Former Metropolitan soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom dies in native Sweden, aged 82

Swedish Soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom dies at 82

Swedish museums return Maori remains to New Zealand at ceremony in Goteborg

Sweden returns Maori remains to New Zealand

Sweden returns 22 skulls to native Hawaiian community in solemn ceremony in Stockholm

Sweden returns 22 human skulls to Hawaii

STOCKHOLM — With a solemn ceremony in Stockholm’s antiquities museum, Sweden marked the return of 22 skulls looted from a native Hawaiian community more than a century ago.

Sweden returns skulls to native Hawaiian community in solemn ceremony in Stockholm

Swedish museum returns human skulls to Hawaii

War criminal Biljana Plavsic says she’s glad to see Bosnian Serb ministate is thriving

War criminal praises ministate she helped create

Sweden, Finland approve Russian-German gas pipeline project in Baltic Sea

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Sweden OKs Russian-German gas pipeline in Baltic Sea, says it meets environmental concerns

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Negotiators at UN talks inch forward toward global climate pact, but deadline in doubt

UN climate pact work moves on, deadline in doubt

Africans press wealthy nations on pollution at UN talks; Doubts emerge on a 2009 climate deal

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Czech Euro-skeptic president signs the EU reform treaty, lifting its last obstacle

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Russia’s Putin urges the EU to lend Ukraine a ‘lousy billion’ to ensure gas deliveries

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Europe seeks clear US position on climate change as EU leaders go to Washington

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Obama meets Monday with economic recovery advisory board and Sweden’s prime minister

President Barack Obama

EU promises to pay its ‘fair share’ into global climate fund, but sets no figure

EU can’t agree on how much climate aid to give

EU promises to pay its “fair share” into global climate fund, but sets no exact figure

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EU offers up to €50 billion ($74 billion) to climate change fund before global talks

EU offers billions to climate fund

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed Friday to contribute to a euro50 billion ($74 billion) annual aid fund that would help developing nations adapt to climate change — but failed to set a firm figure for exactly how much the EU would pay.

EU considers new proposal to let poorer members pay less into climate change aid fund

EU leaders seek to break deadlock on climate aid

Show me the money: EU divided at summit over how much climate aid to give poor nations

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Show the money: EU divided at summit over how much climate aid to hand developing countries

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Ford says China’s Geely preferred bidder for Volvo unit

Ford: China’s Geely preferred bidder for Volvo

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal’s early release

Bosnian president angry over war criminal release

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal Plavsic’s early release

Bosnian president angry over Plavsic release

Volvo Cars: China’s Geely preferred bidder for Ford unit

Volvo Cars says China’s Geely preferred bidder

Bosnian Serb ex-president Plavsic returns to Serbia after release from Swedish prison

Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free

BELGRADE, Serbia — Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade on Tuesday after an early release from a Swedish jail.

Sweden’s Electrolux 3rd quarter profit rises 93 percent amid cost cuts, higher retail prices

Electrolux 3Q profit rises 93 percent

STOCKHOLM — Swedish appliance maker Electrolux AB on Monday reported a 93 percent rise in third-quarter profit as cost cuts and increased prices on its products helped it defy weak market demand.

Report: late filmmaker Ingmar Bergman’s Swedish island home sold to Norwegian business man

STOCKHOLM — Swedish media says a Norwegian businessman has bought late filmmaker Ingmar Bergman’s secluded island home for an undisclosed sum.

Swedish truck maker Volvo posts loss in 3rd quarter on steep fall in sales

STOCKHOLM — Swedish truck maker AB Volvo on Friday reported a third-quarter net loss of 2.9 billion kronor ($423 million), due to a steep drop in sales in Europe and the U.S., but said demand was stabilizing, particularly in Asia.

Ericsson profits slump 71 percent in 3rd quarter as financial crisis hits wireless market

STOCKHOLM — Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB on Thursday said profits tumbled 71 percent in the third quarter, worse than markets expected, as cash-strapped mobile operators cut spending on their networks.

Sweden approves early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic

STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government has approved the early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a war crimes tribunal.

Wireless equipment maker Ericsson profits drop 71.5 percent in 3Q amid lessened demand

STOCKHOLM — Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB’s profits dropped 71.5 percent in the third quarter as the global financial crisis hit demand for network equipment, the Swedish company said Thursday.

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