These pictures were taken 3.1.2008 in Finland on Road to Lahti. Sun dogs exist, when there is ice in atmosphere which reflects the Sun light. The phenomenon is not that rare, but usually you do not have camera with you. These pictures were taken with mobile phone. Sundogs...
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The fossilized mosquito in Jurassic Park that provided DNA from its blood to rebirth dinosaurs offered an intriguing plot line but only the most ardent futurists saw the potential. Now police in Finland have...
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Canada has tied for last place out of 25 developed nations, as ranked by UNICEF in its child care study. There are 10 proposed benchmarks, Canada failed 9. " The full list of the 10 UNICEF benchmarks: ...
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06:50 without declaring war Soviet artillery opens fire and Soviet troops cross the border at several places. Invading Soviet 7th Army has 120,000 men on the Karelian Isthmus with some 900 field guns and trench mortars and 1,400 tanks.The Finnish covering force on the Isthmus...
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Save the chickens - suffocate them all!!!"Suspected radical animal welfare activists raided a poultry farm in Närpiö in the southwest of Finland Thursday night. The raiders broke eggs, and destroyed electric equipment, causing the ventilation system to break down."
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GUNS N' ROSES new album "Chinese Democracy" has sold over 50,000 on the first day in the UK and has already achieved Platinum in Finland where it has sold over 30,000 and is expected to sell a...
THE annual Finnish chruch Bazaar in London got under way this weekend with queues stretching down the road. Last year, record numbers passed through the now well-known event, once a well-kept secret of the...
"The Evangelical Lutheran bishop of Mikkeli, eastern Finland, says that an Imatra vicar who plans to undergo gender reassignment treatment can keep his job.""The cleric says he is tired of leading a double life, noting that extensive studies have diagnosed him as a...
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"Finland has plans to bolster the number of crisis management troops in Africa and Afghanistan while cutting down its forces in the Western Balkans. The decision was made by the President and the cabinet's foreign and security policy committee on Friday."Same time the...
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As signatory States of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran and New Zealand have called for the creation of a anti nuclear weapons movement. This advocating move took place after the US...
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Venezuelan government announced today its intention to take over a gold mine "Las Cristinas" currently managed by Toronto based Crystallex International Corporation but was denied any further exploitation in April 2008. " Venezuela's government has said it...
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"Finnish Police believe they have foiled a planned shooting incident of the kind that claimed lives in Jokela and Kauhajoki. The National Bureau of Investigation says it found a plot to stage a school shooting on a computer owned by a suspect. Police became aware of the plot...
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Russians celebrate more New Year than Christmas. The New Year tourism to Finland has steadily increased after the collapse of the Soviet Union. "Eastern parts of the country expect Russian travellers to fill hotels and tourist centres during the New Year holiday season....
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"Nearly 2000 homes in Ostrobothnia and Kainuu were without electricity on Saturday after the weight of snow felled trees that knocked out power lines.Outages began Friday evening and worsened during the early...
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