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Stenson underlines fine early form Henrik Stenson of Sweden captured his third European Tour title, winning the Qatar Masters by 3 shots
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| Feb.14 |
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Swedes complete sprinting double Sweden men and women triumphed in the cross-country skiing team sprint races in Pragelato
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| Feb.22 |
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Lind adds to Sweden's golden tally Bjoern Lind gave Sweden their 3rd cross country skiing gold with a comfortable victory in the men's 1.3 km sprint
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| Feb.24 |
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 Finland crushes Russia; Sweden - Czechs Sweden ousted the world champion 7-3. Finland is upending the high-flying Russians 4-0
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| Feb.26 |
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 Swedes beat Finns for hockey gold| Lidstrom's blistering slapshot early gave Sweden a 3-2 win in the final event of the Games | |
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| Mar.15 |
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Deadly bird flu strain hits Sweden The EU's reference laboratory has confirmed Sweden's outbreak of the deadly H5N1
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| Mar.17 |
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 Raich rounds off triumphant season Benjamin Raich is adding the giant slalom World Cup title to his overall crown with a victory in final season race
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| Mar.18 |
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 Kostelic sets new World Cup record Croatian won the final women's giant slalom race of the season to set a World Cup points record
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| May.21 |
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Swedes complete ice hockey double  Map of Riga Latvia| Olympic champions blanked titleholders Czech Republic 4-0 in the world championship final in Riga | |
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| Jun.15 |
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Last-gasp Ljungberg rescues Sweden Freddie Ljungberg scored a late goal to grab a 1-0 Group B win that eliminated Paraguay
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| Jun.20 |
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England come top after Sweden draw A last-minute goal from Larsson saw Sweden draw 2-2 with England in Group B to play hosts Germany in the last 16
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| Jun.23 |
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Swedish cameraman shot dead Map of Mogadishu Somalia| Martin Adler shot during a huge rally in Mogadishu, held to support Thursday's peace agreement | |
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| Jun.24 |
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Podolski puts hosts in last 8 over Sweden Lukas Podolski struck twice in the first 12 minutes as Germany wins 2-0 over 10-man Sweden
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| Aug.8 |
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 Obikwelu strikes his own 2 Euro golds Francis Obikwelu kept the 100 meters title (and 200m) in Gothenburg with victory in 9.99 seconds
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| Aug.30 |
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 Aid donation bid for Lebanon| A conference aims to raise $500 million to help war-crippled Lebanon get back on its feet | |
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| Aug.31 |
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 Lebanese PM makes plea for help At an international donors' conference Fouad Siniora has made an impassioned plea for help in rebuilding his country
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Donors turn to Palestinian crisis Donors promise $500m in aid for the Palestinian territories
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Narrow win for opposition| Centre-right opposition bloc has defeated the ruling Social Democrat party in the closest-fought general election | |
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Work starts on new govt Center-right Reinfedlt starts work on forming a coalition government after ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule
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  Sixth 2006 Nobel goes to American Every prize save for the literature and peace prizes have gone to Americans
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| Oct.14 |
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Trade minister to quit Maria Borelius is to resign over allegations of tax evasion after just one week in office
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| Dec.18 |
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ISS crew fix jammed solar panel  US astronaut Robert Curbeam and Sweden's Christer Fuglesang folded the stuck panel away
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