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Finland Rejects Guggenheim Proposal

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Video, Axed Proposals, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Expensive, Buried Projects, Guggenheim, Finland, Helsinki, Art Museums, Paavo Arhinmaki, Arts News

HELSINKI — The Helsinki City Council has narrowly rejected a proposal to build a Guggenheim art museum in the Finnish capital. The council's bo...

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Gunman Opens Fire At School

AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Finland Gunman Shooting, Finland School Shooting, Orivesi, Finland, Finland Shooting, Helsinki, Finland Gunman, World News

HELSINKI — A 23-year-old gunman wounded the father of his former girlfriend in an office building in Finland on Friday, then went to a nearby sc...

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Literary Death Match Bumbles Its Way to Scandinavia

Todd Zuniga | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Leena Parkkenin, Miika Nousiainer, Sofi Oksanen, Helsinki, Scandinavia, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Literary Death Match, Katri Lipson, Oslo, Literary Death Match Scandinavia, Books News

I have sometimes described bringing Literary Death Match to a new city as taking a hammer to a fresh sheet of ice, then following the cracks until they dead end.

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A Guggenheim In Helsinki?

AP | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Guggenheim Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Video, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Guggenheim, Helsinki, Guggenheim Helsinki, Guggenheim Finland, Arts News

HELSINKI -- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on Tuesday proposed building a museum in the Finnish capital after a yearlong feasibility study. The...

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World's Most Liveable Cities: Monocle Magazine 'Quality of Life' Survey (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World's Best Cities, Most Liveable Cities, Public Health, Zurich, Helsinki, Stockholm, Melbourne, Paris, Tokyo, Madrid, Sydney, Munich, Socio-Economics, Monocle Magazine, Copenhagen, Slidepollajax, Vienna, Quality of Life, Berlin, World News

Munich residents have a reason to toast themselves months before Oktoberfest this year, as the Bavarian city tops the list of Monocle Magazine's Quali...

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Finland Prime Minister Quits

AP | JARI TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mari Kiviniemi, Helsinki, Finland Prime Minister, President Tarja Halonen, Matti Vanhanen, Finland Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, National Coalition Party, Finland, Center Party, World News

HELSINKI — Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen resigned Friday to allow the ruling Center Party's new leader to succeed him as the head of the...

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Finland Mall Shooting: 4 Dead After Rampage At Suburban Mall, Police Say

AP | MARIUS TURULA and JARI TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sello Mall, Ibrahim Shkunpoli, Prisma Supermarket, Gun Ownership, Finland, Suicide Rates, Helsinki, Espoo, Mall Shooting, World News

ESPOO, Finland — A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, including four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking ...

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Computer Servers Tp Jeat From deep underground, data center will help heat Helsinki homes

SmartPlanet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Servers, Helsinki, Computer Servers Heat, Heat Helsinki Homes, Servers Heat, Data Center Heat, Technology News

The Finnish capital of Helsinki is preparing to house what may be the greenest data center on the planet. Hidden deep within the bedrock of a massi...

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Helsinki Train Crash: Passenger Train Crashes Into Hotel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HELSINKI — Finnish transport officials say a near-empty passenger train has crashed into a hotel by Helsinki's main railway station, causing dam...

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Survey: Oslo Is Most Expensive City; New York Is Sixth

Posted 05.25.2011

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Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

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The King of Morocco and a Little Girl in Bombay (xvii)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ganesh, King of Morocco, Streetchildren, Mumbai, Gordon House Hotel, Spirituality, Helsinki, Women Travelers, Taj Mahal, Healthy Living News

The waiter was very concerned that I liked the food -- that it was not too spicy for me -- and he came and offered me, as a treat, a handful of three Chinese fortune cookies.

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