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NATO to stop combat operations in Afghanistan Chief
Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday that NATO forces will no longer plan, execute or lead combat operations in Afghanistan. The remarks came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a ceremony in Kabul that his country's security forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the NATO coalition. "This decision marks ...
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Norwegian Elyounoussi joins Hoffenheim
Norwegian international of Moroccan descent Tarik Elyounoussi has moved from Rosenborg to Hoffenheim until 2017. The striker has scored 49 goals in 149 appearances in Norway since 2005. In 2013, he scored 12 goals in 22 games to lead the list of goalscorers in the Norwegian professional league, the Tippeligaen, reports Xinhua. The 25-year-old arrival is, since 2008, part of the Norway national ...
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Danske Bank told Irish arm adds to risk
Denmark's Financial Services Authority noted that Ireland had a "significant effect" on Danske Bank's risk weighting, resulting in a total group-level risk weight of 36 per cent, of which Ireland accounted for 4 per ...
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Possibility for big forest fire is thin in Finland
File picture of the fire on June 6, 2013 at Puotilan vicinity of the beach, which burnt about 400 square meters areas in Helsinki. Photo Str / Lehtikuva The possibility for forest fire in a large scale is very thin in near future in the country, according to the Forest Research Institute. As per the perception based on the weather condition and density of forest, it could be said that the ...
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Ex-Lockheed official joins board of Norwegian titanium firm
LMT.N ) incoming CEO after having an affair with a subordinate, said he has joined the board of directors of a Norwegian titanium producer that works closely with Spirit AeroSystems Inc ...
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United to play AIK in Sweden for pre-season
Manchester United will conclude the preparations for the defence of its Premier League crown with a pre-season match against Swedish side ...
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Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
BOSTON -- The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what its president says is a milestone for the proposed 130-turbine project.The $2.6 billion Cape Wind project aims to be the nation's first offshore wind farm. But Cape Wind, proposed in 2001, has been delayed by lengthy review and entrenched opponents and has been looking for ...
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Pirate Bay co-founder faces extradition to Denmark Swedish court rules
Security The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg can be extradited to Denmark, a Swedish court has ruled. There, he will face several new hacking charges for downloading a large number of files from a Danish police database. Sweden's Nacka District Court ruled on Monday that Swartholm Warg "may be extradited to Denmark in accordance with the warrant from Denmark and he ...
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U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling handed down in 2011, the company said. Novo said it still believes the ...
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Assange will not leave Ecuador embassy even if Sweden drops extradition bid
Assange supporters in David Cameron and Anonymous masks wait for the WikiLeaks founder outside the Ecuadorean embassy. Photograph: Peter ...
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Danish women protest at breast feeding ban
With the slogan ';They’re just breasts'; hundreds of Danish women have been protesting against their country’s Equal Rights Commission ruling restaurants and cafes can turn away women breast-feeding their babies. The ruling has sparked weeks of heated debate in ...
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Mars Curiosity rover to be offered as official Lego toy
Danish toymaker Lego says it will produce a version of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover requested in an online vote by customers. The rover was selected from a number of candidate creations that passed 10,000 votes on Lego's Cuusoo website, CNET reported Tuesday. "The product aligns well with the Lego Group's mission to 'inspire and develop the builders ...
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Football - Aston Villa sign giant Denmark striker Helenius
The 22-year-old, who stands 6 feet 5 inches tall, agreed a three-year contract at Villa Park after signing for an undisclosed fee. "Nicklas is a young lad but also a full international with a good goal-scoring record in Denmark and he'll prove himself in the Premier League," manager Paul Lambert told Villa's website (www.avfc.com). Helenius scored 16 goals in 33 league ...
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Radio programmes that address global issues honoured by UNNew York Festivals Awards
18 June 2013 – A message of hope from a boy on the war-torn streets of Kabul, a profile of Danish efforts to help the elderly live the way they choose and an investigative story on the cruel reality of human trafficking are the winners of this year’s awards for outstanding radio programming presented by the United Nations as part of the 2013 New York Festivals Awards. ...
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Campbell to Acquire Danish Snack Maker
Campbell Soup Company ( ) recently announced its plans to acquire Denmark-based Kelsen Group A/S from Maj Invest - a private equity firm and several other investors. The strategic acquisition will boost Campbell Soup's growth prospects in the Chinese and Hong Kong market as well as increase its global footprint. The U.S.-based manufacturer of high-quality food and simple meals has not ...
