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The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Human Rights, France, Economic Crisis, Economy, Libraries, Computers, New Media, Finland, Jobs, Technology, Technology News
David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

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World's Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail From Finland

AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

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HELSINKI — It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The...

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Next Decade Technologies: Pekka Lintu and Stig Gustavson

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Washington, d.c., Helsinki-Finland, Finland, Home News

Next Decade Technologies: Pekka Lintu and Stig Gustavson The event was hosted by His Excellency, Ambassador Pekka Lintu, and Stig Gustavson, Chairman...

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Next Decade Technologies: Charles Vest and Rita Colwell

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

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Next Decade Technologies: Charles Vest and Rita Colwell At a symposium with the winners of the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize, Dr. Charles Vest, Pr...

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Next Decade Technologies: Tim Berners-Lee

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

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Next Decade Technologies: Tim Berners-Lee Steve Lohr speaks with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, in honor of his receiving the M...

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Switzerland, Slovakia qualify for World Cup

AP | STUART CONDIE | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Guimares, ChorzóW-Germany, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hamburg, Basel-Switzerland, Switzerland, Hungary, Ecuador, Uruguay, Italy, Slovenia, Mexico, Cyprus, Serbia, Bosnia, South Africa, Chile, Honduras, Poland, France, The Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Austria, Brazil, Australia, Portugal, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Argentina, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Finland, Spain, South Korea, Greece, Cote D'Ivoire, Costa Rica, Ireland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Home News

— Switzerland and Slovakia earned Europe's final two automatic berths for next year's World Cup on Wednesday night, while Argentina tried to beat out Uruguay and Ecuador for South America's last certain spot in the 32-nation field.

Costa Rica played at the United States, which clinched its sixth straight berth last weekend, and the Ticos hoped to stay ahead of Honduras and gain the final automatic place from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Portugal, Greece, Slovenia and Ukraine finished second in their groups and joined Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Ireland and Russia in the European playoffs. They will be drawn into four pairs on Monday, and the winners of home-and-home, total-goals matches on Nov. 14 and 18 will qualify for next year's 32-nation field.

By the end of Wednesday, 23 of the 32 nations will have been determined for next year's tournament in South Africa.

In addition to the U.S., Mexico had ensured a berth in CONCACAF, while Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia and Spain had clinched automatic berths in Europe. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay had earned berths from South America, and Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea won Asia's spots. Ghana and Ivory Coast joined host South Africa, which qualified automatically as host.

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Finland: Broadband Access Made Legal Right In Landmark Law

Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology

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Finland has just passed a law making access to broadband a legal right for Finnish citizens. When the law goes into effect in July 2010, every person...

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Video: Sir Tim Berners-Lee Says the Semantic Web Has Arrived and the Obama Administration is "Onboard"

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Semantic Web, Finland, Obama Administration, data.gov, World Wide Web, Steve Lohr, Tim Berners-Lee, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has been on a quest for several years for the adoption of something he has coined the semantic Web -- a data-rich, interconnected Web.

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Panthers top Finnish team Jokerit to end preseason

AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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HELSINKI — Dennis Seidenberg and Cory Stillman scored 29 seconds apart at the end of the first period, and the Florida Panthers wrapped up their preseason schedule by beating Finnish league club Jokerit 4-2 on Wednesday.

Stillman scored again, giving Florida a two-goal lead in the second period, and Michael Frolik pushed the advantage to 4-1.

Steve Reinprecht had two assists, centering the most productive line with Stillman and Frolik. Tomas Vokoun made 19 saves.

Kari Sihvonen scored a second-period goal, and Ossi Saarinen added a tally in the third for Jokerit. Mikko Stromberg stopped 30 shots.

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The Failure of Filters -- Why We're Getting Dumber by the Hour

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Bertelsmann, Book Clubs, Scouts, Oprah, Filters, W.H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, Book Reviews, Finland, Oprah's Book Club, Lionel Trilling, Readers' Subscription, Stravinsky, Media News
Gerald Sindell

The expectation that most of the audience would rush out and purchase the book, as Oprah's audience does today, was not there. With a good book reviewer, you didn't need to do any page turning yourself.

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Fisker Automotive Gets $529 Million Government Loan To Build Electric Cars

Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Doe, Cars, Subsidies, Emissions, Mpg, Roadster, Nina, Loans, Karma, Electric Cars, Detroit, Environment, Fuel Standards, Finland, Al Gore, Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive, Global Warming, Tesla, Business News

A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...

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US, Switzerland sign treaty to share tax info

AP | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

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Switzerland and the United States have signed a treaty to increase the amount of tax information they share to help crack down on tax evasion, Swiss officials said Wednesday.

