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May 28, 2012
Kurdish
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Syrians in Sweden: 'observers, not intervention'
Politics: 11 Oct 11
Syrian opposition leaders meeting in Stockholm on Monday called for the deployment of international observers in their country but were largely opposed to foreign military intervention.
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Stockholm hosts rally against Syrian regime
Politics: 10 Oct 11
A rally against the Syrian regime was held outside Sweden's parliament on Sunday with some 200 people calling on Stockholm and the European Union "to support the revolution in Syria".
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Syrian Kurds in Sweden meet on Assad
National: 4 Sep 11
Around 50 expatriat Syrian Kurds gathered in Stockholm Saturday for a two-day conference on how to strengthen Kurds inside Syria and get them more involved in efforts to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Högsby retrial brings 'honour' killings back into focus
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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Court remands parents for 'honour' killing
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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Bilingual kids fall behind at school: study
Education: 23 Mar 11
Bilingual 12-year-olds perform worse at school than their monolingual peers, a researcher at Sweden's Örebro University has found.
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Palme conspiracy theories refuse to die
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
Like many other high-profile murders, the killing of Olof Palme has spawned more than it's fair share of conspiracy theories, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Gothenburg man arrested for Oslo Islamist attack
National: 15 Jan 11
Swedish police have arrested a Gothenburg man as a suspect in the attempted murder of the founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group in Oslo, authorities announced on Friday.
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Kurdish poet gets death threat in Sweden
Society: 5 Jan 11
A Kurdish poet who lives in western Sweden has filed a police report after receiving a death threat from Islamists in northern Iraq.
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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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A November guide to live music in Stockholm
Lifestyle: 29 Oct 10
Contributor David Stavrou checks out some of the highlights awaiting Stockholm music lovers in October.
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Interpreter loses license for poor Swedish skills
National: 22 Jul 10
The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet) has stripped an interpreter of his license after learning he had misinterpreted during a murder trial due to his poor Swedish skills.
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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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Dissident demo over Iran Interpol listing
Politics: 28 Jan 10
Ten Iranian-born Swedes plan to stage a protest outside the Riksdag on Thursday in a bid to have the Swedish government help get their names removed from an Interpol wanted list.
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Swede hit with 10 month jail sentence in Turkey
Society: 1 Jan 10
A Swedish citizen was sentenced to 10 month’s prison by a Turkish court on New Year’s Eve on charges of spreading Kurdish propaganda on behalf of a prohibited political party.
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Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona'
Society: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy.
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Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution.
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'Fake' universities operating in Sweden
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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East'n'bul: A slice of Turkish nightlife in Sweden
Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
Dilay Dede meets up with Hakan Vreskala just before the start of his live band tour Klubb East'n'bul, which brings Istanbul style nightlife to Sweden.
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Alphabet soup: Sweden’s many languages
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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Sweden's new Halal-TV courts controversy
Society: 4 Nov 08
A new programme launched on Monday by Sveriges Television (SVT) featuring three young Swedish Muslim women has sparked a heated debate about cultural norms and integration.
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Sweden gears up for VIVA World Cup
Sport: 1 Jul 08
As Europe finally calms down after a month of football fever, the small town of Gällivare is gearing up to host a smaller, but far more international football competition, Ben Kersley reports.
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Iraqi Christians demonstrate in Stockholm
National: 26 May 08
Hundreds gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to highlight attacks on Christians in Iraq, days before a United Nations conference on Iraqi peace and development opens near the city.
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The path to Swedish asylum: A smuggler speaks
Lifestyle: 19 Mar 08
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden.
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Candles lit in Stockholm for murdered Iraqi Kurds
Society: 16 Mar 08
Thousands of candles were lit in central Stockholm on Sunday in memory of around 5,000 Kurds from Halabja massacred 20 years ago in Iraq.
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Sweden gives go-ahead for Iraq flights
National: 31 Jan 08
A Swedish airline is to be allowed to resume flights to northern Iraq, six months after air links were suspended following a suspected missile attack on a plane.
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Man arrested over 1985 Iraqi agent murder
National: 23 Nov 07
A man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the 1985 murder of an agent who had defected from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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New defence minister refused to bear arms
National: 5 Sep 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has promoted Trade Minister Sten Tolgfors as defence minister. He rejected outgoing defence minister Mikael Odenberg's criticism of military budget cuts: "We don't reach the same conclusions," he said.
