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May 28, 2012
Sudan
The following articles have been tagged with "Sudan":
'Trust us or sell your shares': Lundin CEO
Business & Money: 3 May 12
The CEO of Sweden-based Lundin Petroluem rejected calls for an independent probe into the company's activities in Africa, telling owners to "sell your shares" if they don't trust Lundin's actions.
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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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Lundin: war crimes allegations 'unfounded'
Business & Money: 18 Mar 12
Ian and Lukas Lundin have rejected accusations that the Lundin Group consists of "opportunistic, dictator-hugging businessmen", arguing that allegations of human rights abuses are "unfounded, unfair and in some cases, absurd".
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Swedish ministers profit from Lundin: report
Business & Money: 13 Mar 12
Over half of Sweden’s government ministers have shares in investment funds that put money into Sweden-based oil giant Lundin Petroleum, a new report has revealed.
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Former Swedish minister named to top UN post
Politics: 2 Mar 12
Former Swedish foreign minister Jan Eliasson was named new deputy secretary general of the United Nations on Friday by UN leader Ban Ki-moon.
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Sweden to receive 1,900 quota refugees in 2012
Politics: 30 Jan 12
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea in its efforts to resettle 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees in 2012.
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Foreign applications to Swedish unis rebound
Education: 19 Jan 12
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants.
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'Lundin may have led Bildt to the heart of darkness'
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 11
Swedish investigative journalist Leo Lagercrantz takes a closer look at the Lundin Group and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's involvement with it after two Swedish journalists were found guilty of terror crimes in Ethiopia while reportedly investigating the company.
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Bildt avoids Sudan war crimes probe
Politics: 21 Oct 11
Foreign minister Carl Bildt is not among the initial 40 people called to answer questions about oil company Lundin Petroleum’s activities in the Sudan, as prosecutors in Sweden continued an investigation into the company's activities.
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Bildt rejects mounting Ethiopia criticism
National: 7 Oct 11
Foreign minister Carl Bildt on Thursday repudiated the growing criticism regarding how he has been handling the case with the two Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia.
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'Bildt hushed talk of Darfur genocide'
Politics: 19 Sep 11
Former minister and Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark has slammed current Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt in a new book arguing that he has a "passive" attitude towards genocide, is ignorant about Israel and holds "reactionary views".
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Journalists 'probing Lundin Oil': report
Business & Money: 13 Sep 11
The two Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia were in the country investigating Lundin Petroleum, a Swedish oil and mining company, at the time of their arrest, according to reports in the Swedish media.
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Editorial challenges Bildt to answer about Lundin
Politics: 10 Jul 10
Two former foreign affairs ministers and the Social Democrats' foreign affairs critic question what Foreign Minister Carl Bildt knew about the displacement of people and other atrocities in Sudan when Lundin Oil drilled for oil there.
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Oil firm war crimes probe could draw in Bildt
Politics: 21 Jun 10
Sweden's international prosecutor will investigate Lundin Oil over whether it had any role in war crimes committed in Sudan. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was a director of the company at the time.
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Sweden defends dictator invites
National: 18 Jun 10
The Swedish foreign ministry has defended the invitation of representatives for several of the world's most severe dictatorships to Saturday's royal wedding, arguing that it is accepted to protocol to invite the entire diplomatic corps.
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Prosecutor to investigate oil firm accusations
National: 11 Jun 10
A Swedish prosecutor has indicated that there will be an investigation into claims made in a report that Swedish company Lundin Oil was involved in war crimes in Sudan during the time that Foreign Minister Carl Bildt sat on the board.
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Swedish oil company accused of war crimes
Business & Money: 8 Jun 10
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum and the consortium it belonged to in the Sudan were involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a new report.
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Dumped refugee demands compensation
National: 7 Jun 10
A man deported in 1995 from Sweden to Ghana, despite the fact that he came from Uganda, is demanding compensation from the Swedish state after being imprisoned and tortured in the west African country.
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Cop faces sack over 'offensive and disrespectful' blog
National: 27 Apr 10
Police in southern Sweden have recommended the firing of a police sergeant who blogged about throwing stones at a thief and secretly dabbing the tip of his sex organ on car door handles.
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Margot Wallström lands top UN job
Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sweden's Margot Wallström is set to become the UN special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced on Sunday
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'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Sweden shifts priorities for resettling UN refugees
National: 21 Jan 10
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea, rather than Iraq, in its efforts to resettle an estimated 1,700 to 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees this year.
