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Sweden Air Force Targets C-130 Upgrade Decision in 2014
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) C-130 transport planes as part of a 10-year strategic program due to be formalized next year. Replacement of aging SK60 jets for training pilots also is starting to gain Swedish military planners' attention, service chief Major General Micael Byden told reporters yesterday on the eve of the Paris Air Show. Sweden's military-equipment upgrade decisions ...
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TeliaSonera picks Vodacom exec as new CEO-source
STOCKHOLM, June 16 (Reuters) - Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera has picked Johan Dennelind, the current chief executive of Vodacom International, as its new CEO, a source with knowledge of the recruitment process said on Sunday. "Johan Dennelind will be the new CEO," the source said. A TeliaSonera spokesman was not immediately available to comment on the news. Telia, 37 ...
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SwedishEdmonds plans $63.5 million expansion
EDMONDS -- Swedish/Edmonds has announced plans to expand the hospital with a planned two-story, 77,000-square-foot emergency department with a dedicated behavioral health unit and urgent-care ...
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Swedish woman fakes cancer to get out of jail
A woman in southern Sweden has been sentenced to a further two months in prison after she tried to get out of her initial sentence by forging a medical certificate that claimed she had cancer and only a few months to ...
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Woman and child forced into frightening crash
Three young men who felt "provoked" by a woman on a road in eastern Sweden are suspected of assault and reckless driving after they taunted the woman and both vehicles ended up in a ...
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UPDATE 1-NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on June 17
Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:18am EDT (Adds Novo Nordisk) HELSINKI, June 17 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Monday: TELIASONERA The Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera said on Sunday it had picked Johan Dennelind, the current chief executive of South Africa's Vodacom International, as its new ...
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Obama may face disenchanted Europeans on this trip
SLIGO, Ireland - President Obama this week will visit a European continent deeply worried about its economy, the worsening conflict in Syria and the uncertain direction of U.S. leadership abroad in the fifth year of his administration. As he arrives Monday in Northern Ireland for his first trip to Europe in two years, Obama will be confronting the diplomatic fallout from his actions and ...
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Volvo to join V8 Supercars
Volvo has become the latest manufacturer to join the V8 Supercars championship, confirming a deal to race with Garry Rogers Motorsport in ...
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Swedish Day festival provides lesson in language culture
Abra Keup adds syrup to her Swedish pancakes with lingonberries at the 103rd annual Swedish Midsommar Festival Sunday at Good Templar Park in Geneva. Abra attended with her dad for Father's ...
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Much thought put into new crematorium for Stockholm
A new crematorium being built on a famous UNESCO World Heritage Site had an imposing reputation to live up to, for it is being built in a woodland cemetery planted and designed by two of Sweden’s greatest architects.
Stockholm is a city renowned for developing beautiful buildings, the city is regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world with its historical architecture preserved and blended in with the modern, displaying the legacy and the current status of the city as the heart of what was once a kingdom and is now Sweden. It is no wonder then a new crematorium being built in the city will combine state-of-the-art design with seamless beauty. Read more
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