museum which left the museum's stuffed rhino a shadow of its former self.
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Science & Technology: 13 Jul 11
Snowy owls have bred in the county of Jämtland in northern Sweden for the first time in 60 years, as a result of the excess of food available in what experts describe as a great "lemming-year".
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National: 12 Jul 11
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court in London on Tuesday to open his appeal against a ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jun 11
The European Commission on Thursday renewed its cricism of Sweden's wolf policy, giving the country two months to take steps to "protect endangered wolves" of face a hearing at the European Court of Justice.
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National: 17 May 11
Sweden's emergency response service SOS Alarm has been put under review by the health board after a man died after being refused an ambulance and a series of other recent cases deemed to endanger the welfare of patients.
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National: 21 Apr 11
The man who reported two Lund University student groups over a party featuring guests dressed as "slaves" to be sold at auction has since been subjected to racial slurs at his workplace.
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Science & Technology: 19 Feb 11
The Swedish and Norwegian coast guard continued work to clean up the oil spill caused by a grounded Icelandic vessel just north of the Swedish border on Thursday, reporting that weather conditions remained favourable.
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Society: 11 Feb 11
A 6-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck at a preschool in Jönköping in central Sweden after being targeted by class bullies for his liking of pink clothes and nail polish.
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Politics: 17 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt violates EU law, environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said on Monday, vowing to drag Sweden to court for allowing the hunt to continue this year.
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National: 9 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyers spoke out on Wednesday, insisting that the accusations of rape and molestation made against him by Swedish prosecutors are "politically motivated."
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National: 8 Dec 10
High-profile human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson will represent beleaguered WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in his extradition fight from Britain to Sweden, the lawyer's office announced on Wednesday.
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National: 3 Dec 10
Sweden was deceived by both the United States and Norway regarding the latter’s interest in signing a multi-billion kronor deal to buy Sweden's JAS Gripen fighter plane.
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Business & Money: 26 Nov 10
Union representatives for workers at Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux have railed against the generous pay package for incoming American CEO Keith McLoughlin.
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Society: 20 Nov 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has been convicted for extinguishing a neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water.
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National: 31 Oct 10
Swedish police maintained a raised level of readiness following the bomb threat in Gothenburg, while two people remained in custody.
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National: 30 Oct 10
Two people were formally arrested by Swedish police on Saturday in connection with a bomb threat in Gothenburg, while vigilance continued to be maintained in the city.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 10
Following a report at the weekend that Saab has once again signed a deal to sell equipment to Saudi Arabia, politicians are calling for an overhaul of Swedens weapons export laws.
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Society: 16 Sep 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water.
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National: 23 Aug 10
The Pentagon has rejected as 'absurd' claims by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that it may be behind a rape accusation that prompted Swedish prosecutors to issue a warrant for his arrest which was later withdrawn.
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National: 22 Aug 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has speculated that the Pentagon could be behind a rape accusation that prompted Swedish prosecutors to issue a warrant for his arrest which was later withdrawn.
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National: 9 Aug 10
Tourists and business travellers from Europe will have to fork out 100 kronor ($14) in order to travel to the USA after September 8th in a move which has angered the EU commission.
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National: 7 Aug 10
Swedish legal experts have revealed that the website WikiLeaks may not be covered by Swedish whistleblower protection laws despite having its servers located just outside Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jul 10
Sweden has laid claim to a rare animal sensation this week: the birth of two tapirs at different zoos, a male and female respectively, out of about only 30 around the world in captivity annually.
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Society: 18 Jul 10
Sweden’s zoos and wildlife parks have been inundated this summer with unwanted pets found abandoned in woods, flower beds and subway trains.
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Society: 14 Jul 10
A man who sold a nearly 50-year-old stuffed bird on the internet is being taken to Sweden’s Supreme Court by prosecutors.
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Politics: 5 Jul 10
Church of Sweden Bishop Lennart Koskinen was forcibly removed by Sweden Democrat security staff when the nationalist party held a meeting just metres from the church tent at Almedalen week on Gotland on Monday.