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Sweden agrees to accept camp refugees
National: 27 Sep 09
Sweden and a dozen other European countries have agreed to accept Somali and Eritrean refugees from camps in Kenya and Sudan. Three further camps on Iraq's border with Syria will also be emptied.
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Weapons smuggled in planes used to send aid: think tank
Politics: 12 May 09
A prominent Swedish think tank has warned that air cargo companies hired to deliver humanitarian aid and support peacekeeping operations in Africa are also often used to smuggle weapons.
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'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden.
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Lundin bullish on oil prospects in Ethiopia
Business & Money: 9 Oct 08
Sweden's Lundin Petroleum said on Thursday it was confident that exploration in Ethiopia's Ogaden basin would lead to discoveries of oil as well as natural gas.
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Amnesty rights report won't stop minister's Olympic travel
Politics: 31 Jul 08
The Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (left) plans to travel to the Olympic opening ceremony despite a new report from Amnesty damning China's human rights record.
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Kenyan activists urge Lundin to delay drilling
Business & Money: 21 Jul 08
Kenyan activists on Monday called for Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum to hold off its plans to search for oil and natural gas in the north-west Lake Turkana basin due to health concerns.
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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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Swedish sun is summer's star attraction
Lifestyle: 28 May 08
He may not be able to back it up with hard science, but David Bartal is willing to wager that Sweden has probably the best sunshine in the world.
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Swedish soldiers released in Chad
National: 10 May 08
The two Swedish and two Finnish soldiers arrested by local police in Chad on Thursday have been released and have returned to their base in the capital, N'Djamena.
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Palme Prize winner barred from leaving Iran
National: 3 Mar 08
Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan said she was prevented from leaving the country.
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Chad force and Swedish for immigrants stoke debate
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Feb 08
David Landes gauges press reactions to two of the week's main talking points: proposed changes to state-run language classes for immigrants and Sweden's troop deployment to Chad.
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Palme Prize to Iranian feminist Ardalan
National: 14 Feb 08
Parvin Ardalan is honoured for her work editing the first online newsletter on Iranian women's rights.
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Sweden and Norway cancel Darfur mission
Politics: 10 Jan 08
Sweden and Norway have withdrawn their offer of a joint force of 400 troops to be sent to Darfur.
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Delays plague Nordic Battlegroup
National: 31 Dec 07
Equipment shortages persist as the group's January 1st launch date approaches.
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Sweden ramps up NATO mission
Politics: 19 Dec 07
Sweden has unveiled plans to open new embassies in Afghanistan, Sudan and Belarus, as well as upgrading its NATO mission.
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Darfur: the time for talk is over
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Dec 07
Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign affairs spokesperson for Sweden's Liberal Party, calls for less talk, more action on Darfur.
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It's a hard life being a Swedish diplomat
National: 17 Dec 07
Poor foreign food, smoking in meetings and poor quality golf courses. These are some of the hardships one has to face as a Swedish diplomat.
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Swedish parliament approves Chad force
National: 21 Nov 07
The Riksdag voted on Wednesday to send troops to Chad as part of a humanitarian EU mission.
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From Diapers to Darfur
Lifestyle: 16 Nov 07
Most women on maternity leave think that changing diapers and feeding their youngsters - with the occasional latte for sustenance - is quite enough work. But a group of American women has also found time to raise Swedish awareness over the crisis in Darfur. Paul O'Mahony has met them.
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Reinfeldt faces deluge of criticism
Politics: 2 Nov 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt faced a deluge of criticism Friday over his leadership abilities after the latest in a string of scandals capped a stormy first year in power for the centre-right government.
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Swedish firm tapped to search for oil in Kenya
Science & Technology: 6 Oct 07
The Kenyan government has signed a contract with a Swedish firm to look for oil and natural gas in the country's northwestern Lake Turkana basin.
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Sweden to close embassies
National: 1 Oct 07
Budget cuts are forcing the Swedish Foreign Ministry to close seven embassies and consulates across the world, including embassies in African and consulates in Europe.
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'China must act' Tutu tells Swedes
National: 28 Sep 07
Desmond Tutu has told a Gothenburg audience that he will boycott the Beijing Olympics if China does not act over the violence in Burma. "You have been extraordinarily courageous and wonderful," he tells Burmese protesters.
