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May 28, 2012
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Warrant issued for 'tortured' US Muslim seeking asylum in Sweden
National: 9 May 12
The United States has issued an arrest warrant for an American Muslim seeking political asylum in Sweden after he publicly claimed he was imprisoned and tortured at the behest the American FBI.
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US teen admits to aiding Lars Vilks murder plot
National: 5 May 12
A teenager of Pakistani origin resident in the US has admitted to assisting in the so-called "Jihad Jane" plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
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'Tortured' US Muslim seeks asylum in Sweden
National: 19 Apr 12
A US citizen who claims he was imprisoned and tortured at the behest the American FBI is seeking political asylum in Sweden.
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Swedish tourist halted for having 'terrorist name'
Society: 14 Feb 12
A Swedish man set to take off on his "dream holiday" to Mexico was turned away before boarding, as flight officials claimed he shared the name of a wanted terrorist.
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Hackers mount Swedish government cyber attack
Science & Technology: 4 Feb 12
The "hacktivist" group Anonymous claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on the websites of the Swedish government on Saturday as part of protests against anti-piracy regulations.
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Swedish hacker on FBI 'most wanted' list
National: 31 Jan 12
A 33-year-old Swedish computer hacker wanted by the American FBI has been discovered living in Ängelholm, southern Sweden, yet Swedish police can only keep an eye on him.
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Having a laugh with Sweden's famous elk
Lifestyle: 2 Nov 11
As The Local's elk related stories continue to prove popular among readers, we've scoured the web looking for a few video clips that pay tribute to the king of Sweden's forests.
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Sweden’s Saab - back to the future?
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Apr 11
With Swedish carmaker Saab once again teetering on the brink of financial disaster a little over a year after it was saved from bankruptcy, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson reviews the recent trials and tribulations of this once iconic brand.
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Russian backer secures Saab property funds
National: 18 Apr 11
Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov has agreed a deal with an independent European bank to handle payments to Swedish carmaker Saab with regard to the sale of its property holdings, his spokesperson has confirmed.
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Suicide bomb 'may have been cannabis press'
National: 1 Mar 11
An apparent cannabis enthusiast has provided what could be a key clue to Swedish investigators who had previously been stumped by a cylindrical object found near the body of the Stockholm suicide bomber.
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Lockerbie ordered by Qaddafi: Swedish paper
National: 23 Feb 11
Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ordered the 1988 terror attack that downed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan leader's former justice minister told a Swedish reporter on Wednesday.
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Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report
National: 17 Feb 11
An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden.
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US state issues alert over Swedish email scam
Society: 8 Feb 11
The historic ties between Sweden and the US state of Minnesota play a central role in a new email scam targeting Swedish citizens.
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'Jihad Jane' admits to Lars Vilks murder plot
National: 2 Feb 11
An American woman who referred to herself at "Jihad Jane" pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charged related to a 2009 plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
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Bomber's explosives identified with FBI help
National: 16 Dec 10
Swedish investigators theorise that equipment problems may have caused the Stockholm suicide bomber to divert to a side street, potentially saving many lives. They also claim to have identified explosive material used in the attack.
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Islamic extremism 'a threat' to Sweden: Säpo
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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FBI bomb experts heading to Stockholm
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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Calls to probe Sweden-US intel contacts
Politics: 6 Dec 10
Morgan Johansson, the Social Democrat chair of the parliamentary justice committee, has demanded clarification on alleged informal intelligence contacts between the Swedish government and the US authorities.
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Suspicious note sent to Swedish mission in Israel
National: 14 Sep 10
Sweden shut down its embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after it received an envelope containing white powder. Similar letters were also sent to the American and Spanish embassies.
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Opposition proposes new serious crime unit
Politics: 17 Aug 10
The Social Democrats want to create a large new police unit against serious crime that can operate nationwide and will be given the name Reko.
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Spyker completes Saab payment
Business & Money: 5 Jul 10
Spyker Cars has completed the second and final $24 million payment to complete the purchase of Swedish carmarker Saab from US firm General Motors, the Dutch firm has confirmed.
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Swede charged in US over 'scareware' scheme
Science & Technology: 28 May 10
A 31-year-old Swede is among three people indicted in the United States in connection with an internet fraud scheme that netted $100 million for its architects.
