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Finland Says Paris Summit "very Bad Idea" - Forbes
finland - helsinki, oct 4 (reuters) - finland strongly criticised a financial summit hosted by france on saturday, saying all european countries should have a say on how to resolve the crisis rather than just the bigger nations. "in my opinion it's a ...
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-06 11:30 Bank Of Finland Says Banking System In Good Shape
helsinki, oct 6 (reuters) - finnish banks have weathered the financial sector crisis well so far, the bank of finland said on monday, adding that the situation remained difficult in the money and wholesale money markets. "the profitability and liquidity of the finnish banking system are at a good level," the bank of finland said in a statement.
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-06 13:06 Update 1-bank Of Finland Says Finnish Banks In Good Shape
helsinki, oct 6 (reuters) - finnish banks have weathered the financial sector crisis well so far, the bank of finland said on monday, adding the situation remained difficult in the money and wholesale money markets. "the profitability and liquidity of the finnish banking system are at a good level," the bank of finland said in a statement. "the banks' fundraising for deposits in finland is ...
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If It's Thursday, It Must Be Helsinki? - Espn.com
just arrived with the penguins at the hartwell arena in helsinki, where, in a few hours, pittsburgh plays its preseason finale against finnish club jokerit. then, it's back to stockholm immediately after the game to prepare for saturday's regular ...
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Finland Recalls Chinese Sweets As A Precaution - Cnbc
helsinki, oct 6 (reuters) - finland has withdrawn chinese koala biscuits and white rabbit sweets from the market as a precaution, finland's food safety authority said on monday. thousands of children in china have fallen sick and four have died after ...
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-06 07:21 Brief-finland Looks For Eu Finmins To Calm Markets
helsinki, oct 6 (reuters) - the finnish government said on monday: * wants joint view on calming financial markets from eu finmins meeting * hopes other countries measures sufficient to solve problems in those countries * there has been no significant problems in finland * "ready to act if needed"
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-05 18:46 Finland's Pm Backs Eu's Barroso For Second Term
helsinki, oct 5 (reuters) - finland's premier matti vanhanen backed european commission president jose manuel barroso for a second five-year term, and warned that the ec would lose some of its powers unless other eu countries gave him more support soon. prime minister vanhanen said other heads of eu states needed to endorse the portuguese politician sooner rather than later, otherwise the eu ...
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Firing Of Female Editor Generates Row In Finland - Earthtimes
helsinki - a row continued to rage friday in finland over the hiring and subsequent firing of a female chief editor, allegedly due to her same-sex relationship. some 30 female students from tampere college, north-west of helsinki, staged a protest ...
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Finland's Pm Backs Eu's Barroso For Second Term - Forbes
helsinki, oct 5 (reuters) - finland's premier matti vanhanen backed european commission president jose manuel barroso for a second five-year term, and warned that the ec would lose some of its powers unless other eu countries gave him more support ...
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President Gul Due To Finland
ankara - turkish president abdullah gul will go to finland on tuesday on a three-days official visit.
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Finland July Wood Imports 1.9 Mln Cubic Metres
helsinki, oct 6 (reuters) - finnish forestry firms imported 1.9 million cubic metres of wood in july, most of it from russia, a research group said on monday.
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Rok Announces Geespark Mobile Viral Messaging Service - Msn Moneycentral
london and helsinki, finland, oct. 3, 2008 (globe newswire) -- with the mobile social network market predicted to grow from 54 million users in 2008 to 730 million users in the next 5 years, rok entertainment group inc. (otcbb:roke), the global ...
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Crosby Leads Pens To Comfortable Win Over Finland's Jokerit - Tsn
helsinki, finland - sidney crosby set up three goals to help the pittsburgh penguins to a 4-1 win over finnish club jokerit in a pre-season game thursday. evgeni malkin and ruslan fedotenko scored first-period goals for pittsburgh and tyler kennedy ...
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Osce Conducts Border Security Workshop
helsinki, finland, oct. 6 (upi) -- security authorities from central asia are in finland for a training course designed to counter transnational terrorism and other threats to border security.
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President Gul To Travel To France, Finland And Estonia
ankara - turkish president abdullah gul will travel to france on sunday to attend "world policy conference". gul will also pay visits to finland and estonia consecutively.
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Crosby Leads Penguins To Win Over Finland's Jokerit - Tsn
helsinki, finland - sidney crosby set up three goals to help the pittsburgh penguins to a 4-1 win over finnish club jokerit in a pre-season game thursday. evgeni malkin and ruslan fedotenko scored first-period goals for pittsburgh and tyler kennedy ...
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Penguins Beat Jokerit 4-1 In Preseason Game - Seattle Post Intelligencer
helsinki, finland -- sydney crosby set up three goals in leading the pittsburgh penguins a 4-1 win over finnish club jokerit in a preseason game thursday. evgeni malkin and ruslan fedotenko scored first-period goals for pittsburgh and tyler kennedy ...
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Oct. 7th Press Review
gul to visit finland president abdullah gul, after canceling a visit to france in the wake of a terrorist attack last week which took the lives of 17 turkish soldiers, will travel to finland today for official talks.
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Firing Of Female Editor Generates Row In Finland
helsinki - a row continued to rage friday in finland over the hiring and subsequent firing of a female chief editor, allegedly due to her same-sex relationship. some 30 female students from tampere college, north-west of helsinki, staged a protest fr...
www.earthtimes.org

Pittsburgh Beats Jokerit 4-1 In Preseason Game - International Herald Tribune
helsinki, finland : sydney crosby set up three goals thursday to give the pittsburgh penguins a 4-1 win over finnish club jokerit in a preseason game. evgeni malkin and ruslan fedotenko scored first-period goals for pittsburgh while tyler kennedy and ...
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