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| Jan.28 |
Sweden |
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Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91
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| Oct.29 |
Iceland |
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Iceland election: Independence Party has most seats |
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| Sep.11 |
Norway |
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Norway election: Ruling Conservatives claim second term |
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| Aug.22 |
Denmark |
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Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist
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| Aug.18 |
Finland |
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Two dead and suspect shot in Turku |
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| May.24 |
Sweden |
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Manchester United win Europa League on emotional night |
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| May.19 |
Sweden |
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Julian Assange rape charges dropped
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| Apr.7 |
 Sweden |
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Police arrest two after lorry ploughs into shop 
Police in Sweden have arrested two men after a lorry crashed into a Stockholm department store on Friday, killing at least four people
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| Oct.7 |
Norway |
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Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos |
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| Jun.27 |
Southern France |
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Iceland knocked out England
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| May.14 |
Sweden |
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Eurovision Song Contest: Ukraine's Jamala wins competition |
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| Apr.29 |
Norway |
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Norway helicopter crash: 11 killed near Bergen
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| Apr.20 |
Norway |
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Anders Behring Breivik wins human rights case
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| Apr.6 |
Iceland |
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Panama papers: Iceland names PM replacement |
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| Apr.5 |
Iceland |
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Panama Papers: Iceland PM Gunnlaugsson resigns |
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| Feb.4 |
Sweden |
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Julian Assange is being 'arbitrarily held', UN panel to say
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| Nov.11 |
Sweden |
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Swedish border checks introduced |
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| Oct.22 |
Sweden |
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Sweden sword attack: 2 killed by masked attacker
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| Oct.9 |
Norway |
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Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet |
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| Jun.18 |
Denmark |
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Danish election: Opposition bloc wins |
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| Jun.13 |
Sweden |
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Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star |
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| Feb.15 |
Denmark |
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Danish gunman 'had violent past' |
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| Feb.14 |
Denmark |
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Danish police kill man after attacks
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Denmark |
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1 dead in second Copenhagen shooting
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 Denmark |
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Copenhagen free speech debate shooting: One dead Map of Krudttonden Copenhagen Denmark| Gunmen killed one person and injured three police officers during a free speech debate in attended by a controversial Swedish cartoonist | |
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| Nov.2 |
Denmark |
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Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC |
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| Oct.22 |
Sweden |
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Sweden could use force in sub hunt |
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| Oct.19 |
Sweden |
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Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden |
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| Oct.10 |
 Norway |
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Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the Nobel Peace...
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| Sep.14 |
Sweden |
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Swedish prime minister resigns after election loss |
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| Aug.27 |
 Iceland |
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Earthquakes rock Iceland volcano Map of Bardarbunga Iceland Earthquakes are rocking Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic
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| Aug.23 |
Iceland |
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Iceland says subglacial eruption is under way
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| Aug.18 |
Iceland |
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Iceland warns of possible volcanic eruption |
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| Mar.25 |
Denmark |
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Danish zoo kills four healthy lions |
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| Feb.13 |
Denmark |
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Second Danish zoo may kill a giraffe called Marius |
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| Feb.9 |
Denmark |
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Giraffe killed despite campaign Map of Copenhagen Denmark A bid to save a young giraffe from destruction at Copenhagen Zoo has failed, and the giraffe was put down on Sunday morning
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| Oct.11 |
Norway |
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Weapons watchdog wins Nobel peace prize Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the international watchdog helping to eliminate the Syrian army's stockpiles of poison...
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| May.22 |
Sweden |
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Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots Rioters have lit fires and stoned emergency services in the suburbs of Stockholm for the third night in a row after a man was shot dead by p...
