Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sweden News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sweden News.Net http://www.swedennews.net/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:48:08 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:48:08 -0400 30 The picture postcard land of lakes, reindeers and the mystic Santa Claus - Finland - has caught the Indian traveller's fancy. Statistics reveal that the number of Indian tourists to the small Nordic country has jumped by over 50 percent in the last one year. http://www.swedennews.net/story/396591 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:38 -0400 Sweden News.Net http://www.swedennews.net/story/396591 Wrestler Ara Abrahamian and his country's Olympic committee asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to investigate a controversial semifinal bout that so incensed the Swede that he dropped his bronze... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052890&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:25:45 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052890&cat=2855359589592863 The International Olympic Committee asked Sweden to help stop a file-sharing Web site from spreading illegal downloads of ceremonies at the Beijing Games, government officials said Tuesday.IOC Vice Pr... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052362&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:19:16 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052362&cat=2855359589592863 may be well-established, but the Swedish network supplier is craving more customers. 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The organisations said e... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17051624&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:07 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17051624&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 16:14 Finnish engineering group Metso said in a statement Wednesday it had won an order worth about 200 million euros to supply the main equipment for Shandong Chenming's new pulp mill. ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052908&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:06 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052908&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 16:02 (Repeats with garbled text removed from heading.) Finland's opposition Left Alliance on Wednesday urged the government to make income below 10,000 euros a year tax free by rai... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052909&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:06 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052909&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 15:59 Nokia said in a statement Wednesday it had launched statutory cooperation procedure talks with the aim of cutting about 200 jobs in its new services and software unit. "This year ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052910&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:05 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052910&cat=2855359589592863 French-Italian group STMicroelectronics and Sweden's Ericsson announced Wednesday a 50-50 joint venture merging their semi-conductor and mobile telephone platform activities. The operations generated,... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17053528&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:23:46 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17053528&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 13:39 The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) said Wednesday that the price paid to farmers for milk should be raised. The lobby added that dairy farms were ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052911&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:02 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17052911&cat=2855359589592863 NORRKOPING, SWEDEN--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - Dreampark, one of the leading providers of middleware for cable, terrestrial and IPTV services in the European market, today announced that it ha... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17044697&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:38 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17044697&cat=2855359589592863 ERIC ) today announced an agreement to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless into a joint venture. The 50/50 joint venture will have the industry's strongest product offering in semic... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17043074&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:31 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17043074&cat=2855359589592863 NASDAQ traded symbols and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Dow Jones Indexes(SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. SEHK... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046107&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:26:03 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046107&cat=2855359589592863 Specific content such as articles, photos and images are subject to the copyright of their respective owners, including, without limitation, each of Canwest Publishing Inc. and Toronto Star Newspapers... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046114&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:58:29 -0400 Face Off http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046114&cat=2855359589592863 Specific content such as articles, photos and images are subject to the copyright of their respective owners, including, without limitation, each of Canwest Publishing Inc. and Toronto Star Newspapers... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046110&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:58:28 -0400 Face Off http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046110&cat=2855359589592863 KIEV, UKRAINE--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - The IT outsourcing market is evolving, not only geographically but also with innovative new business models, services and methods in which outsourcing... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045432&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:33 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045432&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson said Wednesday it was to create a joint venture for mobile applications with ST Microelectronics. The 50/50 joint venture will supply mo... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046104&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:58:27 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046104&cat=2855359589592863 Those Swedes just don’t waste anything: Never mind the nordic winter – cover a building in solar cells. Urban excrement? Use it for biofuel, run the buses on it. They want to take a lead r... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046109&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:56:34 -0400 Euro News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046109&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 11:56 The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (SLL) on Wednesday urged the Finnish government to deny Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) planning permission for what would be the utility's... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045439&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:50:59 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045439&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - Swedish teachers consider it is important to teach about the Holocaust but many lack knowledge about it, a survey released Wednesday suggested. Only two of the roughly 5,000 teachers polle... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045415&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:58:23 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045415&cat=2855359589592863 Specific content such as articles, photos and images are subject to the copyright of their respective owners, including, without limitation, each of Canwest Publishing Inc. and Toronto Star Newspapers... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046113&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:58:29 -0400 Face Off http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046113&cat=2855359589592863 Specific content such as articles, photos and images are subject to the copyright of their respective owners, including, without limitation, each of Canwest Publishing Inc. and Toronto Star Newspapers... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046112&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:58:29 -0400 Face Off http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17046112&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 12:13 Claes Andersson MP on Wednesday informed the opposition Left Alliance parliamentary group that he would hand in his resignation over health concerns at the start of the Finnish Par... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045438&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:50:59 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045438&cat=2855359589592863 20.8.2008 at 9:12 Matti Vanhanen (centre), the Finnish prime minister, said Wednesday that the country needed an increase in vocational training places in order to guarantee a sufficient supply of la... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045440&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:50:57 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17045440&cat=2855359589592863 ) said Wednesday that that will form a joint venture company. Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless will be merged into one company. The joint venture will have the industry's strongest prod... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17040041&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:42 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17040041&cat=2855359589592863 Sweden and France will both be without key players when the pair start their attempts to get over a disappointing European Championship on Wednesday.Sweden has to cope without star striker Zlatan Ibra... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17039222&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:08:08 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17039222&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - Saab is offering the all-wheel drive (XWD) system for the 2009 models of the 9-3 Sport Sedan and SportCombi range, the car maker has announced. Originally developed for the harsh Swedish w... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17040042&cat=2855359589592863 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:43:46 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17040042&cat=2855359589592863 Christian Iraqi refugees meet inside Johannes Catholic church in Sodertalje, Sweden in 2007. Swedish immigration authorities said Tuesday they suspect Iraqi refugees have taken advantage of the countr... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17029590&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:55:30 -0400 Middle East Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17029590&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm, 20 August, (Asiantribune.com)- Joyce Chai from the United States was awarded the prestigious 2008 Stockholm Junior Water Prize yesterday in a formal ceremony in the Stockholm International ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17029126&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:46:58 -0400 Asian Tribune http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17029126&cat=2855359589592863 Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:01 CDT Vical has announced a research collaboration with the Karolinska Institute, a European medical university, and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disea... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024382&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:31 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024382&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 16:45 Alexander Stubb (cons), the Finnish foreign minister, told the Finnish News Agency (STT) on Tuesday that Finland would send two unarmed military observers to Georgia by the end of ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024384&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:58 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024384&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 16:30 Climate change will sound the deathknell of southern Finland's winter sports resorts, Raino Heino of the Finnish Meteorological Institute told the Finnish News Agency (STT) on Tues... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024386&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:57 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17024386&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - A popular internet website that has been criticized as a hub for illegal file-sharing has drawn the wrath of the International Olympic Committee, reports said Tuesday. The IOC has approach... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17017963&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:31:42 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17017963&cat=2855359589592863 The Arsenal midfielder was called into Les Bleus' squad on Monday following the withdrawal of winger Hatem Ben Arfa, who injured his adductors at the weekend. But Nasri will not board Tuesday's fligh... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018562&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:38:03 -0400 RTE http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018562&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 15:18 Finland's Karhu Sporting Goods said Tuesday it would deploy all legal means to secure what it maintains is its right to the Karhu brand. Karhu Holding, a company based in the Neth... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018586&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:59 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018586&cat=2855359589592863 Gothenburg, Sweden - A knee injury has forced Inter Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic to drop out of Sweden's friendly against France, Sweden coach Lars Lagerback said Tuesday. Ibrahimovic, who scored ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018014&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:22:18 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018014&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 11:58 Franco-Finnish retail software house Aldata on Tuesday reported its second-quarter pretax profit rising to 1.2 million euros from a year-ago loss of 1.5 million, on net sales of ab... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018584&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:55 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018584&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 11:54 Finnish pension insurance company Ilmarinen on Tuesday reported a first-half loss of about 1.7 billion euros versus a year-ago profit of some 734 million euros. "The decrease in s... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018587&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:54 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17018587&cat=2855359589592863 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts reviewed their relations with Moscow Tuesday and were expected to curtail high-level meetings and military cooper... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17012885&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:05:59 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17012885&cat=2855359589592863 MANAMA: Batelco has awarded a mediation contract to Ascade, a Swedish provider for the interconnect market. It has successfully implemented Ascade's next generation mediation platform, Real Time Medi... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17013318&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:21:11 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17013318&cat=2855359589592863 19.8.2008 at 10:55 Matti Vanhanen (centre), the Finnish prime minister, said at a news conference on Monday that it was far too early to determine how many nuclear power stations Finland needed. Jyr... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17012429&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:09:18 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17012429&cat=2855359589592863 in Stockholm Monday with calls for radical changes in behaviour and mentality when it comes to water usage. "We've had a luxurious lifestyle during the last 25 years, not caring at all about the ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008087&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:21:32 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008087&cat=2855359589592863 Host China reached the quarterfinals at the Beijing Olympic women's handball after stunning European powerhouse France 21-18 in their last preliminary game, while debutant Sweden also found their plac... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008653&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:57:13 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008653&cat=2855359589592863 The Swedish government said on Monday it will not carry out any military exercises with Russia because of the critical situation between Russia and Georgia. "The Russian troops must stop all the ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008751&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:46:44 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008751&cat=2855359589592863 Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Monday Russia's plan to arm its Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads was not a surprise for Sweden, according to Swedish News Agency TT. Bildt's comments came af... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008752&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:46:41 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008752&cat=2855359589592863 Mariehamn, Finland - First-time visitors to the Aland Islands, an archipelago of some 6,500 islands and islets between Sweden and Finland at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, can be excused if they... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008762&cat=2855359589592863 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:19:28 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=17008762&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 17:58 Helsinki city council said Monday it would introduce talking rubbish on this year's Night of the Arts, part of the Helsinki Festival, an annual fortnight of culture events that kic... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993845&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:08 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993845&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 17:46 Finnish national daily Helsingin Sanomat reported Sunday that the number of bariatric surgical procedures carried out in Finland was expected to soar beyond 400 this year from 152 ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993844&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:07 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993844&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday said he was "not surprised" over Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf's resignation. The German foreign minister said he hoped Mu... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993219&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:09:58 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993219&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 17:23 Finnish state-controlled arms maker Patria said in a statement Monday that Jorma Wiitakorpi, its chief executive, had stepped down amid ongoing National Bureau of Investigation pro... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993859&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:06 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993859&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 16:44 Matti Vanhanen (centre), the Finnish prime minister, said Monday that there was no doubt that the conflict between Georgia and Russia would have a bearing on the security policy de... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993260&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:01 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993260&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 14:55 Pekka Ravi, the head of the Finnish Conservative parliamentary group, said Monday that the Greens, a junior ruling partner of the Centre and National Coalition parties, were outdoi... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993860&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993860&cat=2855359589592863 Stockholm - Rwanda has formally requested the extradition of a Rwandan national from Sweden a month after he was detained on suspicion of crimes against humanity in Rwanda, a Swedish Justice Ministry ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993055&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:41:58 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16993055&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 13:04 The Finnish Forest Industries Federation said Monday that roundwood sales had picked up after a tax incentive to forest owners unveiled by the government last month. But the lobby... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16987315&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:18:10 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16987315&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 11:37 About two-thirds of the Finnish respondents in a poll commissioned by Aamulehti said the centre-right government should focus its planned tax cuts on people with low and middle inc... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16988909&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:18:09 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16988909&cat=2855359589592863 Associated Press journalist Emma Vandore rides an electric bike in the streets of Paris last month. More than 10,000 electric bikes were sold in France last year, up from 6,000 in 2006. http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16987796&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:16:04 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16987796&cat=2855359589592863 Carl Pettersson was one imperfect hole from leading the full final two rounds of the Wyndham Championship. But it was that brief slip-up that propelled the Swede to victory in his adopted hometown of ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16984481&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:42 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16984481&cat=2855359589592863 18.8.2008 at 9:35 Alexander Stubb (cons), Finland's foreign minister and current chairman-in-office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), told the Finnish News Agency (ST... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16984194&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:00:33 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16984194&cat=2855359589592863 y Svensson -- at least in her native Sweden.The 17-year-old student needed only 61 seconds to write a 141-character SMS message rich in crisp words and snappy punctuation to claim the Swedish text mes... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980506&cat=2855359589592863 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:28:14 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980506&cat=2855359589592863 France forward Hatem Ben Arfa said a groin strain would probably keep him out of Wednesday's international friendly against Sweden in Gothenburg. http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980525&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:35:43 -0400 FIFA http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980525&cat=2855359589592863 LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - To write about the top of this week's sales charts, only the first two letters of the alphabet are necessary, because thanks to the film "Mamma Mia!," everything's ABBA. The ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980151&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:12:21 -0400 ABC http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16980151&cat=2855359589592863 Swedish Biogas International of Linkoping will build a plant in Flint that would convert human waste into vehicle fuel and generate heat and electricity. http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16978245&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:51:26 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16978245&cat=2855359589592863 Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier departed for a two-day visit to Sweden and Norway on Sunday. Steinmeier is expected to meet for talks with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt a... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16975107&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:02:25 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16975107&cat=2855359589592863 Sweden and the host team from China both advanced to the quarter-finals in women's handball with crucial wins on the last day of preliminary play at the Beijing Games. The Swedes advanced with a 25-2... