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Big boys make EU 'little folk' mad *
These are not easy days for europhiles -- lovers of the euro and the concept of a united Europe, that is, as opposed to Europe itself.
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Snoking ban in Norway *
...introduces a total smoking ban in all public places.
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Swedes deal blow to euro with big No vote *
Swedish voters delivered a stunning blow to the single European currency yesterday when they voted 56 per cent against joining the euro in a hard-fought campaign that was overshadowed by last week's murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.
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The case of the stalker and the masterpieces *
It has become clear by now that the reasons behind the brazen theft of two Edvard Munch paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo were probably psychological rather than commercial. . .
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Will kill 670 minke whales next year, Norway says *
Norway said yesterday it plans to kill 670 minke whales next year in its controversial commercial hunt, a slight decline from this year's quota of 711.
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Workers demand ban on hotel porn *
Angry hotel workers in Norway want to ban pay-TV pornography to stop naked porn-watching guests calling room service to lure female staff to their rooms.
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Finnish fans happy, despite defeat *
The Toronto Maple Leafs' good-will visit to Helsinki proved be a success on all fronts. The fans went home happy, despite the 5-3 loss by the home team Jokerit, having seen National Hockey League players in the flesh, and the Leafs were encouraged by several young players as well as veterans.
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First, they came for the smokers ... *
Don't visit Vancouver, Doug: Should pro-smokers have a voice...? Doug Saunders refuses to butt out.
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Forsberg to play in Sweden next season *
Colorado Avalanche centre Peter Forsberg will return to his native Sweden to play hockey next year, according to a Swedish newspaper report Saturday.
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Junior hockey championship: Improvements seen in second game *
Finland, playing before a home crowd, will be a tougher opener for national team.
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Newcomers to Sweden find job hunting is tough *
Newcomers to Sweden are smothered with kindness when it comes to welfare and education, but where jobs are concerned it still pays to be a "true Svensson," as the archetypal Volvo-driving Swede is known.
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NHL teams in Europe still years away *
Leagues may be thriving, but there are simply too many problems to overcome.
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Party claim refuted after probe *
An investigation by the National Hockey League's security staff yesterday cleared players on the Toronto Maple Leafs of any wrongdoing after several lurid allegations about the behaviour of two players at a team party were made in a national Swedish newspaper.
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Sundin shines in Leafs' homecoming *
It was a big night for two Toronto Maple Leafs, one a glorious figure from the team's past and the other a developing icon.
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Swede sizes up Leafs *
The day before they will test themselves on the bigger international ice surface against a European team, the Toronto Maple Leafs took a seminar with some experts in that style of hockey
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Swedish police arrest assassination suspect *
Swedish police arrested a man they believe killed foreign minister Anna Lindh last week, a breakthrough in the case that evoked memories of the unsolved assassination of prime minister Olof Palme in 1986.
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Swedish police arrest second suspect in Lindh slaying *
In an abrupt about-face, police freed one suspect and arrested another Wednesday in the stabbing death of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.
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Swedish police can't trace DNA from baseball cap *
Investigators collected DNA from a baseball cap apparently left behind by the man who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, but have found no match in a national criminal database, police said yesterday.
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Swedish police interrogate murder suspect *
Swedish police interrogated and took DNA samples from the suspected killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh early Wednesday, following his capture in a Stockholm suburb, authorities said.
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Swedish stars share moment *
It was a big night for two Toronto Maple Leafs, one a glorious figure from the team's past and the other a developing icon.
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That team-bonding theory does work some of the time *
At the risk of being labelled a prophet of doom, especially in the wake of Sunday's triumphant 2-1 manhandling of the mighty Carolina Hurricanes, one has to wonder what happened to all that talk of togetherness surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs' trip to Sweden in September.
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Toronto gets exhibition season off to a winning start in Helsinki *
Hockey Night In Helsinki, it turns out, is not a whole lot different than Hockey Night In Canada.
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Young defencemen shine as tour ends with victory *
The Toronto Maple Leafs finally got the game they were expecting on this European trip, a feisty test from a speedy, gritty and determined Farjestad team.
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