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Saab to build cars in Russia: Antonov
National: 29 Mar 10
Spyker adviser Vladimir Antonov has said Saab is planning to build a new plant in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where it will produce 10,000 cars a year.
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University massacre threat suspect released
National: 17 Mar 10
The 33-year-old student held on suspicion of the massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has been released.
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Student expresses regret over massacre threat
National: 16 Mar 10
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with a massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has expressed "deep regret" over his actions, as a wave of copycat threats spread across the country.
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'Jihad Jane' visited Sweden to plan attack
National: 10 Mar 10
The American woman known as "Jihad Jane", charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, is reported to have paid a visit to Sweden in August.
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Saab's Russian backer seeks clean slate
Business & Money: 4 Mar 10
Vladimir Antonov, the Russian businessman and backer of Spyker Cars' takeover of Saab, has launched a campaign to clear his name from allegations of money laundering and organised crime.
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Win tickets to action-packed English-language theatre show
Lifestyle: 2 Mar 10
Stockholm theatre group Improvisation and Co. is currently wowing Stockholm audiences with its ad hoc brand of thrilling on-stage action. The Local has tickets to the show.
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Antonov pledges $100 million for Saab deal
National: 19 Feb 10
Vladimir Antonov, the Russian businessman and backer of Spyker Cars, has pledged that he is ready to lend $100 million to the Dutch car maker in order to finance their takeover of Saab.
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Spyker chief opens door to Russian owner
Business & Money: 16 Feb 10
Spyker CEO Viktor Muller has declared that he would welcome the return of controversial Russian financier Vladimir Antonov to the firm, which recently announced the takeover of Sweden's Saab Automobile.
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Sky darkens over Spyker-Saab funding
Business & Money: 2 Feb 10
Spyker CEO Victor Muller is missing a third of the funds required to complete the purchase of Saab from GM as questions mount over the secret financiers rumoured to be backing the deal.
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Government probe halted Saab-Spyker deal
National: 30 Jan 10
An investigation ordered by the Swedish government into the workings of Spyker and its Russian investors landed on the desk of the FBI and put a temporary stop to the Saab deal being reached.
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Swede held in Pakistan on terror suspicions
National: 10 Dec 09
A Swedish national is reportedly among five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan on suspicions of plotting a militant attack, Pakistani authorities said on Wednesday.
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Terror suspect Swedes still detained: Pakistan
National: 16 Sep 09
Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Wednesday confirmed that four Swedish citizens are sitting in prison in the capital Islamabad, three weeks after their arrest in the north of the country.
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Cultural learnings of Sweden from wandering Bostonian
Analysis & Opinion: 11 Aug 09
Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius, the self-styled 'Boston Blatte', says when she first came to Sweden almost 16 years ago as a tourist, she didn’t expect to stay. Then she met a man.
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Father-in-law appeals over al-Qaeda libel
National: 19 Dec 08
A man who told the FBI that his son-in-law had links to al-Qaeda is appealing his conviction for libel to Sweden’s Supreme Court.
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Public Health Minister stalked by mentally ill man
National: 3 Apr 08
Public Health Minister Maria Larsson was confronted in her home by a man who recently underwent court ordered psychiatric care.
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Swede jailed for claiming ex son-in-law was terrorist
National: 31 Jan 08
A man has been sentenced to three months in jail for falsely informing the FBI that his former son-in-law had links to al-Qaeda.
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Police boss to be moved
National: 7 Dec 07
National Police Commissioner Stefan Strömberg is to be moved from his job, the Justice Department has been said.
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Sweden's police chief 'quits' after row
National: 7 Dec 07
Sweden's top police officer is reported to have resigned after disagreements with the government and regional police chiefs.
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FBI investigates Swedish hacker
Science & Technology: 19 Nov 07
A 19-year-old man who hacked his way into "pretty much every college in Sweden", is being investigated by the FBI for hacking Cisco.
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Liberals call for 'Swedish FBI'
Politics: 13 Nov 07
The Liberal Party has joined the Police Service in calling for a form of 'Swedish FBI' to tackle organized crime.