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| Oct.12 |
Norway |
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Peace Prize is a slap on the back for European Union |
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| Aug.24 |
Norway |
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Breivik given 21-year prison term Map of Oslo Norway Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in a bomb attack and gun rampage a year ago, was judged to be sane by a Norwegian court
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| Aug.23 |
Norway |
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Norway court to deliver Breivik verdict |
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| Jul.21 |
Norway |
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Norway marks killings anniversary |
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| Apr.20 |
Norway |
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Breivik: I learned from al Qaeda |
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| Apr.19 |
Norway |
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Breivik wanted to slay government, PM
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| Apr.17 |
Norway |
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Breivik claims 'spectacular political attack' |
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| Apr.16 |
Norway |
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Breivik claims self-defense |
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| Dec.21 |
Finland |
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Finns stop 'Patriot missile' ship |
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| Nov.29 |
Norway |
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Breivik declared insane Psychiatrists assessing Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik have concluded that he is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia
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| Oct.6 |
Sweden |
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Swedish poet wins Nobel Literature prize |
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| Sep.15 |
Denmark |
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Denmark centre-left wins election |
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| Aug.19 |
Norway |
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Norwegian bereaved visit island
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| Aug.14 |
Norway |
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Breivik returns to crime island |
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| Aug.5 |
Norway |
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Polar bear kills 1 Briton, injures 4 |
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| Jul.27 |
Norway |
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Norway to probe attacks response |
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Norway |
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Norway will stand firm, says PM |
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| Jul.26 |
Norway |
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Police detonated Breivik's explosives |
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Norway |
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Norway killer 'insane' - lawyer |
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| Jul.25 |
Norway |
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Terror suspect Breivik appears in court
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Norway |
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Norway gunman 'has accomplices'
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| Jul.24 |
Norway |
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Norwegian attacker 'acted alone' |
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| Jul.23 |
Norway |
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Norway mourns twin attack victims
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| Jul.22 |
Norway |
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Norway struck by 2 deadly attacks Map of Oslo Norway A 32-year-old Norwegian man was in custody after two attacks that killed at least 92 people and wounded scores of others
| The 1st attack occurred when a massive bomb erupted in the center of Oslo; At least seven people were killed. The 2nd at the ruling party's youth camp on an island outside the capital; At least 80 people died when a gunman opened fire at a island youth camp
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| May.21 |
Iceland |
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Iceland volcano starts erupting
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| Dec.29 |
Denmark |
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Denmark holds 'cartoon plotters'
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| Dec.12 |
Sweden |
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Explosions were 'an act of terrorism' |
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| Dec.11 |
Sweden |
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One dead after Stockholm blasts Map of Stockholm Sweden One person has been killed and two others injured as two explosions rocked the centre of the capital near the busy shopping street of Drottninggatan
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| Dec.10 |
Norway |
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Chinese dissident awarded Peace Prize An empty chair stood in for imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in absentia
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| Dec.7 |
London |
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Assange jailed as extradition considered
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| Oct.8 |
Norway |
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Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize
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| Sep.19 |
Sweden |
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Sweden narrowly re-elects right
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| Aug.21 |
Sweden |
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Warrant dropped for WikiLeaks founder |
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| Jul.8 |
Norway |
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Arrests in Norway 'al-Qaeda' plot |
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| Jun.19 |
Sweden |
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Sweden's crown princess marries |
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| May.16 |
London |
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Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick |
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| May.9 |
European Union |
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Volcanic ash cloud disrupts flights |
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| Apr.17 |
Iceland |
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Volcanic ash wreaking travel chaos A cloud from an Icelandic volcano continued to blanket Europe, shutting down airspace in 23 countries and causing misery for millions of travelers
| Virtually all of Europe's major airports remain closed as a huge plume of ash drifts south and east across the continent. Airlines are losing some $200m a day in an unprecedented shutdown of commercial air travel
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| Apr.14 |
Iceland |
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800 evacuated as volcano erupts |
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| Mar.6 |
Iceland |
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Plan to repay Icesave debts rejected |
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| Mar.4 |
Sweden |
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Baltic Sea ice traps passenger, cargo ships |
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| Jan.1 |
Denmark |
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Controversial cartoonist escapes attack |
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| Dec.31 |
Finland |
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Suspect found dead after 5 killed |
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| Dec.19 |
Denmark |
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Climate deal meets UN qualification Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a US-backed climate deal in Copenhagen as an 'essential beginning'
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| Dec.16 |
Denmark |
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Slow progress at Copenhagen talks |
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| Dec.12 |
Denmark |
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Police detain 900 in climate change rally |
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| Dec.6 |
Denmark |
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Key global climate talks begin |
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| Oct.9 |
Norway |
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Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Obama said that he was 'surprised and deeply humbled' by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Pri...
