March 22, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Mexico":
Lifestyle: 24 Feb 10
Sponsored Article: After a string of failed attempts to find a Swedish teacher to suit, British businessman David Brodetsky found the right fit at Företagsuniversitetet.
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Sport: 15 Feb 10
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen beat the reigning world champion, Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, to win the Rally of Sweden in Värmland on Sunday.
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National: 17 Jan 10
With more than half the population inoculated, the swine flu scare is waning in Sweden. But questions remain whether the epidemic was grossly exaggerated.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 09
Swedish car safety giant Autoliv has announced several global plant closures and major job cuts as part of a cost-cutting strategy to adapt to a worldwide auto industry downturn.
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Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
If all goes to plan, billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceships will take off with tourists on board in 2012 – from Kiruna in the far north of Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 25 Nov 09
What's on in Sweden: Skansen Christmas market & Charles Dickens in Stockholm; Swedish Idol & Melissa Horn in Gothenburg; Little Theatre of Gestures in Malmö/Lund.
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Sport: 24 Nov 09
Eight final round birdies by Swedish golfer Anna Nordqvist helped her take home an unexpected win at the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday.
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National: 1 Nov 09
The Copenhagen climate conference has been billed as a 'now or never' chance to combat climate change; it should instead be seen as a starting point, argues a key advisor to Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Sport: 27 Oct 09
Hans "Hasse" Backe has been named new manager of Notts County, where he will resume his partnership with fellow Swede Sven-Göran Eriksson.
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Sport: 27 Oct 09
Erik Hamrén, the Swedish coach of reigning Norwegian football league champions Rosenborg said on Tuesday he is in discussions about filling the national team coaching vacancy in his native Sweden.
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Business & Money: 26 Oct 09
Swedish white goods maker Electrolux beat market expectations with strong profits announced on Monday. But the firm also said it would close two plants in Iowa as part of its cost-cutting scheme.
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Sport: 20 Oct 09
Former England and Mexico boss Sven-Göran Eriksson has ruled himself out as a candidate for the vacant post as Swedish national team coach.
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Sport: 19 Oct 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has reportedly been contacted by the Swedish Football Federation about taking over as coach of Sweden’s national side.
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Sport: 14 Oct 09
A source close to Sven-Göran Eriksson has poured cold water on reports that the Swedish football coach is set to take over as manager of North Korea ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
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Sport: 28 Sep 09
Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson scored a long-awaited professional golf victory, her first in more than five years, by winning the$1.1 million LPGA Challenge in California on Sunday.
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Sport: 22 Jul 09
Embattled Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson said money had nothing to do with his decision so sign on ss director of football with English Division Two club Notts County.
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Sport: 21 Jul 09
Former England and Manchester City boss Sven-Göran 'Svennis' Eriksson is in talks with English Division Two club Notts County about becoming director of football, according to reports in the British press on Tuesday.
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Politics: 15 Jul 09
Speaking for the European Union presidency, Swedish migration minister Tobias Billström said on Wednesday that the EU supported requiring visas for Canadians travelling to the EU in the wake of a Czech-Canada visa spat.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jun 09
The Swedish government on Thursday announced the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a swine flu pandemic, nearly two hours before the world health body's expected announcement.
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Science & Technology: 1 Jun 09
Two new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Sweden over the weekend, reports the Institute for Infectious Diseases (SMI).
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Science & Technology: 19 May 09
Swedish health authorities are urging around 50 passengers who traveled on a flight from New York bound for Asia after reports that one person on the flight has come down with a severe case of swine flu.
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Science & Technology: 11 May 09
Sweden confirmed a second case of swine flu on Sunday, in a young man recently returned from New York City.
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Science & Technology: 6 May 09
Swedish health officials have confirmed that a woman in her 50s in the Stockholm area has contracted a mild form of the swine flu virus that has claimed at least 31 lives.
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Lifestyle: 5 May 09
Author and golf enthusiast Gene Oberto bisects the fairways of the nation in this above par guide to the golf courses of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 30 Apr 09
Sweden is preparing for the onset of a swine flu pandemic after the WHO raised the warning level to phase five. Although no cases have yet been confirmed in Sweden the government has moved to secure vaccines.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 09
The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control has called on Swedes to refrain from non-essential travel to Mexico in a bid to curtail the risk of a swine flu outbreak in the country.
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Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
At least five people in Sweden are being examined for possible exposure to swine flu, according to an official with the Institute for Infectious Disease Control.
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National: 6 Apr 09
Swedish car maker Saab has twenty prospective buyers, according to documents presented to Vänersborg district court on Monday.
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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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Lifestyle: 20 Mar 09
From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Danish surrealists, art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod samples the season's most eye-catching exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 09
Potential space tourists eager to blast off from northern Sweden will soon be able to purchase tickets at the country’s Ice Hotel for launches set to start in 2012.
