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February 14, 2012
Morocco
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Hungry Swedes queue up for Obamas sausage
Society: 7 Dec 11
Tucked behind a shopping centre in southern Sweden is a little food cart with a big name. "Obamas" serves falafel, kebab and sausages, prepared and served by Amro and Soumia Hawary, who opened up shop almost three years ago.
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Bolt seeks revenge in Stockholm sprint
Sport: 28 Jul 11
Usain Bolt returns to action in the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Friday hoping to erase bad memories of last year's defeat.
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Eco thumbs up for Swedish beaches
Science & Technology: 2 Jun 11
Seventy two ports and beaches in Sweden have received the prestigious Blue Flag status this year for their environmental friendliness
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Libyan embassy staff resign in Stockholm
Society: 21 Feb 11
Three employees of the Libyan embassy in Stockholm have resigned in protest over what they called the "genocide" currently taking place in the country.
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Foreign office on hand to aid stranded Swedes
National: 1 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign ministry has set up a desk at Cairo airport to help Swedish travellers seeking to find a way home amid ongoing chaotic scenes in the Egyptian capital.
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India worst for stomach ailments for Swedes
Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
Sweden's infectious disease control agency has determined that India is the worst country for stomach ailments for Swedish travellers.
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‘Terrorism is a battle of minds, not of bombs’
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As Sweden struggles to come to grips with the suicide bomb attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday, Sweden-based Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil argues that the defence of freedom involves raising questions rather than throwing bombs in retaliation.
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Medicine Nobel winner bows out of ceremony
National: 4 Dec 10
The 2010 Nobel laureate in medicine will not attend the December 10th Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation announced in a statement on Friday. China's ambassador to Sweden has also declined his invitation.
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Sweden tops EU in citizenship approval rate
National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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H&M to open 240 new stores in 2010
Business & Money: 24 Jun 10
H&M announced on Thursday that its second-quarter profit increased 24 percent, but it still narrowly missed estimates due to bad weather for spring sales. It added it will meet its objective of opening 240 new stores this year.
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Sweden backs whale hunt plan
Politics: 12 Jun 10
Sweden drew the ire of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Friday as the country lent its backing to a proposal for the introduction of quotas for commercial whale hunting.
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Vilks 'not shaking with fear' over murder plot
National: 10 Mar 10
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was undaunted by revelations of a plot on his life after seven people were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday.
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Irish police foil plot to kill Swedish cartoonist
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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Morocco expels Swedish diplomat
National: 5 Nov 09
Morocco on Wednesday ordered the immediate departure of a Swedish diplomat accused of handing over official Moroccan documents to Western Saharan separatists.
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Organ theft article 'a perversion of journalistic standards'
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 09
Amid an ongoing uproar over accusations that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, media watcher Andrea Levin issues a fresh plea to Aftonbladet to correct "the factual errors that litter the article".
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Clothier Odd Molly gives Stockholm a colourful new store
Lifestyle: 16 Mar 09
The days might be getting longer, but the chilly Swedish springtime still calls for something warm and wooly from time to time. And a new shop in Stockholm might just have the answer for those looking to stave off the goose bumps, The Local’s Charlotte West discovers.
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‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab.
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Police bust international narcotics ring
National: 11 Jan 09
A major international drug smuggling ring has been busted in an operation involving police in Norway and Sweden. More three quarters of a tonne of narcotics has been seized and 30 people are under arrest.
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Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque
National: 16 Oct 08
Abu Qaswara, the Swedish citizen killed by US forces in Iraq in early October and thought to be a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda’s Iraq operations, has been connected to a Stockholm-area mosque.
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Swedish 'al-Qaeda leader' killed in Iraq
National: 15 Oct 08
The Swedish citizen who on Wednesday evening was reported to have been killed by US forces in Iraq was Abu Qaswara - named on UN and EU terror lists as one of the most senior al-Qaeda leaders in the country.
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Inequality thrives in Stockholm's embassy world
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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Moroccan Swede jailed on terror charges
National: 11 Jun 08
A Swedish citizen of Moroccan origin accused of terror-related crimes was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison by a court in Morocco.
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'Day and night I think of Alicia'
National: 17 Mar 08
A Swedish mother has offered $10,000 for information about the whereabouts of her 6-year-old daughter.
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Surf's up in Sweden
Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms.
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Sweden's cocaine use on the up
Society: 20 Jan 08
Use of cocaine in Sweden is on the up, according to police and customs officers, who now want better cooperation with South American authorities.
