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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ahead of Azerbaijan, Ukraine
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and...Tags: Music, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Denmark, Concerts, Finland
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Controversies, blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be time for the Eurovision Song Contest
Associated PressMALMO, Sweden (AP) — Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The televised extravaganza, with an audience of 125 million worldwide, is now in its 58th year. Once again without fail, it has produced a mix...Tags: Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Music, Entertainment, Denmark, Finland
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From bustling Stockholm to the island of Fårö, Sweden shines when days grow long
STOCKHOLM - I seemed to be flowing amid a river of wildflowers. I was at Skansen, Stockholm's open-air folk museum and zoo, and all around me, bobbing heads - many crowned with wreaths of freshly plucked blooms - made their way down the cobblestone...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Stockholm (Sweden), Audi, Dance
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From ship to prison: Unique hostels in Sweden
In Sweden, unique hostels spring from old quarters: -Gustav AF Klint My wife and I booked a two-bed cabin on the Gustav Af Klint, a beat-up, decommissioned steamship-turned-hostel, because it was a bargain at around $60 a night and in a great location,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Stockholm (Sweden), Prisons, England
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Summer events 2013
This is is not all-inclusive June 1-2 Bolingbrook Cavalcade of Planes 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport for the annual festival of aircrafts. Enjoy a close look at historic planes and helicopters on the ground and...
Tags: Music, Arts, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Human Interest, Sales
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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: Tesco plc, Walmart, Bangladesh, New Delhi (India), Politics
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...Tags: Tesco plc, Italy, Walmart, Bangladesh, Politics
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Critics call White House strategy short on specifics, funding as US moves forward in Arctic
AP National Security WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. strategy for the Arctic region has gotten a lukewarm response from a think tank that says the plan amounts to a "lengthy wish list" with few specifics. The tepid feedback from the Washington-based Arctic Institute comes...Tags: Fredrik Reinfeldt, Think Tanks, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Washington, DC
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Review: Lang Lang leads the L.A. Phil on a jazzy jaunt
The famous first bars of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto summon four fortissimo horns to urgently blare a four-note descending figure and then leap. The full Los Angeles Philharmonic punctuated that leap Thursday night about as adamantly as I can...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Lang Lang, Culture, Music Industry
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Many Panthers head to World Championships
Sun SentinelSeason continues for some Several Panthers are heading to Sweden and Finland to participate in the annual IIHF World Championships for their respective countries, including Tomas Fleischmann (Czech Republic), Jacob Markstrom (Sweden), Marcel Goc (Germany)...Tags: Czech Republic
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READER SUBMITTED: Coming To America: Washington's Swedish Immigrants
StatewideJoin us on Sunday May 5, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Gunn Museum in Washington for the opening of the exhibit, Coming to America: Washington's Swedish Immigrants.This exhibition shares the little-known story of Swedish immigration to our small New England...Tags: Immigration, Culture, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy
WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...Tags: Cuba, Espionage and Intelligence, Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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