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The story of Arthur, a stray who adopted a team of Swedish athletes competing in Ecuador, spread quickly after he refused to be left behind.

Dog Follows Athletes Through Mud And Water, And Melts Hearts

7:46am November 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

After a stray dog met a team of Swedish adventure athletes in Ecuador, he ran for miles through rough terrain and swam to keep up. Now Arthur the dog is famous — and it all started with a meatball.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends an August news conference at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. On Thursday, a Swedish appeals court upheld a 2010 detention order against Assange on accusations of sexual assault.

Swedish Appeals Court Upholds Detention Order For Julian Assange

12:59pm November 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Prosecutors want to question the WikiLeaks founder, who has taken refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women in 2010.

The Swedish corvette HMS Visby is engaged in a military operation on the fifth day of searching for a suspected foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago, Mysingen Bay, Sweden, on Oct. 21. Swedish authorities say they have proof it was a foreign sub but

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Sweden Confirms Foreign Sub Snooped In Its Waters

3:49pm November 14, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The intrusion occurred last month. Although defense analysts have said Russia is the likely culprit, Swedish authorities say it's "impossible" to say whose submarine it was.

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Sweden Recognizes Palestine, Drawing Sharp Israeli Criticism

7:50pm October 30, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Israel's foreign minister says diplomacy is "more complicated than ... furniture from Ikea." His Swedish counterpart responds that diplomacy, like Ikea furniture, needs "a partner ... [and] a manual."

Swedish corvette HMS Stockholm patrols Jungfrufjarden in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden, on Monday. Swedish authorities say they've detected "foreign underwater activity" thought to be a possible Russian submarine.

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Sweden's Sub Hunt Evokes Cold War Memories

2:18pm October 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Stockholm has a grainy photo of what it says shows "foreign underwater activity" in an incident eerily similar to the grounding of a Soviet submarine in the same waters in 1981.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government during a Parliament session in the capital, Stockholm, on Friday.

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Sweden To Recognize Palestinian State

5:16pm October 03, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The move, which was announced by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, would make Sweden the first major European nation to take that step.

A group of Swedish scientists who are fans of Bob Dylan's music made a bet 17 years ago to see who could work more of the folk singer's song lyrics into their scholarly articles.

Swedish Scientists Square Off Over Who Can Sneak In Most Dylan Lyrics

8:12pm September 29, 2014

by Scott Neuman

It all started in 1997, when two professors from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm published an article on flatulence titled "Nitric Oxide and inflammation: The answer is blowing in the wind."

Clubgoers dance at a Stockholm club that forbade its patrons from drinking Friday night.

Sober And Sold-Out: Dance Club In Sweden Cuts Booze For A Night

4:49pm September 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Breathalyzers were placed in the doorway of a nightclub in Stockholm this weekend, with an unusual purpose: to ensure no guests had been drinking any booze.

Perch exposed to the anxiety drug oxazepam were more daring and ate more quickly than fish that lived in drug-free water.

Traces Of Anxiety Drugs May Make Fish Act Funny

5:40pm February 14, 2013

by Richard Harris

Small amounts of the drugs that people take end up in wastewater and then in streams and rivers. It's usually not enough to harm the health of humans who swim in or drink the water. But there is growing evidence that pharmaceuticals in wastewater may affect wildlife.

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