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Made Popular Jun 13 2009
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BY conventional lights, the Rev. Mitro Repo’s candidacy for the European Parliament never should have succeeded. As a Finnish Orthodox priest, he was bucking his superiors, who have strict rules about the mixing of politics and piety. As a Social...

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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
This post was first published in TH!NKABOUTIT site 25th February 2009. During last twenty years war for humanitarian reasons has came quite popular in political...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
Earlier I wrote about political rights, citizen liberties and press freedom in Balkans (”Freedom in Balkans”). To travel from one country to other is a...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
On 2nd Dec. 2008, the Foreign Ministers of NATO have decided during their “transatlantic dinner” that Ukraine and Georgia will not get the NATO Membership...
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Kamal Kishore, Shimla
Remember when playing Quake III at a decent resolution required a $5,000 Alienware? Man, those were the days. Now, we can’t help but be thankful for a few special...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
I just took a glance at very interesting new report published on 21st November 2008 by the United States National Intelligence Council - Washington’s main...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
EU summit meeting with Russia in France is designed to reopen talks on a pact of cooperation after the crisis in relations caused by the Georgia conflict on August...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
Bosnia-Herzegovina as independent state was created by the Dayton peace agreement 1995 after bloody Bosinian war 1992-95. Besides ending war the aim of Deaton...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
More my articles over Balkans and Caucasus one may find from my BalkanBlog Background of this post Bloggers Unite is an attempt to harness the power of the...
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Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
First let me congratulate you for your landslide winning of US elections. Second please let me inform about one of many shortcomings of still present administration –...
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Adriana, Rome
Libertas spokeswoman Philomena Cobraman today cited the tragic events in Jokela, Finland as yet another example of the dangers inherent in further integration with the...
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The United States got two goals from defenseman Ron Hainsey but lost to Switzerland 4-3 in overtime Monday at the hockey world championships. The Americans will face Finland in the quarterfinals, avoiding a possible matchup with Canada by extending the ga

 
 
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe threaten to disrupt the weapons balance between the two countries.

 
 
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Teenage gunmen spilled the blood of children before Columbine, in Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oregon. After Columbine, more blood was shed in Minnesota and California, in Germany and Finland.

 
 
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Nokia Corp. on Thursday said profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter because of fading demand for mobile phones amid the worldwide downturn _ but its shares surged as analysts had expected an even gloomier report.

 
 
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Nokia Corp. on Thursday said its profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter as demand for mobile phones continued to weaken amid a slump.

 
 
Apr 16 2009 by AP0 Comments

Nokia Corp. on Thursday said its profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter as demand for mobile phones continued to weaken amid a slump.

 
 
Apr 16 2009 by AP0 Comments

Nokia Corp. says its profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter amid a slump in demand for mobile phones.

 
 
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Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 1,700 people worldwide to cut costs, as the global economic downturn strikes deeper into the mobile phone sector.

 
 
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Tanja Poutiainen of Finland has clinched the World Cup giant slalom title after finishing second to Tina Maze of Slovenia in the final GS race this season.

 
 
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Several European countries have restricted gun laws in the wake of school massacres, gang violence and other gun-related crimes:

 
 
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