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16975035&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:44:37 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16975035&cat=2855359589592863 STOCKHOLM: Daniel Chopra put himself within striking distance of his first European Tour title, as he narrowed the gap with the leader Swedish Peter Hanson down to two shots at the end of the third ro... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16973285&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:24:36 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16973285&cat=2855359589592863 The 17-year-old student needed only 61 seconds to write a 141-character SMS rich in crisp words and snappy punctuation to claim the Swedish SMSing championship, sponsored by a Swedish telecoms operato... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16970399&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:59:51 -0400 Mail and Guardian http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16970399&cat=2855359589592863 BEIJING — The International Olympic Committee stripped the bronze medal Saturday from a Swedish wrestler who had complained about the judging in his Greco-Roman competition and had discarded his... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16970696&cat=2855359589592863 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:37:14 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16970696&cat=2855359589592863 After carding a two-under 68 for a three-round 10-under 200 total, Hanson is now not only eyeing his second win and a memorable victory on home soil but has thrown his hat into the ring for a Ryder Cu... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16958394&cat=2855359589592863 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:50:29 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16958394&cat=2855359589592863 BEIJING, Aug. 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A Swedish wrestler has been stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 84-kilogram Greco-Roman competition at the Beijing Olympics after he threw it on the floor du... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16955673&cat=2855359589592863 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:28:54 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16955673&cat=2855359589592863 U.S. strongmen Adam Nelson, Reese Hoffa and Christian Cantwell talked boldly about sweeping the gold, silver and bronze medals in Friday night's competition. All three came into the Olympic stadium wi... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16952449&cat=2855359589592863 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:28:45 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16952449&cat=2855359589592863 According to statistics from the Turkish consulate in Stockholm, more than 170,000 Swedes visited Turkey this year between January and June, which was a 20 percent rise compared to last year. The most... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16951932&cat=2855359589592863 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:49:34 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16951932&cat=2855359589592863 GINGER PULSEStimulating, mood-enhancing and cooling best describes this drink. Its ginger and lemongrass sharpness is toned down with cucumber and mint. Mix up:l 2 thick ginger slicesl 4 blades of lem... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16946119&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:11:20 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16946119&cat=2855359589592863 A box of banned beef has been found in a shipment of pig bones imported from Sweden, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Thursday. A ban on beef imports from the European Union was i... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16941902&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:09:48 -0400 Japan Times http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16941902&cat=2855359589592863 Defender Kerstin Garefrekes and midfielder Simone Laudehr scored a goal each in extra time to help world champion Germany beat Sweden 2-0 Friday and reach its third straight Olympic women's football s... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16941895&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:02:39 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16941895&cat=2855359589592863 Posted on: Friday, 15 August 2008, 09:01 CDT Bavarian Nordic's US subsidiary, BN ImmunoTherapeutics, has entered into a scientific partnership with the National Cancer Institute in the US. Under the ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16936102&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:37:32 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16936102&cat=2855359589592863 15.8.2008 at 14:43 Two people have been killed after a light aircraft fell into Lake Saimaa in South Karelia, the Finnish police said in a statement Friday. One of the passengers in the plane is sti... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16929737&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:21 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16929737&cat=2855359589592863 15.8.2008 at 15:01 Paavo Lipponen's decision to become an advisor for the undersea gas pipeline joint venture Nord Stream has incurred the ire of the Estonians, many of whom are strongly opposed to t... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931498&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:22 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931498&cat=2855359589592863 Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn AG, said Friday that it is bidding to operate the subway system in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.Deutsche Bahn is bidding via its S-Bahn Berlin subsidiary, w... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931537&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:07:47 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931537&cat=2855359589592863 15.8.2008 at 13:36 Tarja Halonen, Finland's president, on Friday appointed the incumbent Ritva Viljanen (soc dem) to continue as the permanent secretary of the interior ministry, against the will of ... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931525&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:20 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931525&cat=2855359589592863 15.8.2008 at 11:34 The Tuusula district court in southern Finland on Friday ordered the 18-year old suspect of the Kerava stabbing case to undergo psychological examinations. The man is suspected of... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931497&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:18 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16931497&cat=2855359589592863 15.8.2008 at 10:50 Matti Vanhanen (centre), Finland's prime minister, appears to disagree with his government's finance minister, Jyrki Katainen (cons), on Finland's inflation outlook. In a column p... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16930060&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:18 -0400 NewsRoom Finland http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16930060&cat=2855359589592863 There was a smackdown at the Olympics yesterday reminiscent of Wrestlemania. A hulking Swedish wrestler threw a fit at the Beijing Games by chucking his bronze medal to the ground in disgust after h... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16926855&cat=2855359589592863 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:59:48 -0400 New York Post http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16926855&cat=2855359589592863 Enlarge Image Ara Abrahamian of Sweden throws his bronze medal on the floor during the medal ceremony for the men's 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition. http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16917591&cat=2855359589592863 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:47:46 -0400 The Globe And Mail http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16917591&cat=2855359589592863 One of my best friends is a Finn. She came to England at 16, but when it came to giving birth to her first baby 13 years later, there was no hesitation: she went home. When she returned, along with he... http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16916497&cat=2855359589592863 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:47:28 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.swedennews.net/?rid=16916497&cat=2855359589592863