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Lego to expand Czech production
DANISH toymaker Lego says it will expand a factory in the Czech Republic and create some 800 jobs to meet growing regional demand for its popular building ...
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Louisville Slugger Factory And Museum Lego Exhibit Attracting Fans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A baseball-themed exhibit built entirely from Legos is attracting adults and children to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. The exhibit occupies a large space inside the museum and is filled with baseball-themed art, including a 58,000-piece model of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. There are also portraits of famous major league players built out of ...
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Bomb explodes just before last NATO transfer of Afghan security duties
Three civilians died in a blast in western Kabul Tuesday ahead of the NATO transfer of responsibility for security to Afghan forces, officials said. Gen. Mohammad Daud Amin, Kabul's deputy police chief, said intended target Mohammad Mohaqiq, a lawmaker and former cabinet member from the minority Hazara community, survived the attack, but at least four bodyguards were among the nearly two ...
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Maersk plans alliance with two biggest shipping rivals
Reuters © A crew member works as cargo is unloaded from Emma Maersk, one of the world's largest containers which is designed to carry 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (ETU), at Container Terminal 9 at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung district September 7, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby ...
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Finland raises 1.5 billion euros in tap auction of two bonds
HELSINKI, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:35am EDT HELSINKI, June 18 (Reuters) - Finland's treasury said it raised 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion) in a tap auction of two government bonds, selling 10-year paper at an average yield of 1.774 percent. Finland is one of only four euro zone states to hold a full set of triple-A credit ratings, although the country's central bank ...
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Danske Bank leads European shares lower on capital woes
LONDON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:14am EDT LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - European shares edged lower early on Tuesday, led by Denmark's Danske Bank on capital concerns while more broadly investors remained cautious ahead of a two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Danske Banke fell 7.9 percent after an order by a Danish regulator for the country's biggest financial ...
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Maersk ties up with container ship rivals
COPENHAGEN: The container shipping unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk has entered into an alliance with its two biggest rivals MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM to improve operations and services. The companies, the three biggest container shipping operators in the world measured on capacity, aim to start operations in the second quarter of 2014, depending ...
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Scottish island groups launch campaign for more autonomy
Councils for the Orkneys, Shetlands and Western Isles in Scotland launched the "Our Islands, Our Future" campaign Monday, seeking greater autonomy. The councils called for a "new Scottish constitutional settlement," The Scotsman reported. Officials said they are seeking greater independence whether or not a referendum to create an independent Scotland passes next year. ...
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Sweden return excites Spains Ainhoa
Explaining that being among the top teams in Europe is like "a prize," goalkeeper Ainhoa insisted thatSpain were going to Sweden determined to compete with the ...
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Copenhagen Airport applies noise lessons to cut air pollution
SPECIAL REPORT / When trade unionists began raising concerns about the health impact of pollution on airfield ground and service crews, including possible links to cancer, the Copenhagen Airport moved to restrict aircraft engine use and shift towards greener service ...
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No food no water no blankets - welcome to Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, has apologised for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. A 16-year-old spent his Oslo to New York flight freezing since he only had cash and no credit card with him to pay the $5 fee charged by the carrier for renting a blanket, the daily newspaper ...
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Sports Briefing | Swimming Danish Swimmer Tests Positive for Drugs
Mads Glaesner, a Danish swimmer, will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last ...
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Randers keeper Ousted linked with Vancouver Whitecaps
. The 28-year olds contract with Danish SuperLiga side Randers is set to expire and reports emanating in his homeland suggest he could be on the move to Canada early next month. Whitecaps head coach Martin Rennie has Brad Knighton and Joe Cannon as his senior keepers but is believed to be keen to bring in some further quality to push the pair, however, he was coy when quizzed on the ...
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Danish regulator tells Danske Bank to set aside more capital
Danske Bank, the country's biggest financial institution, said the order from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) would result over time in a rise in risk-weighted assets of around 100 billion Danish crowns ($17.89 billion) relative to the figure for the first quarter of this year of 797 ...
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Sweden bans Google Apps for government employees over privacy concerns
A Google user online in a cybercafe in Brasilia on April 09, 2008. Leaked documents have revealed that the US National Security Agency has been tapping directly into the servers of nine US Internet companies, including Google, through a top-secret government program called PRISM. (EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images) Sweden's data privacy watchdog has banned the use of Google applications, ...
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Biggest Banks in Denmark Told Systemic Assets Can Be Bailed Out
Denmark will do what it can to protect banking assets needed to sustain the economy, the head of the nation's central bank said. "Concerning systemic institutions, one would do everything possible to protect the systemically important parts, which would include considerations to the well-being of the general public," Governor Lars Rohde said in an interview in Copenhagen. ...
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A Classic Danish Experience Where Youd Least Expect It
3XN , opened at the end of March, and it's a short bus ride from the airport. On the outside, the low-lying, curvaceous structure, which is surrounded by a raised moat, looks like a sea creature breaching the ocean; the metallic, cross-hatched surface resemble scales. The building is laid out like a lop-sided starfish, with zones for marine life from different parts of the world--it ...
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Lego makes beautiful music with the Sydney Opera House
official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On September 1, Lego fanatics will be able to get their hands on an insanely detailed, 2,989-piece model of the iconic building designed by Danish ...
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Turbulent start to Norwegians budget long-haul flights
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, apologised Monday for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. A 16-year-old spent his Oslo to New York flight freezing since he only had cash and no credit card with him to pay the $5 fee charged by the carrier for renting a blanket, the daily newspaper ...
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Denmark swimmer stripped of two worlds medals
Thanassis Stavrakis/AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last year's world short-course championships because of a positive drug test. The Danish swimming federation says Glaesner received a three-month suspension after testing positive for Levmetamfetamine, a product used in nasal decongestants, after ...
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Umm al-Qaiwain Crown Prince receives Swedish Ambassador
WAM UMM AL-QAIWAIN ,June 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Crown Prince of Umm al-Qaiwain, today received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the UAE, Max Pure, who paid a courtesy call to the Emiri Court at the beginning of his tenure in the country. Sheikh Rashid welcomed the envoy and wished him success in his new assignment. During the ...
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Norway airline refuses passengers water food
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, has apologised for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. A 16-year-old spent his Oslo to New York flight freezing since he only had cash and no credit card with him to pay the $5 fee charged by the carrier for renting a blanket, the daily newspaper ...
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Photos LEGO takes the art world by storm
Creations by New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya made of LEGO bricks are on display during the opening The Art of the Brick exhibition at Discovery Times Square in New York City. Sawaya’s art focuses on large-scale sculptures using only LEGO bricks and he was the first artist to ever take LEGO into the art world. The exhibition runs until Jan. 5, ...
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Danish swimmer title stripped for doping
Photo: Australian News Channel Pty Ltd Denmark's Mads Glaesner was on Monday banned for three months and stripped of his 2012 world shortcourse 1500m title after failing a drugs test, swimming's governing body FINA announced.The 24-year-old tested positive for the banned stimulant levomethamphetamine in a control conducted during the championships in Istanbul last December.As well as ...
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Afghan fugitive arrested in Rome allegedly killed wife in Norway
An Afghan fugitive accused of killing his wife and abducting their child in Norway has been arrested in Rome, investigators said Monday. Police in Oslo, Norway, had sought Noori Ahmad in the Wednesday death of his 17-year-old wife, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Ahmad was located by tracking his calls after police found the telephone number of a friend who lived in Naples and who was ...
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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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