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Russias Karjakin wins $130000 Norway chess tournament with draw against Bulgarian Topalov
STAVANGER, Norway - Russia's Sergey Karjakin has won the EUR100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess tournament after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Karjakin needed only a draw against Topalov to take the top prize after the world's No. 1 player, Magnus Carlsen, failed to win against Levon Aronian from Armenia, ranked No. 2. Topalov went into the final day of the nine-day round ...
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Sweden beats Finland to reach hockey worlds final
STOCKHOLM - Sweden reached the final of the ice hockey world championship by beating fellow co-host and rival Finland 3-0 on Saturday.Dallas Stars forward Loui Eriksson scored Sweden's first two goals on power plays, with both assisted by twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin.Henrik Sedin then added Sweden's third into an empty net in the final minute.Sweden's Jhonas Enroth made ...
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Soccer-Swedish ticket agency to make donation to player fund
STOCKHOLM, May 18 (Reuters) - A Swedish ticket agency accused of profiting from a charity soccer match for a deceased player has said it will make a donation to a fund set up in his memory. AIK had staged a charity match with Dynamo Zagreb after their Croatian goalkeeper Ivan Turina was found dead in his bed on May 2 at the age of 32. The autopsy was inconclusive. A report in the newspaper ...
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Sanders Denmark ambassador to hold Vt meetings
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sen. Bernie Sanders is holding public meetings around Vermont this weekend with Denmark's ambassador to the United States. Sanders says the town hall meetings are aimed at finding out what the United States might learn from Denmark about health care, education and environmental protection. Sanders will be joined by Denmark's ambassador to the U.S., Peter ...
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Sweden Eurovision Song Contest
Loreen of Sweden performs during the dress rehearsal for the final in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena Hall in Malmo. REUTERS/Jessica ...
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Denmark tipped to win Eurovision
William Hill which it says is the biggest price ever for a UK entrant, such is the lack of faith that she will pull off a win.The bookmaker says it will face a six-figure payout if Denmark pulls off a win in Malmo, Sweden, in the pan-Europe spectacular being televised by BBC1 and broadcast by Radio ...
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Badminton Denmarks Hoyer-Larsen wins BWF presidency
Denmark's Olympic gold medalist Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen was elected Saturday the new president of badminton's world governing body and vowed to fight match-throwing that rocked the sport at the London Olympics. The 1996 Olympic men's singles medalist was a clear favourite to win the elections after more than 50 countries officially seconded his candidature but results showed it ...
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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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