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Late Danish actor Palle Huld may have been the inspiration behind writer Georges Remi a.k.a. Herge’s comic-book hero, Tintin. Huld, who passed away this year, had been a red-haired 15-year-old …
Danish Actor Inspired Comic-book Hero Tintin Read MoreNorway has told the BBC that there are “no more unanswered questions” into claims that the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh wrongly diverted aid cash. A spokesman for the foreign ministry …
Norway Gives All-clear to Grameen Bank Read MoreLondon-based private equity group Apax Partners has entered exclusive talks to buy ISS, the Danish cleaning, security and catering group, in a potential $8.5bn deal that would be the biggest …
Apax in Talks to Buy ISS for $8.5bn Read MoreThe bullet-train rail line will be completed in around 2014, Laotian Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad was quoted by the Wall Street Journal of saying. Landlocked Laos, which has one …
China, Laos Plan High-Speed Rail Link Read MoreThe police arrested a Danish national trying to smuggle seven kilogram of hashish from the Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Nepal, Katmandu, on Wednesday afternoon. The security personnel …
Dane Arrested With 7 kg Marijuana Read MoreThailiving Ferry has launched its new high speed catamaran to provide a link up between the nation’s ever popular resorts of Pattaya and Hua Hin. Initially there is a regular …
Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry Three Times a Week Read MoreA survey has found that Australia lags behind developed countries when it comes to gender equality. Australia was ranked 17 out of 21 OECD countries on the new Fairness and …
Australia Lags Behind Developed Countries Read MoreUsers of an online video chat room watched in horror on Sunday as a Thai woman killed herself over an argument with her boyfriend, according to local media reports on …
Thai Woman Commit Suicide During Internet Broadcast Read MoreEricsson chairman Michael Treschow informed the Swedish telecommunications firm on Monday that he will resign from his post next year or in 2012, the company announced in a statement. Treschow …
Ericsson Chairman Announces Resignation Read MoreScandinavian Airlines today became the first airline in the world to carry out both a gay and lesbian wedding in the air onboard SK903 between Stockholm and New York. The …
SAS: Same-Sex Wedding in The Air Read More