Swedish News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:12 CST 60 GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- The Swedish government has revealed plans to build 2,000 wind turbines over the next 10 years to make renewable energy as productive as the country's nuclear power stations. Sweden is one of the most advanced countries in Europe in the renewable energy sector and http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=123oncm3e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1129342%26sourceType=3 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:38 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=123oncm3e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1129342%26sourceType=3 &$ &$Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt in Moscow, capital of Russia, March 9, 2010. Reinfeldt met with Medvedev on Tuesday, signing a series of documents. (Xinhua/Alexandrov)&$ &$ Russia and Sweden clinched on Tuesday a series of agreements in a bid to strengthen cooperation in various fields including energy and the crackdown on http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11v2ivui8/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914448.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:38 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11v2ivui8/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914448.html STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 10 (UPI) -- Sweden defense authorities selected Saab to provide its Gripen fighter aircraft deployed with the Swedish air force with upgrade support services. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=13tkfj0rd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/BusinessNews/Security-Industry/2010/03/10/Saab-selected-to-support-Swedens-Gripen/UPI-40881268234829/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:43 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=13tkfj0rd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/BusinessNews/Security-Industry/2010/03/10/Saab-selected-to-support-Swedens-Gripen/UPI-40881268234829/ A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=126tobmq9/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/tsnm/ususasecuritysweden4 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=126tobmq9/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/tsnm/ususasecuritysweden4 The American woman known as "Jihad Jane", charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, is reported to have paid a visit to Sweden in August. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11ab4ugos/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25454/20100310/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11ab4ugos/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25454/20100310/ PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=13btedqdm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-american-terror-plot%2C0%2C3811969.story?track=rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:22:18 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=13btedqdm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-american-terror-plot%2C0%2C3811969.story?track=rss The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12gosohtj/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponreeu/euswedenprophetdrawing10 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12gosohtj/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponreeu/euswedenprophetdrawing10 The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad has angered Muslims says he's received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=11u8csf0n/%2Ahttp%253A//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35800259/ns/worldnews-europe/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=11u8csf0n/%2Ahttp%253A//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35800259/ns/worldnews-europe/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists who have been involved in killings and kidnappings. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12839oi62/%2Ahttp%253A//www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2010/03/11/2003467691 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:45 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12839oi62/%2Ahttp%253A//www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2010/03/11/2003467691 Irish police have arrested seven Muslims suspected of conspiracy to murder over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, they said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12vquk2du/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafp/irelandswedenislamreligionarrest20100310023659 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:38 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12vquk2du/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafp/irelandswedenislamreligionarrest20100310023659 London, Mar 10 : Sweden has the most number of bisexual babes in the world and San Francisco is the kinkiest place to visit - these are some of the facts revealed by a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11lpkl2db/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-67454.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:38 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11lpkl2db/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-67454.html This week's featured photo is from our iPhones Around the World gallery, and shows an iPhone 3GS overlooking a snow-covered scene near Vanersborg, Sweden. To share your photos and to be considered for our Photo of the Week, you simply need to submit your own photo to one of our galleries. So get out there, take some pictures with your iPod or iPhone, and maybe your submission will be our next http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12q2kpce0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/photo-of-the-week-iphone-3gs-in-sweden/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12q2kpce0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/photo-of-the-week-iphone-3gs-in-sweden/ The European Court of Human Rights has told Sweden that it will breach its humanitarian obligations if it deports an Iranian asylum seeker, saying his claims of past torture appeared to be true. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11a5amaj0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25440/20100310/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:37:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11a5amaj0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25440/20100310/ Source: Reuters * Swedish PM visits Russia for first time in 10 years * Sweden softens rights criticism, seeks to boost trade (Adds Putin quotes and background) By Gleb Bryanski http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11qriacd2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6282GO.htm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:29:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11qriacd2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6282GO.htm STOCKHOLM - A SWEDISH court has convicted a 62-year-old man of spying on exiled Uighurs living in Sweden and sentenced him to one year and four months in prison. Stockholm District Court officials said Tuesday that Babur Maihesuti has a Swedish passport but is also believed to belong to the Chinese Muslim minority group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12d5gpd3e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory499926.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:54 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12d5gpd3e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory499926.html STOCKHOLM, March 9 (Reuters) - Swedish Match: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12skl6480/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7782897%26subject=general%26action=article Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:29:12 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12skl6480/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7782897%26subject=general%26action=article Police in Ireland on Tuesday arrested seven people over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12mrndm6r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-09-Swedish-cartoonist-plotN.htm?csp=34 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:54 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12mrndm6r/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-09-Swedish-cartoonist-plotN.htm?csp=34 Winger, die Melodic-Hardrocker der 80er, werden beim diesjahrigen Sweden Rock Festival ihr einziges Sommer-Gastspiel in Europa geben. Zuvor wird die Band im Marz und April einige Clubkonzerte, darunter auch vier Gigs in Deutschland: 06.04. Bochum, Matrix 07.04. Berlin, Columbia Club 08.04. Munchen, Backstage 10.04. Aschaffenburg, ColosSaal