The agreement follows a model set out by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development designed to make it harder for taxpayers to hide money in offshore tax havens.

U.S. tax authorities will be able to request information on Americans suspected of concealing Swiss bank accounts, the Swiss Finance Ministry said.

The treaty forbids so-called 'fishing expeditions,' meaning U.S. authorities have to provide specific details on the person they are seeking further information about and can't simply ask for wholesale lists of Americans with Swiss accounts, the ministry said.

The agreement, which comes into force immediately, won't be retroactive.

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Liechtenstein, Andorra Forced To Fight By Larger Countries

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 09.11.2009 | Home

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HELSINKI—"They have to do it for real, though; they can't just declare a cease-fire after 20 minutes," German chancellor Angela Merkel said. "An...

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Finland says ransom demanded for missing ship

Posted 09.15.2009 | World

Read More: Missing Cargo Ship, Missing Ship Finland, The Arctic Sea, Missing Ship, Missing Ship Russian Ransom, Finland, Ship Found Off Cape Verde, World News, World News

JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that went missing last mo...

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Missing Cargo Ship "Arctic Sea" Still Bewilders Authorities, Two Weeks Later

The Washington Post | Edward Cody and Karla Adam | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Missing Cargo Ship, Arctic Sea, English Channel, Maltese, Malta, Missing Ship, Finland, Cargo Ship, World News

The Arctic Sea, a 4,700-ton cargo ship registered in Malta, owned by Russians and crewed by 15 Siberian sailors, dropped off the map shortly after it ...

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Top 10 Green Countries (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Top Green Countries, Costa Rica, Greenest Countries, Slideshow, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany Tuvalu, Green News

The United States is slowly starting to embrace shades of green, but a large part of the world is far ahead. See what our global neighbors are up to, ...

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Independence Day Celebrations Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: India, Greece, Colombia, Independence Day, Pakistan, Mexican Independence Day, Foreign Affairs, Mexico, Finland, Israel, Advocacy, Holidays, World News

As Americans prepare celebrations for July 4th, it's worth taking a look around the globe to other countries who are equally as festive in commemorati...

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The Reality of Aid (II)

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Norway, Netherlands, Aid, United States, Luxembourg, Sweden, Humanitarian Aid, Denmark, Foreign Policy, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Japan, Austria, Italy, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Portugal, Israel, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Greece, Spain, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.

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Nokia Technopolis Innovation Mill Helps Free Inspiration Free

Scott Lachut | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Finland, Innovation, Nokia, Cell Phones, Technology, Business News
Scott Lachut

Beyond giving possible groundbreaking ideas a new lease on life, the project points to a new kind of openness around intellectual property that has the potential to benefit society as a whole.

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Report: Most Heavily Taxed Nations Are the Happiest

MarketWatch | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says people in Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the most content with their lives. T...

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EU Votes to End Sale of Seal Products - Canada Not Happy

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Britain, Greenland, Canada, Namibia, Home News

The European Parliament voted to ban imports of seal products Tuesday, including fur coats and even omega-3 pills, trying to force Canada to end the a...

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Socialist Successes

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vermont, Finland, Bernie Sanders, Spencer Bachus, Political Labels, Socialism, Social-Democracies, Video, Socialists, Obama Socialist Smear, Spencer Bachus Socialist List, Birmingham-Alabama, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

Branding someone as a socialist has become the slur du jour. If we could get beyond such nonsense, I think we could use a good debate about what goes on here compared to places with a long social-democratic tradition.

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Russia to Present New Energy Security Document: Medvedev

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled an alternative international agenda in Helsinki to govern energy security and transit agreements. Medvedev ...

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System of a Down and Eurovision: False Turkish Claim Exposed

Harut Sassounian | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Turkey, Misinformation, Turkish Parliament, Armenian Genocide, System of a Down, Turkish Media, Erdogan, Warner, Eurovision Song Contest, Armenia, Moscow, Serj Tankian, Turkish Claims, Finland, Rock Band, Soad, Entertainment News
Harut Sassounian

The Turkish media regularly reports false stories and makes exaggerated claims. The latest example of misinformation involves System of a Down's supposed appearance on Eurovision.

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The Shout Heard Round the World: Obama as Global Leader

Derek Shearer | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Foreign Policy, Obama and the World, Global Leadership, Barack Obama, George Bush, War on Terror, Terrorism, Green, Obama Administration, World Reaction Obama, Democracy, Cold War, Middle East, Domestic Policy, Environment, Finland, Politics News
Derek Shearer

Obama is the American President, but he is, in many respects, also the world's President. What he does will matter to young and old across the globe. The world, like America, is waiting for him to lead.

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