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Society: 7 Jun 10
King Carl XVI Gustaf will award 40 His Majesty the King's medals (H.M. Konungens medalj) to a number of prominent Swedes on Tuesday afternoon.
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Travel: 23 Apr 10
If you want to see Sweden's maritime nature eye-to-eye, there's no better place to do it than Västervik, writes Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius.
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National: 8 Apr 10
An inquiry has been opened by the Brazilian prosecutor after claims that the preference for the French Rafale over the Swedish Gripen NG and US F/A-18 in a multi-billion dollar fighter jet tender were against "economic principles".
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Politics: 6 Apr 10
Swedish government policies weaken the protection of the Swedish countryside, according to representatives for the Society for Nature Conservation.
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National: 9 Mar 10
Seven Muslims were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday on suspicions of conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.
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National: 17 Feb 10
With Sweden's wolf population in critical danger, a municipal council in the north of the country Sweden has courted controversy by voting to stay a wolf-free municipality.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to ensure foreign doctoral candidates are offered equal working conditions by the country's colleges and universities, argue students' rights advocates Martin Dackling and Lars Abrahamsson.
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Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists.
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National: 23 Oct 09
Sweden was lauded on Friday by the Czech President Vaclav Klaus for framing
a solution to his demands for an opt-out from the bloc's Lisbon Treaty.
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Society: 19 Oct 09
Swedish military commanders have come under fire for punishing a group of conscripts by forcing them to pull down their pants and crawl in the grass.
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Society: 29 Sep 09
The Scanian ('Skånska') dialect of southern Sweden has landed on Unesco's list of threatened languages, much to the exasperation of Swedish linguists.
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Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Marine biologists have been thrilled to hear of two porpoise sightings in the Baltic Sea in recent days. The blunt-snouted mammals, relatively common off Sweden's west coast, have become almost extinct in the Baltic.
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National: 10 Aug 09
Police stormed an apartment in Gothenburg on Monday afternoon and arrested two men suspected of involvement in the shooting dead of two men earlier in the day.
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Society: 26 Jun 09
Sweden's King Karl XII and a Cossack commander are emerging as disputed figures in Ukraine-Russia relations some 300 years after Russia's comprehensive defeat of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava.
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Society: 12 Jun 09
Sweden's extreme right wing National Democrat party has outraged the family of Astrid Lindgren by selling books penned by the popular children's writer on its website.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel
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Politics: 8 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party, on a platform of integrity issues including the legalization of internet file sharing, sensationally claimed a seat in the EU parliament as election results were confirmed on Sunday.
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Politics: 7 Jun 09
Sweden's pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured more than 7 percent of the country's votes in the European Parliament elections, according to early exit polls.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
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Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda.
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Education: 20 May 09
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has appealed to the government to take steps to protect the terms "university" and "college" from abuse following recent revelations that two fake universities have set up shop in Sweden.
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Society: 18 May 09
Polar World, the world's largest polar bear park, opens today in Dalarna, Sweden. It is also the first park to engage in the breeding of the threatened species.
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Sport: 2 Apr 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has been sacked from his position as coach of the Mexican national team following defeat to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier.
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National: 20 Mar 09
A letter with a .22-calibre bullet arrived at the offices of Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg on Thursday courtesy of a leftist extremist group angered by bonuses paid to executives at state-owned companies.
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Education: 10 Mar 09
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has issued a warning about two so-called fake universities operating in Sweden. Both universities offer courses up to and including doctoral level.
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Society: 11 Feb 09
A Swedish man on a ski holiday in India caused hundreds of angry demonstrators to take to the streets demanding he be punished for putting a sticker with a verse from the Koran on his skis.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 09
Fish products from unsustainable sources remain on sale in many Swedish retail outlets, a new report shows. "Unsustainable double standards", according to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNCC).
