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2 hrs ago | The Jackson Sun

Riots rock Sweden's immigrant suburbs for fourth day

Suburbs of the Swedish capital were engulfed in a fourth day of rioting Wednesday in the country's worst civil unrest in years, leaving locals shaking their heads and wondering when calm would return to their usually tranquil city.

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Related Topix: Travel, Europe Travel, Sweden Travel, Stockholm, Sweden Travel, World News

4 hrs ago | Science Daily

Unique method creates correct mirror image of molecule

In pharmaceuticals, it is important that the correct form of the molecule is used.

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Related Topix: World News, Chemistry, Science

5 hrs ago | The Spectator

Exclusive: Clement Attlee backs Michael Gove's free schools

Great news for all progressives: a private school has been effectively been nationalised.

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Related Topix: Queen Elizabeth, World News, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens,

7 hrs ago | KQED

Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming?

This "pinkhouse" at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Bryan, Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Bryan, TX, World News, Purdue University

11 hrs ago | America's Network

Ericsson shuts down cable manufacturing operations in Sweden

Ericsson is shutting down its telecom cables operation within its networks business unit due to what it says is the result of the shift from copper to fiber.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News,

13 hrs ago | Paper Age

Holmen to Further Reduce Its Papermaking Capacity by 10 Percent

May 21, 2013 - Holmen Paper said that it will further permanently reduce its annual paper production capacity in Sweden by 10 percent or about 115,000 tonnes in the third quarter of this year.

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Related Topix: World News

18 hrs ago | Ultimate-guitar.com

'Heavy Metal and Punk Fossils' Exhibition to Open in Denmark Next Month [News]

When a scientist discovers a new and unknown fossil, he gets to give it a scientific name.

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Related Topix: World News, The Ramones, Punk, Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, Pop/Rock, Dire Straits, Entertainment

Tue May 21, 2013

The Press-Enterprise

Girls Soccer: Munerlyn will fly to Sweden, miss graduation

We caught up with Corona Santiago's Amber Munerlyn, the 2013 HSGameTime Girls Soccer Player of the Year, on Tuesday night.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden

Police officers stand guard in a street during a riot in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Riot, Fredrik Reinfeldt

Science, Industry and Business

Anabolic Steroids May Affect Future Mental Health

This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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Related Topix: World News

Science, Industry and Business

Promising treatment for progeria within reach

A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the production of this enzyme.

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Related Topix: World News, Genetics, Medicine

Live Design Online

Robe LEDWash 600 for the Skovde Stadsteater

The 503 seat Skvde Stadsteater is another venue that has invested in LEDWashes, taking delivery of eight ROBIN 600 LEDWashes that were supplied by Swedish distributor Bellalite via locally based rental company, Sound Star.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Forbes.com

Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi's E-Cat Cold Fusion...

Back in October 2011 I first wrote about Italian engineer, Andrea Rossi, and his E-Cat project, a device that produces heat through a process called a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction .

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Related Topix: Italy, World News,

SFGate

Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision

Dina Garipovaof Russia performs her song What If during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: What If?, Entertainment, Television, World News

Business Wire

Atlas Copco Wins Mining Equipment Order in India

"We feel very proud of Vedanta's confidence in our abilities to provide equipment and service that help them boost productivity." The 13 units of equipment, which include long-hole drilling rigs, face drilling rigs and dump trucks, will be delivered in 2013.

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Related Topix: World News

State Department

Press Releases: Christopher Painter, Coordinator for Cyber Issues, Travels to Stockholm, Sweden

Christopher Painter, the Secretary's Coordinator for Cyber Issues, will travel to Stockholm, Sweden May 21-24, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon May 20, 2013

South China Morning Post

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

Are we among the most racist people in the world? I am afraid so, if a global study called the World Values Survey is anything to go by.

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Related Topix: World News, Opinion

Live Design Online

TAIT supplies staging, scenic, LED automation and rigging elements for 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

Working closely with Technical Director Ola Melzig, as well as Production Designers Frida Arvidsson and Viktor Brattstrom, TAIT's European division supplied elements for the iconic Eurovision Song Contest, which was televised to a worldwide audience with stunning performances from 26 finalists last week in Malmo, Sweden.

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PhysOrg Weblog

Anabolic steroids may affect future mental health

There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life.

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The Republic

Riots in Stockholm suburb over police shooting

Gangs of youth angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man in a mainly immigrant neighborhood hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Monday, forcing the evacuation of an apartment block.

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Related Topix: World News, Riot