Sweden Democrats

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  'Bulldozer' Andersson: Sweden's Short-Lived First Woman Prime Minister

  Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, who quit just hours after becoming first woman elected Sweden's prime minister, is a "bulldozer" who faces tough battle fending off an unprecedented challenge by right-wing and far-right in next year's election.

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  Sweden Elects Magdalena Andersson As First Woman Prime Minister

  Sweden's parliament on Wednesday elected Social Democratic party leader and current Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson as the country's first woman prime minister, after she clinched a last-minute deal securing key support.

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  Swedish PM Stefan Lofven Ousted In Parliament No-Confidence Vote

  Sweden's parliament ousted Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence vote on Monday, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election.

• Fire Damages Swedish Mosque in Second Suspected Arson Attack

  Fire ripped through a Swedish mosque early today in the second suspected arson attack on a Muslim centre in four days in a country caught up in a fierce debate on immigration.

• Sweden's Social Democrats Reclaim Power, As Far Right Gains

  A left-leaning coalition led by Sweden's opposition Social Democrats defeated the incumbent centre-right government in Sunday's general election, while the far right was headed for historic gains.

• 'We're The Absolute Kingmaker Now': Sweden Far-Right Head Jimmie Aakesson

  The head of the far-right anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats said on Sunday that his party had become the "absolute kingmaker" in parliament after more than doubling its votes in legislative elections.

• From Orphanage to Power - The Rise of Sweden's Likely New Leader

  Sweden's likely new prime minister, Social Democrat leader Stefan Loefven, may have little experience of national politics but this consensus-seeking trade unionist has overcome bigger obstacles before.

• Left Wins Sweden Vote, Far-Right Party Makes Gains: Exit Poll

  Voting for Sweden's parliament ended Sunday at 1800 GMT with an exit poll suggesting a win for a Social Democrat-led left-green trio of parties and a major gain for the far-right Sweden Democrats.

• Would-Be Bomber Causing Stockholm Lock-Down Surrenders To Police

  A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday, prompting an hours-long lockdown in the Swedish capital, finally gave himself up to police, a spokesman said.

• Stockholm Streets Locked Down as Police Deal with Would-Be Bomber

  Human Bomb, Stockholm, Sweden, Kjell Lindgren, Swedish news agency TT, Social Democrats, Moderates

• Edward Snowden 'stuck' in Moscow as Ecuador warns on asylum

  US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden began a fifth day in a Moscow airport on Thursday, with his travel plans still a mystery as Ecuador warned it could take months to consider his asylum request.

• Democratic Republic of Congo named worst place to be mother

  The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to the annual report of Save the Children.