http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11g5q3ql9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.whiskey-soda.de/news.php?id=25748 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:17:51 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11g5q3ql9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.whiskey-soda.de/news.php?id=25748 China denies it is spying on Uighur refugees in Sweden, after a Stockholm court jailed a Uigur for passing information to an agent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=1260qtf05/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8557777.stm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:31 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=1260qtf05/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8557777.stm RBC, 09.03.2010, Moscow 17:04:57. Russia and Sweden have signed a number of agreements on cooperation, specifically in the energy and space exploration spheres. The documents were signed in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11k0e1f5q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rbcnews.com/free/20100309170457.shtml Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:54 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11k0e1f5q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rbcnews.com/free/20100309170457.shtml Finland and Sweden will boost military cooperation in Afghanistan, Commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Ari Puheloinen said Monday. Finland and Sweden are planning to make some changes to troop composition, said Puheloinen in a speech at the opening ceremony of Finland's National Defense Course in Helsinki. Separate patrol units will be eliminated and traditional squad, platoon and company http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11v17q27n/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6912897.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:15:07 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11v17q27n/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6912897.html A Swedish court sentences a Uighur refugee to 16 months in prison for spying for China on Uighur expatriates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12068k6if/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8556736.stm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:50:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12068k6if/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8556736.stm TEHRAN, March 8 (Bernama) -- Iran's national dolls Dara and Sara will be introduced to Swedish children during Iran Sweden Children Friendship Week, Mehr News Agency reports Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=120v2eu0n/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsworld.php?id=480570 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=120v2eu0n/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsworld.php?id=480570 Between the grains of sand on the sea floor there is an unknown and unexplored world. Scientists have just found new animal species on the Great Barrier Reef, in New Caledonia, and in the sea off the Gullmarsfjord in the Swedish county of Bohuslan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=1216a76gu/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308095836.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:23:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=1216a76gu/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308095836.htm New York - A Swedish woman was appointed on Monday the United Nations' top cop, whose tasks include recruiting police personnel for UN peacekeeping operations, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said. Ban appointed Anne-Marie Orler as the UN's new po http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=131h8blit/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313078%2Cban-appoints-swedish-woman-as-uns-top-cop.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:00:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=131h8blit/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313078%2Cban-appoints-swedish-woman-as-uns-top-cop.html (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The three opposition centre-left parties hold the upper hand as Sweden heads to a legislative election, according to a poll by Synovate released by Dagens Nyheter. 49.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Workers' Party - Social-Democrats (S), the Environmental Party - The Greens (MP) or the Left Party (Vp) in this year's ballot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12gsp5jpu/%2Ahttp%253A//www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/oppositioncloseto50markinsweden1/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:15:07 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12gsp5jpu/%2Ahttp%253A//www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/oppositioncloseto50markinsweden1/ Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt will discuss economic relations and international issues with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his one-day visit to Russia on Tuesday. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, cooperative agreements on space, energy and healthcare have been prepared for Reinfeldt's first visit to Moscow in his current post since 2006. He would probably discuss http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=11vr74v9s/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6912911.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:15:07 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=11vr74v9s/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6912911.html Sweden and its Nordic neighbours have been slammed by human rights group Amnesty International for failing to combat sexual violence, a new report shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11acd18mt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25396/20100308/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:12 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11acd18mt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25396/20100308/ System favoured by David Cameron 'improves schools', conference told, but Labour pounces on inequality findings Leading figures in the Swedish free school revolution - on which David Cameron is basing his education reforms - insisted today that companies must have a right to make profits to drive up standards and keep down costs. Speakers at a Spectator conference in London also challenged http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12vq6cnqp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/04/swedish-free-schools-conservative-education Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522swedish%2522/SIG=12vq6cnqp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/04/swedish-free-schools-conservative-education Davis Cup world group first round result between Sweden and Argentina in Stockholm on Sunday (* denotes new result). Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 * David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4 Robin Soderling (Sweden) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 7-5 7-6(5) 7-5 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12mkfuj55/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-davisswedenresult%26prov=reuters%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:03:18 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=12mkfuj55/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-davisswedenresult%26prov=reuters%26type=lgns At least 26,000 Iraqis living in Sweden cast their absentee ballots at the weekend, ahead of the Iraqi general elections on Sunday. Some 80,000 Iraqis live in Sweden. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11ah930ci/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25388/20100307/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:44:31 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=11ah930ci/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thelocal.se/25388/20100307/ David Ferrer swept Stanislas Wawrinka aside in straight sets to put defending champion Spain into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday, while David Nalbandian secured Argentina's 3-2 victory over Sweden by beating Andreas Vinciguerra in the last match. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=13lql1gb0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cbssports.com/tennis/story/13024489/davis-cup-ferrer-lifts-spain-nalbandian-clinches-for-argentina/rss Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:11:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522sweden%2522/SIG=13lql1gb0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cbssports.com/tennis/story/13024489/davis-cup-ferrer-lifts-spain-nalbandian-clinches-for-argentina/rss