Finland beat Sweden for Bronze in Ladies Ice Hockey

Finland took the lead twice in this exciting game and Sweden came back twice.  2-2 at full-time meant a "sudden death" extra time.  Finland clearly wanted it more than their ancient rivals, the Swedes,...

Can Indians do better than Germans?-legalization of prostitution

" When Germany legalized prostitution in December 2001, the country was hoping that legalization would finally allow the government to regulate its sex industry. They believed that legalization would reduce illegal trafficking of women, provide safer environment for...

Swedish Store Removes North Korean Jeans

The latest sage of Noko Jeans took another turn when PUB of Stockholm announced that its was pulling out of its promotions of Noko Jeans. This is a breaking news story that has affected what was going to be a debut of the North Korean Fashion Industry. PUB of Stockholm...

Hong Kong's Jimmy Chan Wins World's Best Santa Contest In Sweden

Jimmy Chan, a 44-year-old man from Hong Kong has been crowned the number one Santa in this year's World's Best Santa Contest. The annual event was held in Sweden as part of the Snöyran winter festival. The...

Swedish Woman Agneta Westlund Killed By Elk, Not Husband

Police have come to the conclusion that Agneta Westlund, a woman from the Swedish town of  Loftahammer who died last year, was actually killed by an elk and not her husband. While husband Ingemar Westlund was...

Pirate Bay Logo Patented By Swedish Retailer, Intent to Exploit

Oh the irony. An online Swedish retailer has registered a patent to the infamous Pirate Bay logo of a pirate ship flying a cassette-tape image and crossbones sail. And get this: the company, Sandryds Handel, intends to exploit the image by selling USB drives splashed with...

Bulgaria Declares Swine Flu Epidemic without vaccinces

"Bulgaria's Chief Epidemiologist, Angel Kunchev, has told the BNT that unfortunately there were no A(H1N1) vaccines available in Bulgaria at the moment but said that medications and vaccines would soon be procured from Germany and Sweden." "Bulgaria's Health Ministry...

Gay couples can marry in church, Sweden has ruled

Gay couples can marry in churches in Sweden,  because an adjustment was made to the statement of pronouncing a couple "man and wife".   The only opposing party,  the Christian Democrats,...

Leonardo da Vinci Picture Revealed By Fingerprint

Peter Silverman, a Canadian-born art collector may now be in possession of an original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci of Bianca Maria Sforza. After purchasing what he believed to be an ordinary drawing back in 2007,...

Chavez joins long list of critics of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joins a long list of critics against United States President Barack Obama's receipt of The Nobel Peace Prize award. "Chavez believes Obama didn't make any notable accomplishments to...

Online Petition Targets Nobel Peace Prize Committee

An online petition sponsored by nobelpeace.eu targets The Nobel Peace Prize committee (The Norwegian Nobel Committee) objecting against the committee's choice of  President Barack Hussein Obama as this year's...

Trio awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving ribosome riddle

Two Americans and one Israeli scientists will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.   Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath have been awarded the prize for...

Nobel Prize Week: Latest News, History, Social Media

The Nobel Prize, an achievement recognizing award for the cream-of-the-crop luminaries, is being handed out all throughout this week -- October 5 to 12. This year marks the 114th anniversary of the Nobel Prize...

Canadian Scientist awarded Nobel Prize for Physics with 2 others

Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian born scientist, will be sharing the Nobel Prize for Physics with two other scientist. The scientists were instrumental in developing digital technology.  They developed the CCD...

Three U.S. Scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

Three U.S. scientists have been recognized by the Krolinska Institute in Sweden for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. This discovery has implications for...

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