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May 28, 2012
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Swedish TV in Eurovision 'coloured person' outrage
Society: 5 Apr 12
Comments hinting that a dancer should be replaced due to his skin colour in order to boost Sweden’s chances of winning the Eurovision Song Contest recently sparked outrage and left Swedish state broadcaster SVT in crisis.
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Bildt wants Sweden to be 'world power': WikiLeaks
Politics: 27 Feb 12
Foreign minister Carl Bildt believes Sweden should be a “world power” and once called Russian prime minister Vladmir Putin a “chetnik”, according to internal emails from a US security firm released by WikiLeaks on Monday.
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Swedish execs cleared of New York sex crimes
National: 25 Feb 12
Two high-ranking Swedish IT executives have been cleared of suspicions of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a New York hotel room.
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Two Swedes arrested for sex crimes in New York
Science & Technology: 9 Feb 12
Two high-ranking Swedish executives with an e-commerce start-up have been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in a New York hotel room at the weekend.
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Group slams English name for Swedish region
Business & Money: 27 Jan 12
A Swedish language preservation network has blasted plans by the "Twin Cities of Sweden" to market their common metropolitan area using the name of a small town in central Texas in the United States.
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Texas, 4, strangled by 10-year-old boy: police
National: 14 Dec 11
A 10-year-old child was behind the death of 4-year-old Texas in Ljungby in south central Sweden, according to police who on Wednesday announced that that the crime has been solved.
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The Austrian resort that made me learn to love skiing
Travel: 19 Sep 11
With an eight months ski season, incredible facilities and spectacular shows, Sölden – a popular skiing resort in eastern Austria – has something for everyone, as travel writer and ski-beginner Malin Nyberg discovers.
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'Sissy Bounce': gender-bending booty shaking comes to Stockholm
Lifestyle: 2 Aug 11
Self-proclaimed international diva Big Freedia is set to make his Swedish stage debut this week, bringing the flamboyant sounds of New Orleans bounce music, and a warning not to call him "sissy", contributor Caroline Bursell discovers.
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Swedish roller girls cruising for a bruising
Lifestyle: 20 May 11
Featuring the likes of Misty Muffdiver and Vix Viking, roller derby is in the midst of a renaissance in Sweden, where camaraderie and image are just as important as inflicting maximum pain on your opponent, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Chance and skill to Texas Hold'em: Swedish court
Society: 6 Apr 11
The Supreme Court in Sweden ruled Wednesday that it is both chance and skill that decide the outcome in the poker game Texas Hold’em.
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Top Swedish judges attend 'poker school'
Society: 23 Feb 11
An expert poker player gave Sweden's Supreme Court judges a lesson on the art of playing cards on Tuesday in a case examining whether Texas Hold'em is a game of skill or chance.
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Texas Hold'em case heads for supreme court
Society: 22 Feb 11
Sweden's Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the case of four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may allow for more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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What's On in Sweden: August 13th - 19th
Lifestyle: 9 Aug 10
What’s on in Sweden: A Chopin marathon in Stockholm, a Brazilian all-nighter in Gothenburg and Malmö hosts Scandinavia's biggest street dance competition.
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The Local launches America's News in British English
Society: 1 Apr 10
With English-speakers worldwide seeing their own versions of the language eroded by a global standard, The Local is launching an ambitious new project to bring befuddled migrants all the latest news in the English that suits them best.
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US 'Jihad Jane' linked to plot to kill cartoonist
National: 10 Mar 10
An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks.
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'Who threw it?' - Swedish YouTube frisbee mystery solved
Society: 18 Nov 09
A Swedish newspaper has finally resolved the gripping YouTube mystery of an errant frisbee that struck a young man's face, causing him to spill a drink down the front of his shirt and go ballistic.
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Malmö man sentenced for sex assault in Texas
National: 26 Sep 09
A 33-year old man from Malmö has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a US court for sexually abusing a 16-year-old he met online.
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Top researcher 'too old' to work in Sweden
Science & Technology: 22 Sep 09
Award-winning professor Jan Åke Gustafsson of the world-renowned Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm is set to quit Sweden due to rules that force him to retire at 67.
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Fuglesang heads for second space adventure
Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has begun preparations in Houston for his second trip into space.
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Animal rights activists force restaurant closure
Society: 25 Jun 09
Threats and vandalism allegedly carried out by animal rights activists have forced a restaurant in Umeå in northern Sweden to close its doors.
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Swedish court rules Texas Hold'em a 'game of skill'
Business & Money: 14 May 09
A Swedish appeals court on Thursday sharply reduced the sentences for four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may open the door to more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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Banking on the new Swedish model
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Feb 09
Olle Wästberg, Director General of the Swedish Institute reveals some insights garnered from his inside track in the early 1990s to the bone-shaking Swedish banking crisis and its eventual resolution.
