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Primitive Humans in Scandinavia Used Boats Made Up of Animal Skins in 3500 BC, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that people from the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) in ancient Scandinavia likely built boats from animal skins, possibly seal hides, to fish, hunt, and trade. The PWC was a Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers who lived between 3500 and 2300 B.C. in regions near the Baltic and North Seas.
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Train With 100 Onboard Derails After Floods Wash Away Embankment In Sweden
Heavy rainfall drenched southern Scandinavia on Monday, causing a train to derail and roads to flood in what officials in Sweden and Norway warned could become the most extreme wet weather system to hit the region in decades.
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Samsung Wallet to Support Payments, Passes in 13 More Countries This Year
Samsung Wallet app to be expanded to Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, and UAE by the end of 2022. Samsung Wallet was initially launched in June earlier this year for China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and US. Samsung Wallet services were also initially made availa...
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Historic Europe Heat Wave Incinerates Records, May Speed Up Arctic Melt
A historic heat wave is bringing unprecedented temperatures to Western Europe, and is poised to expand northeastward to Scandinavia and into the Arctic by late this weekend.
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Scandinavian Airlines Cancel Over 650 Flights In Sweden, Norway, Denmark
A total of 1,409 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilots from Sweden, Norway and Denmark went on strike on Friday, causing 673 cancellations so far and over 70,000 passengers affected.
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Milind Soman's Birthday Retreat With Girlfriend Ankita Konwar Was 'Perfect'
Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar were holidaying in Scandinavia
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Copenhagen University Begins Course On Beyonce
Students at Copenhagen University will study about 'Beyonce' coming academic year. The class titled "Beyonce, Gender and Race" is being offered by The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies and will be taught in much the same way as any other culture and literature class.
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Not In My Backyard? Mainstream Scandinavia Warily Eyes Record Immigration
Norwegian officials called the school guards "extra supervision". Critics said the plan to post security personnel near an Oslo school in case of assaults by newly arrived refugees was an ugly euphemism for intolerance.
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Norwegian Air Shuttle Cancels Scandinavia Flights Over Pilot Strike
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said it had cancelled all flights in Scandinavia on Wednesday due to the escalation of a pilots' strike.
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Poland Bids to Reclaim Forgotten Past as Haven for Jews
Poland, the country on whose soil Nazi Germany carried out the darkest acts of the Holocaust, is starting to re-connect with its other role in Jewish history, as a home for 1,000 years to one of the world's biggest Jewish communities.
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European shares hold steady near 5-1/2-year highs
European stocks held steady near five-and-a-half year highs on Tuesday, with Scandinavia providing many of the top gainers after much of the region was shut on Monday for a market holiday.
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Fierce storm kills 16 people in Europe, several houses in UK still without power
Countries in northern Europe lashed by a storm that killed 16 people were today still struggling with power outages and travel disruptions a day after the tempest.
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Global warming places Southeast Asia, India at higher risk of flood
Rising carbon emissions will place parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the northern Andes at a higher risk of extreme floods, a study published today says.
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Patni appointed to deliver application management services to the Codan Group in Scandinavia
Patni Computer Systems Ltd has informed BSE regarding a Press Release dated August 25, 2010 titled "Patni appointed to deliver application management services to the Codan Group in Scandinavia"
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Sebastien Loeb wins Rally of Sweden
Sebastien Loeb became the first driver from outside Scandinavia to win the Rally of Sweden on Sunday.
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Primitive Humans in Scandinavia Used Boats Made Up of Animal Skins in 3500 BC, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that people from the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) in ancient Scandinavia likely built boats from animal skins, possibly seal hides, to fish, hunt, and trade. The PWC was a Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers who lived between 3500 and 2300 B.C. in regions near the Baltic and North Seas.
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Train With 100 Onboard Derails After Floods Wash Away Embankment In Sweden
Heavy rainfall drenched southern Scandinavia on Monday, causing a train to derail and roads to flood in what officials in Sweden and Norway warned could become the most extreme wet weather system to hit the region in decades.
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Samsung Wallet to Support Payments, Passes in 13 More Countries This Year
Samsung Wallet app to be expanded to Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, and UAE by the end of 2022. Samsung Wallet was initially launched in June earlier this year for China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and US. Samsung Wallet services were also initially made availa...
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Historic Europe Heat Wave Incinerates Records, May Speed Up Arctic Melt
A historic heat wave is bringing unprecedented temperatures to Western Europe, and is poised to expand northeastward to Scandinavia and into the Arctic by late this weekend.
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Scandinavian Airlines Cancel Over 650 Flights In Sweden, Norway, Denmark
A total of 1,409 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilots from Sweden, Norway and Denmark went on strike on Friday, causing 673 cancellations so far and over 70,000 passengers affected.
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Milind Soman's Birthday Retreat With Girlfriend Ankita Konwar Was 'Perfect'
Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar were holidaying in Scandinavia
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Copenhagen University Begins Course On Beyonce
Students at Copenhagen University will study about 'Beyonce' coming academic year. The class titled "Beyonce, Gender and Race" is being offered by The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies and will be taught in much the same way as any other culture and literature class.
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Not In My Backyard? Mainstream Scandinavia Warily Eyes Record Immigration
Norwegian officials called the school guards "extra supervision". Critics said the plan to post security personnel near an Oslo school in case of assaults by newly arrived refugees was an ugly euphemism for intolerance.
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Norwegian Air Shuttle Cancels Scandinavia Flights Over Pilot Strike
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said it had cancelled all flights in Scandinavia on Wednesday due to the escalation of a pilots' strike.
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Poland Bids to Reclaim Forgotten Past as Haven for Jews
Poland, the country on whose soil Nazi Germany carried out the darkest acts of the Holocaust, is starting to re-connect with its other role in Jewish history, as a home for 1,000 years to one of the world's biggest Jewish communities.
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European shares hold steady near 5-1/2-year highs
European stocks held steady near five-and-a-half year highs on Tuesday, with Scandinavia providing many of the top gainers after much of the region was shut on Monday for a market holiday.
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Fierce storm kills 16 people in Europe, several houses in UK still without power
Countries in northern Europe lashed by a storm that killed 16 people were today still struggling with power outages and travel disruptions a day after the tempest.
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Global warming places Southeast Asia, India at higher risk of flood
Rising carbon emissions will place parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the northern Andes at a higher risk of extreme floods, a study published today says.
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Patni appointed to deliver application management services to the Codan Group in Scandinavia
Patni Computer Systems Ltd has informed BSE regarding a Press Release dated August 25, 2010 titled "Patni appointed to deliver application management services to the Codan Group in Scandinavia"
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Sebastien Loeb wins Rally of Sweden
Sebastien Loeb became the first driver from outside Scandinavia to win the Rally of Sweden on Sunday.