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Norwegian official sets Romania visit on Roma crimes in Oslo
A top Norwegian official says she will travel to Romania next week to find out why foreign aid to help improve conditions for the Roma people is not being used. The announcement came as Oslo police said seven out of 10 people arrested on theft-related charges in the past year were from Romania, The Norway Post reported Tuesday. The Norwegian government set aside $23.4 million last year to aid ...
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Swedens far right beats mainstream parties in cyberspace
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Extreme-right websites in Sweden are far more popular than websites run by parties represented in parliament, said a report presented to the government on Tuesday.The seven top far-right websites attract a total of 145,000 unique visitors a day, according to the report, which was prepared by the government-run Swedish Media Council."I'm surprised to find out that (the ...
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Sweden selling Nordea stake could raise $2.8 billion
, said it would sell up to 230 million ordinary shares in Nordea, worth some 18.1 billion Swedish crowns $2.8 billion (1.7 billion pounds) at current market prices, though such bloc sales are usually done at a discount.It will use the proceeds to reduce the national debt.On completion of the sale, Sweden's current 13.4 percent stake in Nordea - a legacy of the country's banking crisis ...
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Taliban held secret talks in Norway to broker Doha deal
OSLO (Reuters) - The Taliban held secret negotiations in Norway over the past few months, helping yield a deal that allowed the radical Afghan rebels to open an office in Qatar, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Tuesday."We have played a key role in this process," Barth Eide told state broadcaster NRK. "It has been a strictly confidential process but we can now reveal ...
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Like No Offense But Curiosity Doesn’t Think the LEGO Curiosity Is Very Flattering
Curiosity doesn't want to sound, like, ungrateful or whatever, because it's so super-nice that LEGO is making a Curiosity-shaped toy, but Jesus Christ, is that what Curiosity looks like to you? That fucking--that thing? It looks like the Pixar robot trying to mate with an Oreo. It looks like a cockroach wearing a fur cape. It looks like a vibrating back scratcher available for purchase ...
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Research and Markets Construction in Denmark The Residential Construction Market to Record Positive Growth in 2014 ...
Research and Markets: Construction in Denmark: The Residential Construction Market to Record Positive Growth in 2014 after Recording a Decline Of 0.3% In ...
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Smash Lego atoms with a Large Hadron Collider model
A physicist is gathering supporters for an ATLAS experiment Lego mini model that could put a piece of the Large Hadron Collider in the hands of Lego fans ...
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UPDATE 1-Swedish government launches 5.7 pct stake sale in Nordea
Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:17pm EDT (Adds background, details) STOCKHOLM, June 18 (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Tuesday said it was launching a sale of a 5.7 percent stake in Nordea, the Nordic region's biggest bank, as it revisited a long-standing ambition to privatise state assets. The Swedish government, which is Nordea's second biggest owner behind Finnish insurer Sampo, said ...
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Aston Villa complete signing of Danish star Nicklas Helenius
Nicklas Helenius of Denmark shields the ball from Jordi Amat of Spain during the Uefa European Under-21 championship play-off in 2012. Photograph: ...
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Dating site for broody singles launches in Denmark
COPENHAGEN -- A dating site targeting singles looking for a partner to have children was launched this week in Denmark, attracting slightly more men than women, its founder said on Tuesday. ';Babyklar.nu'; (baby-ready dot now) was the brain child of Emmanuel Limal, a French actor, playwright and engineer who came up with the idea after seeing a woman on another dating site apologize ...
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Denmark's Russian relationship
Danish relations with Russia have existed for several centuries, with the first recorded diplomatic relations dating from 1493, when King Hans and Ivan III signed a treaty aimed at planning an offensive against Sweden and Lithuania. Since then the relations between the two countries have grown closer, frayed, become tense, reconciled and stagnated at different points throughout the history of their respective political development.
Denmark and Russia have always been economically and politically important to one another though. Denmark, since the end of the Cold War, has acted as a bridge between the east and west, and during much of the tumultuous politics of the post-war and Cold War period, remained largely neutral in many affairs concerning Russia. In 1939 the country refused to support measures to expel Russia from the then-League of Nations, and resisted attempts by Nordic countries to set up a defense alliance for the region. Read more
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