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Swedish Mafia: fighting a losing battle
Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports.
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Father-in-law charged for Al-Qaeda slur
National: 2 Nov 07
A man in southern Sweden has been charged with slander after informing American authorities that his son-in-law had links with Al-Qaeda.
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FBI 'mistreated' Swedish terror suspect
National: 16 Oct 07
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is to investigate the extradition of a Swedish terrorist suspect from the Czech Republic to the United States following reports of mistreatment.
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'Sweden needs its own FBI' - police chief
National: 22 Sep 07
Sweden's police chief has called for a new national authority for fighting organised crime. Speaking in an interview with newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Stefan Strömberg said that Sweden needed its own FBI.
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FBI raids Swedish fugitive's home
National: 13 Aug 07
The FBI have raided the Florida home of a Swedish man who has been hiding from the law for the past twelve years. Erik Arosenius was last week revealed to have been employed by the company where his sister was CEO.
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Top boss gave US job to fugitive brother
National: 10 Aug 07
A Swedish prisoner who has been on the run for ten years was secretly given work in the United States by his own sister, the Harvard-educated CEO of a Swedish multinational.
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Revealed: CIA spied on Swedish 'extremists'
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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Sweden sharpens tone against Ethiopia
Politics: 3 May 07
Sweden has demanded the release of three of its citizens, who have been held without trial since the beginning of the year.
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Pirate Bay ditches bid for own nation
Science & Technology: 22 Feb 07
Following its failed attempt to buy a North Sea naval platform, The Pirate Bay is now setting its sights elsewhere. But any eventual purchase will be purely symbolic, as the people behind the file-sharing website are determined to remain in Stockholm.
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FBI and film industry train Swedish piracy police
Science & Technology: 19 Feb 07
An elite corps of Swedish police has been trained to combat Internet piracy by the FBI and American lobbying organization the Motion Picture Association.
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'Terror Swede' extradition moves closer
National: 7 Jun 06
A Swede being held in the Czech Republic should be extradited to the United States, the State Attorney in Prague has recommended. Oussama Kassir was arrested in December.
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Swedes seized in international paedophile raid
Society: 10 May 06
Police in 13 EU countries and the US raided around 150 homes on Wednesday morning in a strike against an international online paedophile network.
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Swedish terror suspect: allegations are political
National: 15 Dec 05
The Swede being held in the Czech Republic on suspicion of planning terrorism has accused the domestic US intelligence agency of "manufacturing" a case against him, adding that it was "politically directed against Islam".
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US pursues extradition of Swedish terror suspect
National: 14 Dec 05
US authorities have 40 days to convince their Czech counterparts to hand over a Swede who has been detained in Prague on an international arrest warrant for allegedly conspiring to help terrorists.
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"FBI" email virus strikes Sweden
National: 23 Nov 05
A new virus is spreading around the world's inboxes, this time in the form of emails purporting to be from the FBI or CIA. Don't open the attachment! Delete the email immediately! That's the advice from antivirus experts.
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Swede loses EU terror link case
National: 21 Sep 05
A Somali-Swede who had all his assets frozen after he appeared on a UN terror list has lost his case in a European court. His lawyers say they will appeal, claiming that the ruling is political.
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Stolen Rembrandt recovered by Danish police
National: 16 Sep 05
Four men are arrested in Copenhagen as they try to offload a 37 million dollar self-portrait of the Dutch master, stolen from Stockholm's National Museum in a spectacular heist five years ago.
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Man linked to London bombings threatens Sweden
National: 22 Jul 05
Swede suspected of links to London bombings
The Swedish man wanted by the FBI in connection with the London bombings has denied involvement, but says that Sweden would be "punished" if he was handed to the British.
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Swede suspected of links to London bombings
National: 21 Jul 05
A Swedish citizen has been linked to the British man who is thought to have "played a crucial role" in the bomb attacks in London on July 7th. Now the Briton is being interrogated in Pakistan and the Swede is being sought by the FBI.
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Swedish teenager suspected of hacking into NASA
National: 10 May 05
A 16 year old boy from Uppsala is at the centre of an international investigation into a major spate of hacking attacks on the US military, NASA and IT companies.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
The story of K Composite Magazine »
"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »
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