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Swedish prosecutors interview new witnesses in Assange rape case
Swedish prosecutors said a total of seven witnesses had been interviewed over the summer
Purple takes climate change to the next level
A UN report due for release in 2014 has added the colour purple as the highest level for global warming – increasing the threat to natural systems.
Groom of Swedish princess admits to wedding jitters
The future husband of Swedish Princess Madeleine has said he is "a little nervous" about the forthcoming Royal wedding.
Five possible buyers for bankrupt Saab: administrator
Up to five companies are keen to buy Saab, one of the bankrupt Swedish carmaker’s three administrators said on Sunday.
Being local for a day
A pioneering city guide that matches tourists with local ‘soulmates’ gives our writer the inside track on Stockholm’s secret places.
‘Masters of light’ win Nobel Physics Prize
Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith on Tuesday won the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize for pioneering work on fibre optics and semiconductors.
US trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize for research into ageing
Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for identifying a key molecular switch in cellular ageing.
Pirate Bay file-share four guilty, get year in jail
A Swedish court handed down a guilty verdict and a year in prison on Friday to all four defendants in a copyright test case involving The Pirate Bay.
Woman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport
An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden’s main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute, media reported.
Stockholm meet delivers records, 100m drama
Asafa Powell edges the 100m world record-holder in Stockholm as SA’s Juan van Deventer set his first South African record at the meet.
New light on gay brains
Gay men and heterosexual women have similar shaped brains, says new study.
Man found with explosives at Swedish nuclear plant
Police said on Wednesday they were interrogating a man who had entered a nuclear plant on Sweden’s south-east coast carrying highly explosive material. Sven-Erik Karlsson,…
Swedish prosecutor indicts Pirate Bay file-sharing site
A Swedish prosecutor filed charges on Thursday against four people suspected of running one of the world’s most popular websites for illegal downloading of films, music and…
World’s first ‘newspaper’ phone launched
Sweden’s <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> said on Wednesday it had launched the world’s first "newspaper" telephone: a cellphone offering the daily’s subscribers direct and free access to…
Take a chance on ABBA at new museum
Fans of legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can dance down memory lane when the world’s first ABBA museum opens in Stockholm in 2009, featuring the quartet’s costumes, instruments…