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2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden
Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a ...
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Second day of riots shake Sweden
SOME 200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm in the second day of rioting triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife. Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police were injured. Cars and containers were also set ablaze in another Stockholm suburb, Fittja, although ...
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Muskego-Norway School Board split on system that would ditch letter grades
May 21, 2013 10:11 a.m. | Muskego - Once again, a new grading system proposal that would not only trade letter grades of "A" through "F" for numbers but would also de-emphasize homework got mixed reviews by the Muskego-Norway School Board. On Monday at the board's second consideration of the idea, the proposal continued to be dogged by doubts that colleges would accept ...
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Powermat acquires Finlands PowerKiss
Powermat Ltd. has acquired rival PowerKiss of Finland. The company did not disclose the size the deal, but it was probably a few tens of millions of dollars. Powermat was founded in 2006 by CEO Ran Poliakine and Dr. Amir Ben-Shalom. The company makes flat surfaces for recharging electronic devices. Two years ago, it established a joint venture with Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) subsidiary ...
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Blu Ray Review Lego Batman The Movie Is A Slight But Amusing Gateway Drug
Paul Tassi . But it is both ingenious and diabolical. Most gamers with enough time to properly play through last year's video game are also wise enough to know that this is recycled material, while those who don't have the game won't care about this film's origins. It's two products for the price of one. But putting aside its complicated history, it's a very slight ...
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UPDATE 1-Sweden detains ex-Saab executives in tax investigation
Tue May 21, 2013 11:26am EDT * Prosecutors probes tax crimes at bankrupt car maker * Former CEO, others detained, questioned, set free * Saab collapsed in late 2011 STOCKHOLM, May 21 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have questioned the former head of bankrupt car maker Saab and two others in an investigation into suspected tax offences relating to the running of the company, officials said on ...
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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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