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Handset sales saw sharp drops earlier in the year as consumers around the world cut back on spending in the economic downturn Tarmo Virki HELSINKI, FINLAND: The fall in the handset market stopped in the third quarter, helped by clearing of inventories of unsold phones and booming sales on the so-called grey market in countries like China, research ...

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 20:00 PST In collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed.

Finnair PLC said Wednesday it has appointed Mika Vehvilainen, the chief operating officer of Nokia Siemens Networks, as president and CEO to replace Jukka Hienonen, who announced his resignation in August in "crisis conditions." Vehvilainen will take up the position on Feb.

Helsinki was bombed from the air quite extensively in the Winter War of 1939-40 and again in the Continuation War of 1941-44, particularly in the later phase of the Continuation War, when the Soviet Union launched a number of massive raids in February of 1944.

Cruise tours to Finland, Sweden and Estonia will start leaving from the new terminals on Vasilyevsky Island for the first time at the end of this year.

The fire that completely destroyed a Neste filling station in Helsinki's Oulunkyla district on Saturday more than likely originated from the ceiling of the building.

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Swine flu has been spreading in the Uusimaa region in the south of Finland, says Professor Ville Valtonen , head physician responsible for infectious diseases at the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital District .

HELSINKI: Finnish-German telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens said on Tuesday that it could reduce its 64,000-strong workforce by seven to nine percent, or by 4,500 to 5,800 jobs, in a cost-cutting drive.

E-mail: dag{at}rni.helsinki.fi We assume that quantitative measurements on a considered trait and unphased genotype data at certain marker loci are available on a sample of individuals from a background population.

A trailer for "Our Twilight" , the upcoming debut four-song EP from BARREN EARTH a ' the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR , MOONSORROW , SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI a ' can be viewed below.

Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas departs a shipyard Friday in Finland. The largest passenger vessel ever built - with 2,700 cabins and 2,100 crew members - it is nearly 40 percent larger than the industry's next-biggest ship.

Interior view of the world's biggest cruise vessel, Oasis of the Seas, built by STX Europe's shipyard in Turku, Finland.

Low vitamin D levels in the body may be deadly, according to a new study hinting that adults with lower, versus higher, blood levels of vitamin D may be more likely to die from heart disease or stroke.

Kymmene Corp., the world's largest magazine paper maker, on Thursday reported a third-quarter net profit of euro40 million , mostly thanks to one-time gains and despite a drop in sales.

A Helsinki auxiliary nurse is to be charged with five murders, Finnish national daily Helsingin Sanomat quoted a prosecutor as saying on Tuesday.

On Sep. 24, a beachgoer near Swansea, Wales reported a piece of military equipment washed up on the shore.

Nokia's sales shrank by nearly 20 per cent on a 12-month comparison after losing some of its market dominance to Apple and other players.

CityVice Networks and Domination TV recently conducted an interview with guitarist Buz McGrath of Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH before the band's September 22, 2009 performance at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland.

Ahlstrom's President & CEO Jan Lang will present the third quarter results in Finnish at a press conference in Helsinki on October 27, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Finnish time.