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Business & Money: 12 Mar 09
Saab Automobile has given notice to 750 employees that their jobs at the company’s Trollhättan facilities in central Sweden may be cut.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou.
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Sport: 25 Jan 09
Rising US star Sacha Kljestan scored a hattrick on Saturday as a makeshift Swedish side lost 3-2 to their hosts in Los Angeles.
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National: 12 Jan 09
Assistance from the Swedish state is the only way Saab Automobile can bring any new models to market, a General Motors (GM) executive said over the weekend.
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Sport: 22 Nov 08
Swedish golf superstar Annika Sörenstam missed the cut in her final event in Florida on Friday, ending a 15-year glorious career on the American ladies golf tour.
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Politics: 5 Nov 08
Amid the excitement in Sweden over Barack Obama’s victory, there remains real concern among members of the political and business establishment over how the US president-elect will approach the issue of free trade.
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
What’s on: Keane, US Election Party, and Balkan ecstasy in Stockholm; Nortec Collective and international fashion exhibition in Gothenburg; Aimee Mann in Malmö.
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Politics: 15 Oct 08
Sweden has maintained its position as the country with the second highest tax burden in the world, according to the OECD.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has been awarded the Nobel Literature Prize.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
As the Swedish Academy prepares to announce the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, critics argue that major US literary figures are being unfairly sidelined.
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Society: 3 Oct 08
As speculation begins to mount over this year's Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said on Friday it would announce the winner on October 9th.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 08
Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia has brought into renewed focus the need for Sweden to continue the development and promotion of alternative energy sources, writes US Ambassador to Sweden, Michael M Wood.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Sep 08
Contrary to popular misconceptions, Columbian isn't all about Scarface, FARC and kidnapping, writes David Bartal.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 08
Oceanic "dead zones" where marine life cannot survive have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompass 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study said Friday.
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Business & Money: 27 Jul 08
US car giant General Motors is to start production of a new Saab car model in Mexico next year.
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Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local.
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Sport: 4 Jun 08
Sven Göran Eriksson was named Mexican national coach on Tuesday, just hours after his departure from Manchester City.
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Sport: 2 Jun 08
Swedish coach Sven Göran Eriksson has arrived in Mexico to tie up a deal to coach the national side, local media have reported.
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Sport: 2 Jun 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson has left Manchester City, the English Premier League club announced on Monday.
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Sport: 14 May 08
Top Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam has announced that she will retire at the conclusion of the 2008 season.
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Sport: 12 May 08
Sweden's Annika Sörenstam fired seven birdies in the final round to win the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open by seven strokes and capture the 72nd crown of her career.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Apr 08
With the Absolut Vodka controversy out of the way, David Bartal gets tongue-tied in LA as his return to Sweden draws ever closer.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 08
Amid a stampede of criticism, the makers of Absolut Vodka have pulled a controversial advertisement depicting large swathes of the United States as Mexican territory.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 08
Travelling back to his home town of Los Angeles, David Bartal finds that Sweden still has a long way to go when it comes to unhealthy food at bargain prices.
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Society: 5 Apr 08
A print and billboard campaign by Absolut Vodka in Mexico has caused tempers to flare in the United States.
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Sport: 17 Mar 08
Sweden's Louise Friberg fired a final round seven-under 65 as she rallied from a 10-shot deficit to capture the LPGA's MasterCard Classic in Mexico City on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 31 Jan 08
A warm Latin American breeze is warming Gothenburg film-lovers this winter, as the city's film festival adopts a Mexican accent, writes Matt O'Leary.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 07
Swedish truck-maker Volvo has reported an rise in profits in the third quarter, but the figures were below analysts expectations. The company's bus division made a loss.
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National: 11 Oct 07
The winner of the 2007 Nobel Literature Prize is to be announced on Thursday and while some are putting their money on US novelist Philip Roth, anything is possible as the Swedish Academy is keeping mum on its choice.
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Politics: 27 Jun 07
Documents released this week by the CIA have revealed that the agency sent spies to Stockholm in the early 1970s to gather information on Swedish 'efforts to support domestic US extremism'.
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Politics: 11 Jun 07
Environment representatives from 30 countries have gathered above the Arctic Circle for the start of an informal summit on climate change.
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Politics: 8 Jun 07
Environment ministers from around the world are set to converge for a four-day meeting in Riksgränsen in the Arctic Circle next week following an invitation from the Swedish government.
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Politics: 17 May 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have been talking about what Sweden and California can do together to tackle climate change.
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Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time.
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National: 25 Apr 07
Sweden will not send a candidate to the Miss Universe contest in Mexico, it has been announced. The news follows the revelation that Miss Sweden posed in men's magazine FHM.
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Society: 23 Apr 07
A new study has found that Indians and Swedes are world champions at feigning illness to avoid work.
