IceNews reports, “The existing organ donor legislation in Finland requires permission from the host, but a new amendment proposal will seek to remove the pre-arrangement in a move that authorities claim could save numerous lives. The move is designed to address Finland’s shortage of donated organs which are presently only sourced [...]
RIA Novosti reports, “The Russian president said on Monday that the country’s defense industry must ensure the effective modernization of the military and provide it with state-of-the-art weapons.
Dmitry Medvedev said ‘the restructuring of the Armed Forces should be complete in two months,’ adding that the next task was more challenging: ‘re-outfitting of [...]
IceNews reports, “Jan Guillou, the famous Swedish author and journalist, is facing new claims of aiding the KGB in the 1960s. Guillou has claimed that he was pursuing journalistic investigations into the role of the secret service in Sweden.”
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A British couple are believed to have been taken to Somalia and held for ransom, reports the BBC.
“A pirate called Hassan told the Reuters news agency: ‘The British couple are in our hands now. We captured them as they were touring in the Indian Ocean.’
The two captives were healthy and ransom demands would follow, [...]
The National Post reports, “The FBI has arrested a Canadian for his role in an alleged terrorist plot against the Danish newspaper that published the controversial Muhamad cartoons.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, owner of First World Immigration Services, was charged with aiding a conspiracy to attack the Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen.”
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The Prague Post reports, “While the public debate about the Lisbon Treaty saw protesters and counter protesters gather outside Prague Castle Oct. 19, the government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer and President Václav Klaus were crafting language designed to abate Klaus’ concerns over a human rights protocol in the treaty, likely [...]
IceNews reports, “Norway has claimed that it has no concerns with Russian re-investment in its defence systems in the far north, with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store claiming that the two countries will continue on a path of mutual co-operation which will improve Oslo’s political and military relations with Moscow.”
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The Swiss government’s plan to institute a nuclear power tax is receiving criticism. The tax would be to fund renewable energy.
swissinfo.com writes, “A similar “climate cent” tax already exists in Switzerland, with a SFr0.015 per litre charge on petrol and diesel imports in place since 2005, generating around SFr100 million ($98.9 million) for [...]
The leader of the Sweden democrat party stated that Islam is Sweden’s threat since World War II.
The Local reports, “He goes on to claim that more than ten Muslim terrorist organizations have established themselves in Sweden, that Sweden has the most rapes in Europe, and that Muslim men are highly overrepresented among the [...]
Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of the Yabloko party, cast his vote for his party on the October 11 elections, but the polling station he voted at showed no votes at all for his party.
The St. Petersburg Times reported, “Yabloko’s latest claim came as evidence mounts of blatant falsifications in the elections, which were swept [...]