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jan 09
Wine merchant Mark Majzner is angered by his treatment at the hands of Sweden's powerful cooperative union after a lucrative deal fell through at the eleventh hour.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jan 09
Learning Swedish is a noble pursuit. When in Rome and all that. But mastering the majority mother tongue is only the beginning, as many more languages loom large on the horizon, writes Alec Forss.
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Society: 2 Dec 08
Celebrity polar bear Knut, the pride of Berlin Zoo, may soon be on his way to Sweden, according to a wildlife park that has been holding talks with the bear's German handlers.
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Science & Technology: 28 Nov 08
Sweden plans to employ helicopters to save an endangered species of beetle in the country’s far north, regional officials said Thursday.
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Society: 25 Nov 08
Swedish police have put additional security measures in place for the appearance on Tuesday evening at a seminar in Stockholm of two of the world's most endangered authors, Salman Rushdie and Roberto Saviano.
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Society: 17 Oct 08
Remarks by King Carl Gustaf XVI in support of wolf hunting have generated a wave of concern from members of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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National: 22 Sep 08
Around 40 police officers from Malmö have submitted complaints charging police leadership for “weakness, incompetence, and bad planning” in its preparation the weekend's demonstrations.
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Politics: 15 Sep 08
As Sweden prepares for renewed debate of the controversial surveillance bill, new details have emerged about the strong-arm tactics employed by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to ensure the bill passed an initial Riksdag vote in June.
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Politics: 30 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday rejected Russian comparisons between its recognition of two Georgian breakaway provinces from the West's recognition of Kosovo earlier this year.
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Society: 22 Aug 08
News that signal boxes located at pedestrian crossings are designed to spread the word of God has angered the designer who drew the pointing finger symbol for the boxes' Swedish manufacturer.
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Politics: 10 Jul 08
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has launched a searing attack on the Sweden Democrats, a party he said had failed to shake off its Nazi past.
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Society: 15 Jun 08
Princess Victoria amused onlookers on Friday by admitting to having kissed a frog to see if it would turn into a prince.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jun 08
Johan Eliasch, a London-based Swedish tycoon who is in legal hot water with Brazil over logging on land he owns in the Amazon forest, has defended his environmental credentials.
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Lifestyle: 28 May 08
He may not be able to back it up with hard science, but David Bartal is willing to wager that Sweden has probably the best sunshine in the world.
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Politics: 27 May 08
A Swedish-born tycoon has stirred up controversy in Brazil for reportedly claiming all the Amazon could be bought for $50 billion.
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National: 10 May 08
A man has been arrested in Gothenburg on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting in the Angered area of the city on Friday evening.
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Sport: 7 May 08
Manchester City's embattled Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson will be in charge for his team's tour of Asia this month, a report said on Wednesday, as speculation mounts that Luiz Felipe Scolari will be his successor.
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Sport: 29 Apr 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson is to be sacked as trainer of Manchester City, according to British media reports.
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National: 29 Apr 08
A 19-year-old high school student in Gothenburg was shot in the foot at lunch time on Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 2 Apr 08
English-speaking theatre goers in Stockholm can treat themselves to something relatively rare this month at the Boulevard Theatre on Södermalm: live theatre in English.
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Sport: 27 Mar 08
Alexandre Pato showed why he is regarded as Brazil's next superstar marking his debut with a sublime strike to earn a 1-0 win over Sweden on Wednesday.
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National: 15 Mar 08
A gym teacher in Härnösand was knocked out cold by a 14-year-old pupil on Friday.
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Society: 13 Mar 08
Members of Greenpeace have spent much of Thursday clearing supermarket shelves across Sweden of species of fish threatened with extinction.
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Lifestyle: 6 Mar 08
Värtinnä in Stockholm, Mando Diao in Gothenburg, A Mountain of one in Malmö, and much more besides in our weekly guide.
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Lifestyle: 28 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Five Stockholm club tips, Strindberg-inspired dance in Gothenburg, pop duo Montys Loco in Malmö.
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