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Swede charged with child sex assault in US
Society: 13 Feb 09
A 33-year-old man from Malmö has been indicted in the United States on eight counts of sexual assault of a child.
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All American Cowgirl Chicks steal Stockholm show
Society: 29 Nov 08
There were no panties and little naked flesh in sight at the Stockholm Horse Show this year as the All American Cowgirl Chicks stole the show on Friday evening.
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Swede owns 'most expensive home in the world'
Business & Money: 24 Nov 08
A sprawling estate near Beverly Hills, California owned by Swedish socialite Suzanne Saperstein and valued at $125 million dollars, has landed at the top of Forbes magazine’s list of the most expensive homes.
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Sofia Talvik crosses the Atlantic with her guitar in hand
Lifestyle: 23 Jul 08
On the eve what she hopes will be a breakthrough US tour, Swedish singer and songwriter Sofia Talvik tells Majsan Boström how the internet helped launch her career and land her a spot at one of the world’s biggest music festivals.
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Gothenburg club and concert tips: July 18 - 19
Lifestyle: 17 Jul 08
Where to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly Magazine has the answers.
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Plans for Sweden's largest wind farm move ahead
Science & Technology: 28 May 08
Sweden's government on Tuesday approved the building of the largest offshore wind farm in the Scandinavian country, the environment ministry said in a statement.
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Mexico reclaims California in Absolut Vodka advert
Society: 5 Apr 08
A print and billboard campaign by Absolut Vodka in Mexico has caused tempers to flare in the United States.
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Reinfeldt, Obama...and Bush
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 08
Social democratic newspaper editor Eric Sundström examines Fredrik Reinfeldt's recent expression of support for Barack Obama.
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Americans in Sweden head to the polls
Politics: 5 Feb 08
American Democrats living in Sweden headed down to a coffee shop in Stockholm on Tuesday to cast their ballots in Super Tuesday's primary elections.
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Swedish woman found dead at Texas shooting range
National: 7 Jan 08
A Swedish woman was found dead on Saturday night at a shooting range in Pasadena, Texas.
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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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Royal Tenenbaums director gets Swedish award
National: 24 Oct 07
Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson is to be given a major award at the Stockholm Film Festival, it has been announced.
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Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm
Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title.
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Parnevik maintains Texas Open lead
Sport: 7 Oct 07
Sweden's Jesper Parnevik maintained his lead in the 4.5 million-dollar Texas Open on Saturday, posting a four-under-par 66.
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Parnevik leads Swedish assault at Texas Open
Sport: 6 Oct 07
Jesper Parnevik led a Swedish sweep of the top four spots on Friday, firing a five-under par 65 in the second round of the Texas Open.
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Parnevik fires career-best 61 to lead Texas Open
Sport: 5 Oct 07
Jesper Parnevik recovered with a vengeance on Thursday, rebounding from an opening bogey to shoot a career-best 61 in the first round of the Texas Open.
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Bush: Reinfeldt's present 'is a real beauty'
National: 1 Aug 07
"It is a real beauty" - that's President George W. Bush's verdict on the brush cutter he was given by Fredrik Reinfeldt following the Swedish Prime Minister's visit to the White House.
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Minister's MBA 'came from degree mill'
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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Kisses for Fuglesang as Shuttle lift-off looms
Science & Technology: 7 Dec 06
Sweden is crossing its fingers as the country's first astronaut prepares to head into space. Christer Fuglesang has said his family goodbyes, and is now fully focused on the mission ahead.
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Stockholm Syndrome: It's not what you say...
Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 05
...it's the way that you say it. That's our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's conclusion after two new teachers' accents have very different effects on his Swedish class.
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Eniro to buy Norwegian directory company
Business & Money: 26 Sep 05
The search and directory company Eniro is to buy its Norwegian equivalent Findexa in a deal worth 10.6 billion kronor. Redundancies may follow.
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Star study telescope to launch from Sweden
Society: 25 May 05
A Swedish-American telescope will launch in northern Sweden this week, as part of a project to investigate the formation of stars and planets.
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Swedish driver Bräck back on track
Sport: 18 May 05
Racing driver Kenny Bräck will be competing in the Indianapolis 500 race later this month, a year and a half after he was seriously injured in a horrific crash. "I feel good", says Bräck.
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ABB uncovers suspect payments by US subsidiary
Business & Money: 19 Apr 05
Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB says that it has uncovered accounting irregularities at a computer services subsidiary in the United States.
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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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