ClubScandinavia.com2008-10-16T03:48:13+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1XOOPS WebLinks 0.9Copyright (c) 2008, ClubScandinaviaClubScandinaviahttp://www.clubscandinavia.com/webmaster@clubscandinavia.comUS presidential vote - how the electoral college works2008-10-14T14:57:47+02:002008-10-14T14:57:47+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.1The 2000 US presidential election highlighted that the president is selected, not by popular vote, but via a complicated 18th-century formula known as the Electoral College.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
The 2000 US presidential election highlighted that the president is selected, not by popular vote, but via a complicated 18th-century formula known as the Electoral College.
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Credit crunch: a disaster for the environment too?2008-10-14T14:35:45+02:002008-10-14T14:35:45+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.2Investments in sustainable energy are under threat with major market players now shifting their focus to the short term as relatively cheap fossil fuels look set to make traditional power plants a bri ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Investments in sustainable energy are under threat with major market players now shifting their focus to the short term as relatively cheap fossil fuels look set to make traditional power plants a brighter option.
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Dutch Golden Age ships escape blaze2008-10-14T12:10:58+02:002008-10-14T12:10:58+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.3A fire has partially destroyed the Batavia shipyard, a well-known tourist attraction near Amsterdam. A reconstruction of a 17th-century trading ship escaped damage in the blaze.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
A fire has partially destroyed the Batavia shipyard, a well-known tourist attraction near Amsterdam. A reconstruction of a 17th-century trading ship escaped damage in the blaze.
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Moscow pulls troops out of Georgia buffer zones2008-10-14T09:15:25+02:002008-10-14T09:15:25+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.4Moscow has withdrawn Russian troops from its self-imposed buffer zones surrounding Georgia's breakaway provinces. EU observers have moved in but the situation on the ground is tense. ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Moscow has withdrawn Russian troops from its self-imposed buffer zones surrounding Georgia's breakaway provinces. EU observers have moved in but the situation on the ground is tense.
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Credit crunch makes EU speak with one voice2008-10-14T08:18:32+02:002008-10-14T08:18:32+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.5The only way for Europe to face the global financial crisis is to act in unison. Under the unprecedented outside pressure from the crisis, Europe has managed to speak with one voice, at last.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
The only way for Europe to face the global financial crisis is to act in unison. Under the unprecedented outside pressure from the crisis, Europe has managed to speak with one voice, at last.
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HIV criminal trial opens in the Netherlands2008-10-13T15:16:21+02:002008-10-13T15:16:21+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.6Three homosexual men accused of drugging and then deliberately infecting at least 14 other men with HIV - the virus that can lead to AIDS - went on trial today in the Netherlands. ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Three homosexual men accused of drugging and then deliberately infecting at least 14 other men with HIV - the virus that can lead to AIDS - went on trial today in the Netherlands.
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Pakistanis flee as war on Taliban flares up2008-10-13T14:46:18+02:002008-10-13T14:46:18+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.7Hubaibullah (4) has only been able to say "Boom, Boom" since a bomb landed on his school in the Pakistani border town of Bajaur. Now he is one of hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing th ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Hubaibullah (4) has only been able to say "Boom, Boom" since a bomb landed on his school in the Pakistani border town of Bajaur. Now he is one of hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the fight against the Taliban.
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Security shortcomings at Dutch military bases2008-10-13T12:28:43+02:002008-10-13T12:28:43+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.8Dutch Defence Minister Van Middelkoop faces new criticism as an undercover reporter exposes security shortcomings at Dutch military bases. GreenLeft MPs are calling for a parliamentary inquiry.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Dutch Defence Minister Van Middelkoop faces new criticism as an undercover reporter exposes security shortcomings at Dutch military bases. GreenLeft MPs are calling for a parliamentary inquiry.
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Executions rampant in Iraq2008-10-13T10:30:09+02:002008-10-13T10:30:09+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.9After a temporary suspension of the death penalty, hundreds of people are being executed in Iraq. Often there's not been a proper trial, veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk told RNW ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
After a temporary suspension of the death penalty, hundreds of people are being executed in Iraq. Often there's not been a proper trial, veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk told RNW's Newsline.
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Euro countries move to prop up ailing banks2008-10-13T07:56:00+02:002008-10-13T07:56:00+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.10European countries have agreed at a summit in Paris on a joint approach to the credit crisis. Gradually details are becoming clear of how individual countries are trying to restore confidence in major ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
European countries have agreed at a summit in Paris on a joint approach to the credit crisis. Gradually details are becoming clear of how individual countries are trying to restore confidence in major banks.
