February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Afghanistan":
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter.
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National: 1 Feb 12
Julian Assange, head of WikiLeaks, appeared before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, starting the new leg in his battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 12
Julian Assange appears before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to fight extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations. If the WikiLeaks founder's appeal succeeds, the effects would be “profound”, according to one expert.
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National: 25 Jan 12
An anti-immigrant website has urged readers to infiltrate a group focused on helping undocumented immigrants in Sweden in order to turn them over to police.
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National: 7 Jan 12
Kitchen staff at the Swedish military base in Afghanistan have been working under "slave-like conditions", being forced to pay for employment, according to a new report.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Dec 11
Rampant holiday consumerism is hard to avoid, writes US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt, as she struggles to reconcile competing Swedish and American Christmas traditions in finding gifts for her children.
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National: 16 Dec 11
The UK's highest court on Friday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition from Britain to Sweden to face rape allegations, with the hearing set to start on February 1st.
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National: 8 Dec 11
The British Supreme Court will decide by Christmas whether to hear the appeal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against the earlier decision to extradite him to Sweden, a court spokeswoman revealed on Wednesday.
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National: 5 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been cleared to apply to the UK Supreme Court in an attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations, a London court ruled on Monday.
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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: 17 Nov 11
A Swedish airborne unit has decided to enroll soldiers in a course on "advanced" tree climbing in an effort to enhance their ability to salvage unmanned drones from treetops in Afghanistan.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Nov 11
A timeline of WikiLeak's rise to prominence and subsequent attempts to clamp down on the site and extradite its founder, Julian Assange, who on Wednesday lost an appeal of his extradition to Sweden to answer questions sex crimes accusations.
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National: 1 Nov 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awaits a London court's ruling on whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over rape allegations, experts say that appealing the decision may be difficult, the AFP's Danny Kemp explains.
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National: 28 Oct 11
A court in London will rule on Wednesday next week on whether or not WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited from Britain to face sex crimes allegations in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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National: 13 Aug 11
A Swedish soldier was shot in the leg during a routine mission neary Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
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National: 8 Aug 11
The Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta Domstolen) will not re-open the Högsby honour killing case, the court announced on Monday.
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Politics: 26 Jul 11
A core ingredient for the bomb which ripped through the government buildings in Oslo, Norway last Friday was bought in Sweden, while the government has proposed a review of the sale of fertilizer, another ingredient in the bomb.
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National: 18 Jul 11
The Swedish Armed Forces draw benefit from the relatively low political interest in the war in Afghanistan and their information campaigns are focused on keeping it that way, an intelligence analysis professor has claimed.
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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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National: 11 Jul 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday begin his appeal against a UK court ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations.
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National: 5 Jul 11
The parents of the 23-year-old man previously convicted of the murder of 20-year–old Abbas Rezai, are guilty of the crime, according to Göta Court of Appeal, sentencing them both to ten years in prison.
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National: 2 Jul 11
This coming Wednesday will see ten Swedes travelling to Italy to engage in information missions, as part of the NATO-run military operation in Libya.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 11
With the topic of 'honour' killings back in the headlines in conjunction with the new trial for the 2005 murder of Abbas Rezai in Högsby, contributor Lina Sennevall takes a look at the phenomenon in Sweden.
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National: 17 Jun 11
New threats to Sweden have resulted in security service Säpo deciding to maintain the country's terror alert level at "elevated", the agency's head said in an interview on Thursday.
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National: 16 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so called Högsby 'honour' killing continued on Thursday with testimony from a friend of the victim who warned the then 20-year-old against visiting his girlfriend's disapproving family.
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National: 15 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Wednesday with testimonies from the parents who denied claims by their 23-year-old that they made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend.
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National: 13 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of the man previously convicted for brutally stabbing, beating, and scalding the 20-year-old victim to death now also under suspicion.
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Politics: 22 May 11
The Green Party's Congress has decided to push for a ban on the sales of arms for military purposes and will continue its position that Sweden cease all non-UN-led missions, amongst other decisions.
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National: 10 May 11
The Swedish Supreme Court has ruled to remand the parents of man convicted of a so-called "honour" killing in Högsby, southern Sweden in 2005, the first time it has issued a remand ruling since the 1980s.
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National: 9 May 11
The parents of a man convicted of a so-called honour killing in Högsby, southern Sweden in 2005, have been arrested following a decision by the Supreme Court to review the case.
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National: 5 May 11
The threat facing Swedish troops stationed in Afghanistan has been ratcheted up following a call by the Taliban for a spring offensive against foreign troops.
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Politics: 2 May 11
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt welcomed the news from the US that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin has been killed in Pakistan in a comment on Monday morning.
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Politics: 27 Apr 11
During a visit to Sweden on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blasted the gulf between words and practice in modern international relations, using an anecdote from his KGB past to denounce civilian deaths in Libya.
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Society: 27 Apr 11
The Church of Sweden has ruled that pastors are not allowed to man machine gun turrets while serving in the field with Swedish troops in Afghanistan.
