February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Oregon":
National: 7 Nov 10
Police have confirmed that a 38-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in Malmö in connection with the recent shootings in southern Sweden.
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National: 20 Oct 10
Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare will review the care former foreign minister Anna Lindh received after she was stabbed in central Stockholm in September 2003.
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National: 15 Sep 09
Swedish citizen Ousama Kassir was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a New York court after being found guilty earlier this year of planning to set up an Al-Qaeda training camp in the United States.
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Sport: 8 Sep 09
Borg, Wilander and Edberg are long gone and it's dark days for Swedish tennis, but in Robin Söderling there are at least some rays of hope.
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National: 13 May 09
A Swedish man of Lebanese origin charged with planning to set up an Al Qaeda training camp in the United States was convicted by a New York court on Tuesday, according to prosecutors.
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National: 22 Apr 09
As the trial of a Swedish citizen facing terror charges began in New York on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that the man planned to set up an Al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the United States.
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National: 14 Apr 09
The trial began in New York on Monday of a Swedish citizen suspected of attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in the United States.
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National: 26 Sep 07
A Lebanese-born Swedish man arrived in the United States Tuesday to face terrorism-related charges after being extradited by the Czech Republic. "Mr. Judge, are you a better judge than a judge in Sweden? They don't judge me in Sweden," he told the New York court.
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Politics: 25 Sep 07
A Swedish terror suspect has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States almost two years after his initial arrest.
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Sport: 14 Sep 07
A 59-year-old Swedish journalist has become the oldest person on record to run coast to coast across the United States without the aid of a support vehicle.
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National: 5 Sep 07
The future of a Swedish terror suspect being held in Prague still hangs in the balance, nearly two years after he was arrested. Oussama Kassir is suspected of helping set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
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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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Politics: 19 Jun 07
Swedish Labour Minister Sven Otto Littorin's MBA was taken at a notorious American 'degree mill', it has been alleged. The minister has defended his qualification, but couldn't remember where the university was.
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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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Society: 25 Apr 07
A Czech court has decided to extradite Oussama Kassir to the USA. The 41-year-old Swede is accused of running a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
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National: 24 Apr 07
A Swede being held in Prague on terror charges should be extradited to the United States, a prosecutor has said. The man was arrested in 2005, accused of running a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
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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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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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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 05
Sweden feels like an oasis from terror. But with an 'al-Qaeda' petrol bomb attack in Kista and Swedes accused of terror offences, anyone who thinks Sweden is above all that is deluded.
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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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National: 13 Dec 05
A 39-year-old Swede accused of terrorism by the United States is being held by the Czech authorities. The CIA says he is Osama Bin Laden's "man in Sweden" and he is accused of having links to the London bombings in July.
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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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Lifestyle: 21 May 05
Serieteket, a comic library in Stockholm's Kulturhus, has grown into a unique cultural institution. It now intend to make Nordic comics accessible to an even wider public via a new website.
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Smörgåsbord: 23 Sep 04
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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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