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39 min ago | Newsroom Finland

Finland's Katainen confident tax relief will cut roundwood prices

Jyrki Katainen , the Finnish finance minister, told reporters in Helsinki on Thursday he was confident that the government's proposed tax relief on sales of roundwood would have the intended effect of reducing ...

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Why this year's Stirling prize is cooler than ever

Strange but true: every one of the graceful buildings on 2008's shortlist looks better suited to ice-cold climes than Britain July 18, 2008 2:00 PM Aussie rules ...Manchester Civil Justice Centre, designed by ...

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

PhysOrg Weblog

Grow your mobile in a pot? Maybe someday, say Nokia researchers

Nokia's flagship store in Helsinki. The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia has worked for years with top experts to determine the needs and wants of tomorrow's customers in order to stay ahead of ...

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Inventions, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

UNIAN

World`s 10 best airports - Forbes

For the seventh year, the Hong Kong International Airport was ranked the best by millions of worldwide passengers, according to Forbes.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Malaysia, Malaysia Travel, Germany Travel, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Newswise

Study Links Herpes with Widespread Neuropathic Pain

Reactivation of genital herpes is linked in some cases with the emergence of widespread neuropathic pain, according to a Finnish study reported in The Journal of Pain .

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

Newsroom Finland

Head-on crash on Finland's L nsiv yl

A motorist caused a head-on collision on Lansivayla, the western approach motorway to Finland's capital Helsinki, near Westend on Friday after driving down an exit sliproad.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Newsroom Finland

Rice asks Finland to stay in Afghanistan

Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, told Alexander Stubb , Finland's foreign minister, in Washington on Thursday that she hoped Finland would continue its crisis management and police training missions ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Bloomberg

Finland, Home of `Miss Strawberry,' Frets as Hail Flattens Annual Harvest

Mika Karinen's months of work vanished in minutes when hail devastated his strawberry fields in eastern Finland .

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Related Topix: Hailstorm, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Europe, Finland, World News, Weather

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Mass High Tech

DNAR lands breast cancer test license

The DNA Repair Company , a Boston-based cancer treatment company that emphasizes customized care, has been granted exclusive licensing rights for a breast cancer diagnostic test developed at Helsinki University ...

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Related Topix: Startups, The DNA Repair Company, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Europe, Finland

Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Boston Globe

Valmet to make Fisker hybrid

Finnish car manufacturer Valmet Automotive said Tuesday it has signed a preliminary deal with Fisker Automotive Inc.

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The St. Petersburg Times

Isinbayeva Vaults For New World Record

Russia's world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a world record of 5.03 meters at Rome's Golden Gala.

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Related Topix: Finland, World News, American College, American University, American University of Puerto Rico, American College of Education, World Records

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Newsroom Finland

Second arrest in Slovenia branch of Finnish patria probe

Finnish arms maker Patria said in a statement Thursday that the Helsinki district court had ordered the second arrest in a corruption investigation into the sale of armoured personnel carriers to Slovenia.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

BlabberMouth.net

Nightwish: Pro-Shot Footage Of Rock Werchter Performance Available

Professionally filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH 's entire July 6, 2008 concert at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium can be viewed below.

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Related Topix: Metal, Nightwish, Finland, World News

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Today's Zaman

Finnish theater troupe introduces novel form into opera

Deaf actors Juho Saarinen , Kolbrun Volkudottir and Aliisa Lehtonen perform in the world's first sign opera in Helsinki.

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News.com.au

On song: Club sets new karaoke endurance record

A FINNISH club has set the world record for the longest karaoke session of 216 hours, with the participants vowing to keep going and set a new watershed mark of several weeks.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Russian sets pole vault record

Russian Yelena Isinbayeva improved her own pole vault world record Friday, jumping 16 feet, 6 inches at the Golden Gala meet.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic Summer Games, Finland, World News

Daily India

Having twins takes a toll on parents' mental health

Washington, July 8: Parents of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology are more likely to report mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later, than parents of ...

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Related Topix: Finland, World News, Depression, Health, Medicine, Anxiety

Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Bjork Cancels Finland Show Due To Throat Problem

Pop star Bjork has been forced to pull out of another date in her current world tour - citing health problems for the cancellation.

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Related Topix: Finland, World News, United Kingdom, Entertainment

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Reuters

Anorexia, 'bigorexia' may have same genetic roots

A new study with twins suggests that for men, the obsession with being too small and undeveloped, known as muscle dysmorphic disorder, may share the same genetic underpinnings as anorexia nervosa.

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AdLand the commercial archive

Xtract, Innovator in Social Advertising Intelligence Raises EUR 7.5 Million

Submitted by webitpr on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:41. in announcement London, UK and Helsinki, Finland: Xtract, the leader and innovator in social advertising intelligence today announced that it has closed its ...

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