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Police seek Iraqi 'temptress' over murder
National: 31 Oct 07
Police in Sweden are asking Iraqis to identify a woman they believe lured an Iraqi dissident to a hotel room in Stockholm, where he was murdered and his body cut into 48 pieces. The suspected temptress may have been working on the orders of Saddam Hussein's regime, police believe.
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Swede jailed for drug smuggling in Morocco
National: 19 Oct 07
A 20-year-old man from Umeå in northern Sweden has been sentenced to one year in prison in Morocco on drug offences.
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Moroccan police arrest Scandinavian women
National: 22 Aug 07
Police in Morocco detained two Scandinavian women, a Swede and a Norwegian, who witnessed a police raid on a house in Western Sahara.
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Stowaways arrive in Sweden after boarding wrong ship
National: 3 Jul 07
Three Moroccan stowaways who dreamed of a new life in Europe are facing a long trip home after arriving in Sweden - not Holland, as they intended.
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'Midnight Sun' climate summit opens in Sweden
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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Tethys targets Gotland for oil
Business & Money: 6 Apr 07
Oil company Tethys Oil has said that it wants to begin exploratory oil drilling on northern Gotland. Because of rising world oil prices, the company believes it could now be profitable to begin sourcing oil from the Swedish island.
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Sweden to extradite Moroccan terror suspect to Germany
National: 29 Mar 07
A Moroccan man suspected of plotting terrorist attacks has been arrested and will be extradited to Germany, where a warrant had been issued for his arrest. The same fate awaits a Jordanian national.
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Swede expelled for reporting Moroccan protest
Society: 21 Feb 07
Swedish journalist Lars Björk has been accused by Moroccan police of being "the instigator of an unlawful assembly in a public area in connivance with certain individuals".
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Swede questioned about Stockholm mosque
National: 16 Jan 07
A Swedish citizen arrested in Morocco on Christmas Day has faced thorough questioning about activities at a mosque in the Stockholm suburb of Brandbergen, according to reports.
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Swede appears in Morocco terror court
National: 12 Jan 07
A Swede has appeared in a court in Morocco on Friday accused of participating in a recruitment network for foreign jihadis in Iraq.
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Morocco confirms terror suspicions against Swede
National: 10 Jan 07
Sweden has been given official confirmation from Moroccan authorities that a Swedish businessman taken from his home last month is being charged with terror offences.
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Swede 'arrested in Morocco terror sweep'
National: 5 Jan 07
A Swedish businessman taken from his home in Morocco on 26th December by men in civilian clothes was arrested by the security services, according to new information received by Sweden's foreign ministry.
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Swedish businessman abducted in Morocco
National: 29 Dec 06
A Swede has been taken from his home in Morocco by men purporting to be police. Authorities there claim not to know where he is, and diplomats are working to try to find out what has happened.
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Swede dies in Morocco crash
National: 3 Dec 06
A Swede was among twelve people killed in a crash on Saturday north of Marrakesh, a popular Moroccan tourist destination.
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Introducing...Alice Timander
Lifestyle: 27 Nov 06
She's the 91-year-old former dentist who for decades has been Sweden's glamour queen. But underneath the wigs and feather boas, there's more to Alice Timander than meets the eye.
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Lebanon conference opens in Stockholm
National: 31 Aug 06
A conference to raise $500 million for the reconstruction of Lebanon opened in Stockholm on Thursday. Officials from more than forty countries are due to gather in the capital.
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Conference targets 500 million dollars for Lebanon
National: 29 Aug 06
A Lebanon donors' conference to be held in Stockholm aims to raise 500 million dollars for the country's humanitarian and reconstruction needs, Sweden said on Tuesday.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Sporting loyalty
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Mar 06
Sweden's success in the Winter Olympics turns a diverse bunch of immigrants into yellow-and-blue-flag-waving vikings (sort of) - but does that make them any more Swedish?
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36 Swedes in bus crash in Morocco
National: 28 Feb 06
A bus carrying 36 Swedish passengers in Morocco crashed on Tuesday morning, Sweden's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The bus was on its way from Agadir to Marrakech, a popular tourist destination, when it drove off the road
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Arla closes Saudi factory after boycotts
Business & Money: 31 Jan 06
Swedish-Danish dairy giant Arla Foods has suspended production in Saudi Arabia following widespread boycotts of Danish products in Muslim countries. Anger is focused on a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper.
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Sweden begins "quick" CIA plane investigation
Smörgåsbord: 17 Nov 05
Sweden launches an investigation after reports that planes used by the CIA landed at Swedish airports. And the government wants the report back within three weeks.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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