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National: 26 Apr 11
Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali was held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, not because he had committed a crime, but to provide information about terrorist recruiting methods, according to documents made public by WikiLeaks.
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National: 16 Apr 11
King Carl XVI Gustaf has visited Swedish troops in Afghanistan in secret, returning from a several-day trip on Saturday.
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Politics: 9 Apr 11
Sweden has committed to buying 15 new American-made Black Hawk helicopters to help increase its fleet in Afghanistan.
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National: 7 Apr 11
The Swedish JAS Gripen aircraft deployed in Sicily as part of NATO's Libya mission remained grounded on Thursday as the fuel available is suitable only for US navy aircraft.
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National: 2 Apr 11
The first three JAS Gripen fighters to be used in the UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya took off from Blekinge on the southern coast of Sweden on Saturday.
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National: 1 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish man was among a number of United Nations personnel killed in Afghanistan on Friday after a demonstration turned violent in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Politics: 1 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksdag on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden sending JAS Gripen fighter aircraft to Libya to monitor a UN-backed no-fly zone.
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Politics: 30 Mar 11
The Left party agreed Wednesday to vote through the government proposal to send fighters to Libya, while continuing to support the Social Democrat line restricting Sweden's involvement.
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National: 29 Mar 11
The Swedish government has given the green light to sending JAS Gripen fighters to Libya following a request from NATO for Swedish assistance.
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Politics: 18 Mar 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has welcomed the UN Security Council decision to authorise a no-fly zone and air attacks on civil war-torn Libya, indicating that Sweden would consider any NATO request for assistance.
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National: 14 Mar 11
Libyan rebels have been seen using Swedish-designed weapons in their battle to oust Muammar Qaddafi from power. Swedish arms export officials suspect the weapons arrived via the UK.
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Business & Money: 11 Mar 11
Swedish defence firm Saab has received an order for ammunition for its portable Carl-Gustaf weapons system worth more than a billion kronor, according to a company statement on Friday.
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National: 5 Mar 11
Sweden's top military commander disputed reports that two Swedish officers who died last year in Afghanistan were killed by friendly fire, saying he's ready to let the fallen soldiers' families look at classified reports about the incident.
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National: 2 Mar 11
Two Swedish officers who were shot to death in Afghanistan in February last year appear to have been killed by Swedish bullets.
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National: 24 Feb 11
A UK court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes allegations. His lawyers have said they will appeal the decision.
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Politics: 16 Feb 11
Granting membership to Turkey would strengthen the European Union, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt argued in his annual foreign policy statement to the Riksdag.
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Politics: 9 Feb 11
Claims by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that extradition to the United States could land him in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp or on death row are "impossible", according to experts.
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National: 8 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at a UK court on Tuesday to continue his battle against extradition to Sweden on suspicion of rape and molestation, arguing that the claims of his accusers lack substance.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Monday their client would face a "blatantly unfair" trial in Sweden for the sex crimes allegations against him.
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National: 6 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appear before a British court on Monday to fight his extradition to Sweden following the leak of details on the rape allegations against him.
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National: 12 Jan 11
The lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's has accused Swedish authorities of secretly planning to extradite him to the US in a German media report.
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National: 11 Jan 11
Following his appearance in a London court related a request to extradite him to Sweden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday that the website will release new classified US diplomatic cables.
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National: 4 Jan 11
Figures from Sweden's Migration Board reveal a sharp increase in the number of people who sought asylum in Sweden in 2010.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jan 11
Five years after a Danish newspaper first published controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, targets in Scandinavia are increasingly in the crosshairs of would-be terrorist attackers, the AFP's Nina Larson explains.
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National: 3 Jan 11
The wife of the man who blew himself up in a busy shopping district in Stockholm said in an interview on Sunday she had no idea her husband was plotting a terror attack.
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Politics: 21 Dec 10
Sweden was pressured by the United States to increase its commitment in Afghanistan, documents released by WikiLeaks reveal.
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National: 19 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vows to fight against his extradition from the UK to Sweden, police reports have shed more light on the women and the events at the centre of the sex crime allegations against him.
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Politics: 16 Dec 10
Swedish lawmakers in the country's parliament, the Riksdag, voted on Wednesday to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan until the end of 2011.
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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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National: 15 Dec 10
Violent Islamic extremism is a threat to Sweden that shouldn't be underestimated, a report published on Wednesday by Swedish security service Säpo has found.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As the Riksdag prepares to vote on Sweden's military mission in Afghanistan, contributor David Stavrou examines how the distant conflict became such an important foreign policy issue--even before being mentioned in a warning sent by the Stockholm suicide bomber.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt praised US diplomat Richard Holbrooke, with whom he helped negotiate the 1995 Dayton peace accords, following his death on Monday.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
The suicide bomber who blew himself up in downtown Stockholm on Saturday was within minutes of unleashing untold carnage among holiday shoppers, foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who was named in a threat message sent prior to Saturday’s suicide bombing in Stockholm, said on Monday the attack was an attempt to destroy freedom of expression.