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| Oct.2 |
Denmark |
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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games
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| Apr.17 |
Sweden |
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Court jails Pirate Bay founders A court has jailed four men behind TPB, the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case
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| Feb.1 |
Iceland |
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First gay PM for Iceland cabinet |
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| Jan.26 |
Iceland |
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Crisis claims cabinet |
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| Dec.3 |
Norway |
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Nations sign cluster bomb treaty
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| Nov.19 |
Iceland |
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IMF approves $2.1bn Iceland loan |
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| Sep.23 |
 Finland |
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School gunman kills nine Matti Juhani Saari has killed 9 people at a college before shooting himself and later dying in hospital. He posted a video of himself firing...
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| Jun.2 |
Pakistan |
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Car bomb blasts Danish embassy |
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| Jan.18 |
Iceland |
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Eccentric chess icon Fischer dies |
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| Nov.7 |
Finland |
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8 dead in school shooting At least three 8 were killed in a school shooting in southern Finland, in Tuusula, 30 miles north of the capital, Helsinki
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| Sep.17 |
Sweden |
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Narrow win for opposition |
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| Aug.30 |
Sweden |
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Aid donation bid for Lebanon |
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| Jun.23 |
Somalia |
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Swedish cameraman shot dead |
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| Feb.7 |
Denmark |
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PM described cartoons row as global crisis |
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| Feb.5 |
Beirut |
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Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze |
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| Feb.4 |
 Syria |
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Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze | Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators stormed the Danish Embassy in Damascus and set fire to the building in protest at the cartoons. Protesters scaled the Danish mission amid chants of 'God is great', before moving on to attack the Norwegian site. Denmark and Norway ... | |
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| Jan.29 |
Finland |
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President Halonen wins new term |
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| Dec.29 |
Arab Countries |
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Row deepens over Danish cartoons |
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| Jul.16 |
Finland |
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Aceh rebels agree to peace deal |
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| Aug.22 |
Norway |
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Scream stolen from museum
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| Oct.10 |
Iran |
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Rights activist Ebadi wins Nobel |
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| Sep.16 |
Sweden |
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Suspect arrested in Lindh killing |
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| Sep.14 |
Sweden |
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Voters rejects euro currency |
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| Sep.10 |
Sweden |
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Stabbed Foreign Minister dies Anna Lindh has died in hospital after being stabbed several times by an unidentified man in the centre of Stockholm
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| Dec.13 |
Denmark |
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Agreement bring 10 new countries into EU |
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| Oct.11 |
Finland |
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Bomb caused blast, 7 killed |
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| Sep.15 |
Sweden |
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Ruling Social Democrats won election |
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| Aug.29 |
Sweden |
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'Hijacker' foiled |
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| Sep.28 |
Denmark |
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Denmark rejects euro
before year 2000
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| Dec. 14, 1911 |
 Antarctica |
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Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole Map of South Pole Antarctica| A Norwegian explorer led the Antarctic expedition (1910–12) that was the first to reach the South Pole | |
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| Mar. 20, 1828 |
Norway |
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Henrik Ibsen born Map of Skien Norway A major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet
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| Nov. 6, 1632 |
Eastern Germany |
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Battle of Lützen began
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| Nov. 16, 1632 |
 Eastern Germany |
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King Gustavus Adolphus killed as battle of Lutzen ends The founder of Sweden as a Great Power. He led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War
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| Sep. 17, 1631 |
Eastern Germany |
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Battle of Breitenfeld
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