Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and wounding 14 others, an official said.
Nations:Iraq Sweden Activities:Second Gulf War
2008-05-29
Protesters across the world condemn Iraq war
Thousands of protestors marched against the Iraq war in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global day of action that drew huge crowds in London and smaller protests elsewhere in Europe and Canada.
Nations:Canada U.K. Sweden Norway Denmark Vietnam People:Gordon Brown Tony Blair George W. Bush Tom Cruise Activities:Anti-war Movement Vietnam War
2008-03-16
American trio wins 2007 Nobel for economics
A Russian-born academic who escaped both the Communist revolution and the horrors of World War Two became the oldest person to win a Nobel Prize on Monday, garnering a joint award for a pioneering market theory.
Nations:Poland Sweden Russia Switzerland
2007-10-15
European cities tackling climate change
When this quiet city in southern Sweden decided in 1996 to wean itself off fossil fuels, most people doubted the ambitious goal would have any impact beyond the town limits. A few melting glaciers later, Vaxjo is attracting a green pilgrimage of politicians, scientists and business leaders from as far afield as the United States and North Korea seeking inspiration from a city program that has allowed it to cut CO2 emissions 30 percent since 1993.
Nations:Denmark Spain U.K. Sweden France Mexico
2007-10-14
German wins Nobel chemistry prize
Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces, which are key to understanding questions like how pollution eats away at the ozone layer.
Nations:Sweden Germany
2007-10-10
Physics Nobel goes to German, Frenchman
Two European scientists won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that lets computers, iPods and other digital devices store reams of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.
Nations:France Germany Sweden
2007-10-09
Nasdaq to acquire OMX in Borse Dubai deal
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Borse Dubai have reached a deal under which Nasdaq will take over Nordic bourse operator OMX AB, while Borse Dubai acquires just under 20 percent of Nasdaq and 28 percent of the London stock exchange.
Nations:Sweden United Arab Emirates Estonia Latvia Lithuania Denmark
2007-09-20
Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
Nations:Canada Denmark Russia Norway Sweden U.S.
2007-09-15
Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman dies at 89
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday, the president of his foundation said. He was 89.
Nations:Sweden Germany People:Ingmar Bergman Woody Allen
2007-07-30
Israel army turns over small border area
The Israeli army turned over a small border area in south Lebanon to Lebanese and foreign troops Thursday, a symbolic move paving the way for U.N. peacekeepers to go into the volatile area.
Nations:Sweden Israel Lebanon Activities:2006 Lebanon War Israel-Palestine Conflict
2006-08-31
Annan expands Lebanon peace drive
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, trying to calm Middle East violence, met Jordan's King Abdullah on Thursday before visiting Syria to seek its help in upholding a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
Nations:Sweden Syria Israel Lebanon Activities:2005 Mideast Peace Progress
2006-08-31
Austria police seek accomplices of child captor
Austrian police said on Friday they were searching for possible accomplices of a kidnapper who held a young girl in a tiny room under his garage for eight years until her dramatic escape this week.
Nations:Sweden Austria
2006-08-25
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