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Sweden could send troops to Chad
National: 27 Sep 07
Sweden is planning to send 200 troops to Chad to protect refugees from Darfur, defence minister Sten Tolgfors has said.
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Sweden scraps aid to China
National: 27 Aug 07
Sweden is to halve the number of countries to which it pays foreign aid. The number of recipient countries is to be cut from 70 to 33, with China and Vietnam among those losing out. The Social Democrats accuse the government of "abandoning Asia."
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Sweden confirms Darfur force
National: 17 Aug 07
Sweden and Norway have offered to send a joint engineering unit to support the United Nations-African Union force in the war-torn Sudanese province of Darfur.
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Sweden could send troops to Darfur
National: 1 Aug 07
Sweden and Norway will consider sending a joint group to participate in the new UN peacekeeping force for Darfur, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said.
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Sweden hands suspected Al-Qaeda man to Germany
National: 18 May 07
Sweden has extradited a Moroccan man suspected by German prosecutors of recruiting radical Muslims to fight US-led forces in Iraq.
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Sweden hands over Jordanian suspected of terror links
National: 5 Apr 07
Sweden has handed over a Jordanian terror suspect to German authorities. The man suspecting of plotting to create an Al-Qaeda cell in Sudan.
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Bildt in hot water over Iraq war lobbying
Politics: 23 Feb 07
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has come in for serious criticism for having been a member of a lobby group pushing for an invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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Annan honoured with Olof Palme Prize
Society: 30 Jan 07
Former United Nations boss Kofi Annan has been awarded the Olof Palme Prize in honour of the "courage" he was said to show during his ten years at the top. He shared the prize with Darfur lawyer Mossaad Mohamed Ali.
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Bildt sells Vostok Nafta options
Business & Money: 22 Dec 06
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has sold the 15,000 stock options he held in investment group Vostok Nafta, which is 90 percent comprised of shares in controversial Russian gas giant Gazprom.
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Oil entrepreneur Lundin dies
National: 1 Oct 06
Swedish oil entrepreneur Adolf Lundin dies at home in Geneva at the age of 74. "Sweden has become poorer," says former prime minister Carl Bildt.
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Iranian refugees accepted by Sweden
Society: 17 May 06
Over a hundred Iranian Kurd refugees who fled Iran during the Islamic Revolution, then left Iraq during the war, are now on their way to Sweden from their desert camp in Jordan.
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Swedish aid minister turned away from Darfur
National: 29 Mar 06
Swedish Aid Minister Carin Jämtin was on Wednesday blocked from carrying out a planned visit to Sudan's war-torn Darfur region by local officials, says the Swedish foreign ministry.
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SFI - can one size fit all?
Lifestyle: 24 Mar 06
Giving all immigrants a chance to learn Swedish for free sounds like an ideal way to help integration. But does the state-funded language course, SFI, really help newcomers to find their feet in Sweden?
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SVT 'candidate' reports hate mail to police
Lifestyle: 2 Mar 06
Teysir Subhi, a participant in Swedish Television's political docusoap, Top Candidate, has been sent racist and threatening mail since the series began at the end of January.
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Sweden donates 100 million kronor to Sudan
National: 22 Feb 06
Sweden said on Wednesday that it would contribute 100 million kronor to a United Nations fund to aid the population of Sudan, caught in the grips of civil war and drought.
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Sweden donates 15 million kronor to Sudan peace bid
National: 3 Nov 05
Sweden's government is to give 15 million kronor to boost peace efforts in the crisis-ridden Darfur region in Sudan.
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Police from Sweden sent to Sudan
National: 19 Oct 05
Swedish police officers have been sent to Sudan as part of an international force. This shows our commitment to finding a solution to conflict in Sudan, says Sweden's development minister.
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Sweden sends officers to Darfur
Smörgåsbord: 22 Jun 05
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Sweden gives 100 million kronor to UN in Sudan
National: 25 May 05
The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) says that it will donate 100 million kronor in development aid to support the United Nations' work in conflict-ridden Sudan.
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Swede to return home after Cairo suicide bomb
National: 2 May 05
The Swedish aid worker caught up in a suicide bomb attack in Cairo on Saturday is due to return home today. Tobias Johansson, 28, suffered serious eye injuries in the nail bomb blast, but it looks like the Egyptian doctors have saved his sight.
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Freivalds speaks out on Sudan
Politics: 1 Sep 04
At last the Swedish government gets stuck into the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. About time, say critics.
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