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National: 14 Dec 10
The United States is sending seven bomb experts from the FBI to Sweden to assist in the investigation of Saturday's suicide attack in central Stockholm.
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National: 13 Dec 10
Swedish intelligence officials on Monday said they are "98 percent" certain about the identity of the man who blew himself in central Stockholm on Saturday, adding he was "completely unknown" to intelligence agencies.
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National: 13 Dec 10
British police are continuing the search of a home northwest of London on Monday in connection with Saturday's bombings in Stockholm in light of reports that the perpetrator used to live in the area.
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National: 12 Dec 10
Saturday’s suicide attack in Stockholm is believed to have been carried out by a 29-year-old man from the town of Tranås in southern Sweden, who studied sports science in England.
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Society: 12 Dec 10
A Stockholm-based imam on Sunday condemned the two explosions which targeted holiday shoppers in the Swedish capital, killing one person in a what has been called a terrorist crime.
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National: 12 Dec 10
A spokesperson for Swedish security service Säpo labeled as a terror crime the suicide attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday evening, leaving one person dead and wounding two others.
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National: 12 Dec 10
The attack in Stockholm on Saturday evening would, if confirmed to be a terror attack, be the first time Sweden has been targeted by a suicide bomber.
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National: 11 Dec 10
Two nearly simultaneous explosions rocked central Stockholm on Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring two others in what is believed to be a suicide attack.
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National: 11 Dec 10
A Swedish businessman has been kidnapped in Pakistan after travelling to the country to get married, newspaper Expressen reported on its website on Saturday.
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Politics: 9 Dec 10
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday suffered his first parliamentary defeat since reelection as the far-right Sweden Democrats and centre-left opposition voted in favour of major cuts to the government's administrative budget.
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National: 7 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody by London court on Tuesday after he vowed to fight extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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National: 7 Dec 10
UK police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Tuesday on suspicion of rape on an arrest warrant issued by Swedish authorities.
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Politics: 5 Dec 10
WikiLeaks battled to stay online on Saturday after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive publisher Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations to the whistleblowing website.
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Politics: 1 Dec 10
The Social Democrats' foreign policy spokesman, Urban Ahlin has denied a report from the US embassy in Stockholm alleging that he asked for American assistance to boost support for the Swedish mission in Afghanistan.
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Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed to Sweden's Supreme Court in a second attempt to overturn a detention order stemming from rape allegations, the court announced on Tuesday.
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National: 28 Nov 10
Swedish soldiers were involved in a firefight west of their base in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday.
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National: 25 Nov 10
Sweden’s defence minister is demanding answers after it was revealed that the military used Afghan refugees, at least one of whom was scheduled to be deported, to help train Swedish soldiers.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 10
A Swedish court ruled on Wednesday to reject WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's appeal against an arrest warrant for rape, meaning that the Australian remains wanted worldwide.
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Science & Technology: 21 Nov 10
WikiLeaks has abandoned the Swedish internet hosting company it had previously used to store many of the confidential documents revealed by the whistleblower website.
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Science & Technology: 20 Nov 10
Despite an appeal filed Friday by Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer, Sweden has issued an international arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder, who is wanted on suspicion of rape and sexual molestation.
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National: 19 Nov 10
A Swedish officer and two Finnish soldiers were seriously injured when their vehicle was shot with a rocket launcher in Afghanistan on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 19 Nov 10
A UK-based lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his client plans to challenge an order for his arrest issued on Thursday by a Swedish court on charges of rape and sexual molestation.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
On the eve of three important international summits, US ambassador to Sweden Matthew W. Barzun emphasises the importance of the transatlantic partnership as well as Sweden’s constructive role in promoting international engagement.
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Science & Technology: 18 Nov 10
A Swedish court on Thursday issued a warrant for the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicions of rape and sexual molestation.
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Politics: 13 Nov 10
The Social Democrats should reject the Red-Green coalition agreement to reintroduce property taxes, Thomas Östros, the party's economic policy spokesperson, has argued.
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Society: 6 Nov 10
A Swedish aid agency will invest 90 million kronor ($13.65 million) in a project to support Afghanistan's efforts to reduce poverty by establishing self-governing village councils.
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Politics: 2 Nov 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has insisted that the Red-Green coalition should continue its cooperation, although a majority of the party districts across the country want the party to break away on its own.
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Politics: 1 Nov 10
The centre-right Alliance government has reached an agreement with the Social Democrats and the Green Party regarding Sweden’s military mission in Afghanistan.
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Politics: 1 Nov 10
The Left Party has dropped out of talks on a broad agreement on Sweden's troops in Afghanistan, the party said in a statement.
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Politics: 26 Oct 10
The centre-left Red-Green coalition, which aligned Sweden’s Green and Left Parties with the Social Democrats in a failed attempt to win back power in the Riksdag, appears to be over.
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National: 24 Oct 10
WikiLeaks' release of nearly 400,000 classified US files on the the Iraq war at a press conference in London on Friday has revealed the use of hundreds of Swedish weapons in the conflict.
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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 »
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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