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2009
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Sweden, January 2009
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| Jan.21 |
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Cell phone giant Ericsson cuts 5,000 jobs Swedish-based telecommunications company announced it is cutting 5,000 jobs as part of cost-reducing measures
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| Feb.17 |
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Pirate Bay joy at charge change Half of the charges relating to 'assisting copyright infringement', levelled at the founders of the file-sharing site, have been dropped
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| Mar.9 |
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Israel wins over Sweden's in Davis Cup Israel reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 1987 after a dramatic 3-2 victory behind closed doors and against demonstrations
| Mar.11 |
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Vonn secures overall title with downhill win Lindsey Vonn wrapped up the overall title for the second straight year with victory in the downhill at the World Cup finals in Are
| Mar.14 |
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Svindal takes title after Raich crashes out Aksel Lund Svindal has won the men's overall World Cup title for the second time in his career, after Austrian rival dramatically crashed ou...
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| Apr.2 |
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Piracy law cuts internet traffic Internet traffic fell by 33% as the country's new anti-piracy law came into effect
| Apr.17 |
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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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| May.10 |
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Sweden gets hockey worlds bronze The United States failed to hold an early lead and lost 4-2 in the bronze medal game at the hockey world championship
| May.31 |
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Nadal out in shock defeat by Soderling World #1 Rafael Nadal suffered his first ever defeat at the French Open as he was stunned 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) by Robin Soderling | |
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| Jun.2 |
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Superb Soderling sweeps into Paris semis Swede Robin Soderling swept into his first career Grand Slam semifinal with a spectacular 6-1 6-3 6-1 demolition of Nikolay Davydenko
| Jun.5 |
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Soderling fights back to secure final place Robin Soderling came from 4-1 behind in the final set to defeat Fernando Gonzalez in a thrilling battle to reach the French Open final | |
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| Aug.23 |
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Israel hits back over organ article Israel withheld the press credentials of a Swedish newspaper. A controversial article suggested the Israeli army killed Palestinians to harvest their organs
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| Sep.25 |
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$1M reward offered for cash depot heist A group of heavily-armed thieves used a helicopter to land on the roof of the cash depot. They used explosives to get into the building
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| Oct.12 |
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1st woman wins Nobel Prize for economics Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the prize for work on how community institutions can prevent conflict
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| Nov.17 |
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EU-Russia to reset ties at summit Map of Stockholm Sweden European Union leaders are due to discuss key issues such as trade and energy with their Russian counterparts at a summit in Stockholm | |
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| Dec.20 |
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New offer made for Saab Spyker, a maker of exotic cars, said that it had made a new offer to General Motors for the Swedish car brand | |
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