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Students questioned over Stockholm school blast
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Students questioned over Stockholm school blast

Police have called several students in for questioning after an apparently home-made explosive device blew up in the hand of a teacher at a Stockholm school, with the blast injuring at least eleven students and two more adults on Wednesday.
Crashed train removed from Stockholm house
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Crashed train removed from Stockholm house

Two cranes and a crowd of curious onlookers were on hand on Monday as crews successfully removed a train car that had been lodged in a house in the Stockholm suburb of Saltsjöbaden after crashing into the building nearly two weeks ago.
Swedish motorists battle more icy roads
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Swedish motorists battle more icy roads

Emergency services were kept busy on Sunday as slippery roads in western Sweden led to 60 traffic accidents over a seven-hour period, with meteorologists warning motorists of similar conditions on Monday.
'Train crash might have been an accident'
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'Train crash might have been an accident'

As sightseers flocked to the train that remains lodged inside a Stockholm house after a cleaning lady crashed it on Tuesday, officials have backed down and admitted the incident may indeed have been an accident.
'Tight schedules for trucks up the risk'
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'Tight schedules for trucks up the risk'

Swedish police have dismissed the theory that faulty winter tyres are to blame for Tuesday's massive car crash, which involved nearly 100 cars and killed one person, but say they have pinpointed the three trucks that initially collided.
Warning for 'black ice' on Swedish roads
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Warning for 'black ice' on Swedish roads

While the snowfall that blanketed much of Sweden on Tuesday has dissipated, road conditions remain treacherous across much of the country as crews work to reopen motorways closed by a slew of accidents.
Cleaning lady steals train and crashes into house
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Cleaning lady steals train and crashes into house

Officials remain baffled as to why a cleaning lady commandeered a train in the upscale Stockholm suburb of Saltsjöbaden early Tuesday morning and crashed it into a house, where it remains while crews work out how to safely remove the wreckage.