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Berbers'Amazigh language becomes mainstream2008-10-13T00:58:48+02:002008-10-13T00:58:48+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.11Amazigh, the native language of North Africa's Berber peoples, went underground in the 7th century. With the help of Morocco's government, the language is making a widespread comeback.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Amazigh, the native language of North Africa's Berber peoples, went underground in the 7th century. With the help of Morocco's government, the language is making a widespread comeback.
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Eurozone nations adopt rescue package2008-10-12T20:20:39+02:002008-10-12T20:20:39+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.12The fifteen EU member states with the euro currency have agreed on a common approach to handle the credit crisis. No all-over measures though, the individual countries will announce on Monday how they ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
The fifteen EU member states with the euro currency have agreed on a common approach to handle the credit crisis. No all-over measures though, the individual countries will announce on Monday how they implement the deal.
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Australia guarantees unlimited savings2008-10-12T09:22:27+02:002008-10-12T09:22:27+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.13Like other countries, Australia is guaranteeing the savings of individual depositors hit by the credit crisis. Canberra's offer is remarkably generous, being unlimited in size and extending for u ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Like other countries, Australia is guaranteeing the savings of individual depositors hit by the credit crisis. Canberra's offer is remarkably generous, being unlimited in size and extending for up to three years.
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Soft message for newcomers2008-10-11T12:22:06+02:002008-10-11T12:22:06+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.14"Greetings from Holland" is what postcards showing windmills and tulips usually say. Now it's also the title of a new film series showing foreigners travelling around the Netherlands to ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
"Greetings from Holland" is what postcards showing windmills and tulips usually say. Now it's also the title of a new film series showing foreigners travelling around the Netherlands to learn more about the country.
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Icesave to meet Dutch obligations2008-10-11T09:18:37+02:002008-10-11T09:18:37+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.15Iceland will try to reimburse Dutch savers for the loss of the money in their Icesave bank accounts. The broken no-frills bank seduced tens of thousands of Dutchmen with its 5.25 percent interest rate ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Iceland will try to reimburse Dutch savers for the loss of the money in their Icesave bank accounts. The broken no-frills bank seduced tens of thousands of Dutchmen with its 5.25 percent interest rate on savings.
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Austrian far-right leader Haider dies in accident2008-10-11T08:02:02+02:002008-10-11T08:02:02+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.16Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider died in a road accident Saturday. Haider's party caused an EU boycott of Vienna when it joined a coalition government.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider died in a road accident Saturday. Haider's party caused an EU boycott of Vienna when it joined a coalition government.
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The tent2008-10-11T02:19:52+02:002008-10-11T02:19:52+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.17The Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic have lost the traditional peaceful life of the tundra, but a few weeks of the year, Naqi Echo and her family take their home-made tents back out onto the land.ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
The Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic have lost the traditional peaceful life of the tundra, but a few weeks of the year, Naqi Echo and her family take their home-made tents back out onto the land.
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EU opens immigration centre in Mali2008-10-10T16:23:47+02:002008-10-10T16:23:47+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.18Many Africans are risking their lives to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands, or the Mediterranean Sea to Spain or Italy. Now the European Union has opened its first immigration centre outs ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Many Africans are risking their lives to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands, or the Mediterranean Sea to Spain or Italy. Now the European Union has opened its first immigration centre outside Europe.
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MSF suspends activities in Eastern Chad2008-10-10T15:38:33+02:002008-10-10T15:38:33+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.19International aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended its activities in the eastern regions of Chad. The move followed a series of incidents in which MSF staff were robbed by crim ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
International aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended its activities in the eastern regions of Chad. The move followed a series of incidents in which MSF staff were robbed by criminal gangs.
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Small Chinese investors are angry2008-10-10T14:50:05+02:002008-10-10T14:50:05+02:00tag:www.clubscandinavia.com,2008://1.20Western banks and governments are hoping rising economies like China will lend financial assistance. But the global credit crunch has sparked widespread unrest among investors and the collapse of expo ...ClubScandinaviaRNW: English
Western banks and governments are hoping rising economies like China will lend financial assistance. But the global credit crunch has sparked widespread unrest among investors and the collapse of exports.