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Society: 26 Jan 07
Virgin galactic and Spaceport Sweden have signed an agreement paving the way for passenger flights from Kiruna to space from 2012.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 07
In 1986 The Economist launched the Big Mac Index to measure purchasing power parity. Now an Australian bank updates the concept, comparing the price of iPods around the world.
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National: 4 Jan 07
American-owned Swedish hotels have policies to turn away official delegations from Cuba due to US laws. The issue came to light after a Scandic hotel in Norway refused to admit Cuban trade representatives.
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Science & Technology: 23 Dec 06
At 23.32 on Friday night Swedish time, the space shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with Swede Christer Fuglesang onboard. And it may not be the last time that the Swedish astronaut goes into space.
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Science & Technology: 20 Dec 06
Christer Fuglesang, Sweden's first astronaut, is coming to the end of his space adventure. He left the International Space Station on the space shuttle Discovery just after 11pm on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 06
Christer Fuglesang will be home in time for Christmas Eve celebrations - but not before he makes an unscheduled spacewalk. On Monday Fuglesang and colleague Robert Curbeam will venture out to shake loose a set of solar panels.
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Business & Money: 10 Nov 06
With the new Swedish government promising to sell out state-owned companies, American drinks producer Constellation Brands has expressed an interest in Absolute Vodka maker Vin och Sprit.
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Science & Technology: 8 Nov 06
A Swedish study shows that large consumers of fizzy drinks and diluted fruit drinks are at increased risk of pancreatic cancer. People who consume fizzy drinks twice a day doubles the risk of contracting the disease.
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 06
Sweden leads the world when it comes to national tax burdens, according to new figures from the OECD.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 06
The 195 billion kronor Swedish second national pension fund, AP2, has withdrawn its bond and equities investments in Wal-Mart Mexico, claiming the firm breaches human rights.
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Business & Money: 18 Aug 06
State-owned booze maker Vin & Sprit sees net sales grow by 13 percent, leading to a profit increase of 32 percent.
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National: 24 Jul 06
Over 200 Swedes have arrived in Turkey, having been evacuated by sea from war-torn Lebanon. They came on ships with 1,500 Australians and Canadians.
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Sport: 24 Jun 06
The dream is over. The yellow-and-blues crashed out of the World Cup on Saturday after two goals and a sending off in the first half against the hosts proved too great a hurdle to overcome.
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Smörgåsbord: 7 Jun 06
The matches will be split between TV4 and SVT. Don't be surprised if some of the games on SVT have you flicking back and forth between SVT1 and SVT2.
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Business & Money: 22 May 06
General Motors Corp wants to restructure its engine productions in Europe and will close its plant at Södertälje in Sweden as part of it, weekly AutomobilWoche has reported.
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Business & Money: 20 May 06
Ericsson, the world's biggest supplier of mobile telecommunication systems, is to bid for a contract to set up a 2.7 billion dollar surveillance system on the US-Mexico border, according to a news report on Saturday.
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Travel: 4 May 06
Sweden could soon be offering the ultimate package holiday, with a night at the Ice Hotel followed by a trip into orbit on Virgin's new spacecraft. All for a cool 200,000 dollars.
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Smörgåsbord: 29 Nov 05
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National: 14 Oct 05
The Swedish economy is the most tax-dependent of all the OECD countries, according to the organisation's latest report on national taxation.
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Oct 05
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National: 29 Sep 05
Sweden's Right Livelihood prize, dubbed the "alternative" Nobel Peace Prize, is awarded to activists from Canada, Malaysia and Botswana for promoting fair trade and the rights of migrant workers and indigenous peoples.
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Politics: 21 Sep 05
Göran Persson flicks through his little black book and persuades 13 world leaders who are prepared to "pick up the phone and tell a colleague that the talks are bogging down in New York",
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National: 15 Sep 05
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For the first time ever, the Swedish government is to release supplies of petrol from its own reserves in an attempt to steady soaring prices.
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National: 26 Aug 05
Sweden, which is to chair a United Nations summit on sweeping reform of the world body in September, on Friday called a US proposal to scrap ambitious goals to reduce world poverty "not acceptable".
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Smörgåsbord: 8 Dec 04
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Smörgåsbord: 27 Oct 04
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Lifestyle: 1 Sep 04
Visitors to Oslo's Munch Museum may soon be able to see 'The Scream' and 'Madonna' back on the walls, while the Swedish press muse on the thefts.
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Sport: 20 Aug 04
Sweden is a small country with big sporting expectations. But does it have the athletes to deliver the goods? The Local separates the Olympians from the Tourists in Sweden's team - so now you can go table tennis-crazy too.
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"When I studied at Stockholm University I was exposed to the telephone time concept. If you wanted to talk to a teacher you had to only call during certain times and visit them during certain times. Even if they were in their office with the door open you could not knock and talk to them..." READ »
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