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Swedish flights to Iraq still grounded after attack
National: 16 Aug 07
Swedish flights to and from Iraq remain grounded a week after a Nordic Airways plane was reportedly targeted by a missile shortly after take-off.
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Iraq airport dismisses reports of Swedish airline attack
National: 11 Aug 07
Aviation officials from Iraq's Kurdish region on Saturday dismissed reports that a Swedish airliner had been targeted by a missile as it took off with 130 passengers on board.
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Sweden 'risks becoming terror base'
National: 6 Aug 07
Sweden's security service, Säpo, has warned that the country risks becoming a base for recruitment of terrorists.
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Sweden welcomes Turkish election result
National: 23 Jul 07
The victory of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has been welcomed by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. "There is reason to claim that European democracy has been consolidated in the country," he says.
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Swede killed in Iraq blasts
National: 16 Jul 07
At least one of approximately 80 people killed in bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk was a Swedish citizen, it has been reported.
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Iraqi refugees to be returned to Baghdad
National: 6 Jul 07
Asylum seekers who have fled from central and southern Iraq will no longer be allowed to stay in Sweden on the basis of the general situation in the region. Now they must prove they are being threatened.
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Singer: 'I had some planes to bomb'
National: 3 Jul 07
Swedish singer Dilba was taken in for questioning at Arlanda airport on Monday after joking that she planned to bomb some planes on her impending visit to the United States.
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Amnesty criticizes Baghdad deportation
Society: 18 May 07
Amnesty International has levelled criticism at Sweden following the forced deportation to Baghdad of an Iraqi citizen.
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Sweden rings in Iranian new year
Lifestyle: 20 Mar 07
As Tuesday night turns to Wednesday morning, 140,000 people in Sweden are expected to begin celebrating Norouz - the Iranian new year.
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'Sweden harbouring known terrorists'
Politics: 13 Feb 07
A Turkish politician has claimed that the Iraqi embassy in Sweden has issued passports to terrorists. Turan Cömez claims that the passports could enable terrorists to travel to Iraq and take up arms.
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US freezes Swedish terror suspect's assets
National: 7 Dec 06
A Swedish citizen of Moroccan origin is one of five men to have their assets frozen by the US Finance Department. The man is suspected of supporting the al-Qaida terrorist network and other groups.
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Profile: Nyamko Sabuni
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 06
She's Sweden's first African minister, and her proposals to tackle 'honour culture' have led some critics to call her an Islamophobe. But Nyamko Sabuni insists that immigrants to Sweden have a duty to integrate.
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Turkish writer wins Nobel literature prize
National: 12 Oct 06
The Turkish author, journalist and social commentator Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the world's most prestigious literature prize - and a cool 10 million kronor.
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Kurdish TV station goes live from Sweden
National: 15 May 06
The first independent non-commercial Kurdish television station said it had started broadcasting to the Middle East via satellite from an undisclosed location near Stockholm on Monday.
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Kurds with Swedish citizenship arrested in Turkey
National: 4 May 06
Two alleged Kurdish activists with Swedish citizenship have been arrested in Turkey on charges of spreading propaganda for separatist Kurdish rebels, judicial officials said on Thursday.
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Man charged in Sweden with honour killing
National: 10 Jan 06
A 59 year old man has appeared at Norrköping district court accused of the 'honour killing' of a 13 year old girl in Iraq in 2001. He was arrested at Arlanda airport just before Christmas.
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Sweden rejects Saddam trial plea
National: 25 Jul 05
The Swedish government repeats its decision on whether Saddam Hussein should be tried or imprisoned in the country - no thanks. But the former dictator's lawyer insists that in Sweden his trial would be "fair and safe".
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Suspected terrorists accused in Stockholm
National: 5 Apr 05
Two Iraqi men go on trial in the capital on Thursday, accused of leading a terrorist cell from Sweden. Prosecutors say they directed suicide attacks against Kurdish targets in Iraq.
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If your name's not Svensson, you're not coming in
Society: 9 Jul 04
Immigrants and wheelchair users are being denied the pleasures of Sweden's nightlife. Can restaurants and bars afford to turn away customers?
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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 »
Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »
"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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