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NORDIC STOCKS - Factors to watch on May 24
HELSINKI | Fri May 24, 2013 2:08am EDT HELSINKI May 24 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Friday: NOVO NORDISK The world's biggest insulin producer said late on Thursday that Phase III study results had shown people treated with its liraglutide drug had an 8 percent weight loss. It said in a statement that from a mean ...
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Police Shooting in Immigrant Neighborhood Sparks Sweden’s Worse Riots
By Madeline Schiesser Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Stockholm is burning, sparked by an incident of alleged police brutality twelve days ago. According to the brother-in-law of the deceased 69 year-old male victim, the man returned home when he was accosted by a gang of youths, who he threatened with knife. Later when police knocked on his apartment door, he mistook them ...
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Stockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish inequality
Five nights of rioting in the suburbs of Sweden's capital Stockholm have raised the national debate about immigration, unemployment and social inequality, the BBC's Stephen Evans reports. It's hard to discern a pattern in the violence that has wracked Stockholm for five nights. The cars attacked are not high-end - not the BMWs and Porsches you might expect to see torched by ...
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Rioting triggers questions about inequality in Sweden
HUSBY, Sweden -- Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had ...
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Riots in Sweden continue
After first starting on last Sunday night in Husby, northwest to the Stockholm city, the riots now had spread to more suburbs, mainly in the areas near Husby and over the places to the south of the city, said the Swedish daily ...
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Youth riots hit Stockholm
Firefighters extinguish a burning car, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista late May 21, 2013, in this picture provided by Scanpix. (Photo:Agencies) Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and ...
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Riots in Stockholm continues
After first starting on last Sunday night in Husby, northwest to the Stockholm city, the riots now had spread to more suburbs, mainly in the areas near Husby and over the places to the south of the city, said the Swedish daily ...
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Riots in Stockholm continues
/enpproperty--> STOCKHOLM - Riots in suburbs of Swedish capital Stockholm continued and had spread around the city, local media reported on Thursday. After first starting on last Sunday night in Husby, northwest to the Stockholm city, the riots now had spread to more suburbs, mainly in the areas near Husby and over the places to the south of the city, said the Swedish daily ...
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Sweden riot raises societal questions
Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself in an ...
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The act of the unconditional capitulation of Germany was signed in a suburb of Berlin on May 8 1945. The Second World War ended. Most Europeans had very little idea of what the post-war world will look like. Washington was preparing to take on a le
The act of the unconditional capitulation of Germany was signed in a suburb of Berlin on May 8, 1945. The Second World War ended. The Third Reich collapsed under the onslaught of the Soviet Army and Anglo-American troops that were advancing from both the East and the West. Italians, French, Germans, Poles and Belgians were celebrating the victory over fascism. Most Europeans had very little ...
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Stockholm police call in reinforcements as cars torched
At least six cars were torched in Stockholm Thursday evening as police called in reinforcements bracing for a fifth night of riots in the Swedish capital's immigrant-dominated suburbs. The riots, which have shattered Sweden's image abroad as a peaceful and egalitarian nation, have sparked a debate in Sweden about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up about 15 percent of the ...
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Swedish riots spotlight frustration in immigrant neighborhoods
HUSBY, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had ...
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Stockholm braces for more riots
Stockholm police have called in reinforcements, with the Swedish capital bracing for a fifth night of riots in its immigrant-dominated suburbs. The riots, which have shattered Sweden's image abroad as a peaceful and egalitarian nation, have sparked a debate in Sweden about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up about 15 per cent of the population. Many of the immigrants who have ...
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Stockholm braces for more riots
Stockholm police have called in reinforcements, with the Swedish capital bracing for a fifth night of riots in its immigrant-dominated suburbs. The riots, which have shattered Sweden's image abroad as a peaceful and egalitarian nation, have sparked a debate in Sweden about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up about 15 per cent of the population. Many of the immigrants who have ...
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Rioting raises questions about Swedens liberal immigration policy and its inequality
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a third executive night. Immigrant youth in sleepy suburban communities run amok, hurling rocks at police and torching cars, restaurants and culture centers. It isn't France or Britain, but Sweden _ a Scandinavian ...
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Swedens riots raise questions about inequality
Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself in an ...
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Stockholm is burning Why the Swedish riots bode ill for Europe
hundreds of immigrant youths rampaged through the streets for four straight nights, torching cars and buildings, hurling rocks through windows, and attacking police. The chaotic scenes are at odds with Sweden's reputation as a liberal model of prosperity, social security, and openness. The riots reportedly started in reaction to Swedish police killing a 69-year-old machete-wielding man ...
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Riots in Sweden raise questions about nations egalitarian culture
May 21, 2013: A burnt out car, in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a third executive night. Immigrant youth in sleepy suburban communities run amok, hurling rocks at police and torching cars, restaurants and culture ...
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Sweden riots continue for 4th day
The suburbs where the rioting is taking place are populated by immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Somalia and have high unemployment. Many suspect the real reason for the riots is frustration with a perceived lack of opportunities for immigrants in Sweden. "In segregated areas, many are disappointed about their future prospects," Eva Andersson, co-author of Segregation and Urban ...
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Riots hit immigrant Stockholm suburbs for 4th straight night
STOCKHOLM--Rioters torched cars and attacked local police stations in 15 immigrant-populated Stockholm suburbs in a fourth night of riots on Thursday, shattering the world's image of Sweden as a peaceful and egalitarian ...
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Stockholm burning Riots grip surburbs as violent trouble spreads
Stockholm was braced for a fifth night of riots as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the northern suburbs of the Swedish capital continued to spread to other corners of the ...
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Zim pioneer wins Stockholm prize
Stockholm - Zimbabwean researcher Peter Morgan was Thursday named the winner of the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize for developing low-cost, practical water and sanitation ...
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Stockholm sees fourth night of rioting
Police: Rioters set fires, then pelt responding firefighters and police with rocks Husby, a northern suburb of Stockholm, had been at the center of the disorder But police say violence is increasing in the southern suburbs Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appealed for calm in the ...
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On Woolwich British media could learn from Swedish riots coverage | Andrew Brown
riots around Stockholm had made the front page of the Financial Times, I scurried over to the sites of Swedish papers to see in some detail what was happening. It turned out that the dismembered parts of a Thai woman had been found in Lapland, various television stars had been variously unhappy in their love lives, a farmer had caused the evacuation of a police station in the south of the ...
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Minister Stockholm riots not youth versus society
Four nights into the Stockholm riots, where young people in the outer districts of Stockholm have been torching cars and throwing stones at police officers, Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag stated that quelling the violence is a priority. "The first conclusion, the acute conclusion, is that we don't accept people burning cars and throwing stones. The vast majority of people in ...
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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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