Tag: Finland
Kovalainen grabs maiden F1 victory
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a shock maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix overnight, after Ferrari's Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure while leading with three laps remaining.[MORE]
Loeb wins Finnish Rally
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb won the Finnish Rally overnight, finishing in a time of two hours, 54 minutes and 5.5 seconds.[MORE]
Legends of the Olympic Games
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From Dawn Fraser to Carl Lewis, the Olympic Games have always been graced by legendary figures.[MORE]
Finns set new Guinness karaoke world record
A tiny mistake has ended a Finnish karaoke club marathon that set a new world record for the longest sing-along session of more than 18 days.[MORE]
Finland holds swamp soccer world cup
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Finland has hosted the 10th annual Swamp Soccer World Championships.[MORE]
Finnish club breaks karaoke record, still singing
A Finnish club has set the world record for the longest karaoke session of 216 hours, with the participants vowing to keep going and set a new watershed mark of several weeks.[MORE]
Foreign Affairs tight lipped on UN Security Council bid
The Foreign Affairs Department says it can not say how much Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council will cost, but an official has rejected reports that it could be between $30 and $40 million.[MORE]
Artist guilty of child porn possession, distribution
A Finnish court has found a Helsinki artist guilty of possessing and distributing child pornography after she created an piece meant to criticise such pictures.[MORE]
Aust's ecological footprint one of biggest in world: index
Australia has one of the world's biggest ecological footprints, according to an annual index.[MORE]
Finnish foreign minister sacked over SMS scandal
Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva has been forced to quit his job after he admitted bombarding a stripper with mobile phone text messages of a sexual nature, his party announced..[MORE]
At least 5 killed in Finland housing fire
At least five people were killed and five others were injured when a fire tore through a two-storey building used as social housing near Helsinki, authorities said.[MORE]
Breakthrough could lead to drought-resistant plants
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Scientists say they have discovered a gene which could be used to create drought-resistant plants.[MORE]
Latvala takes first rally career win
Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala won the Swedish Rally for Ford overnight to become, at 22, the youngest winner of a world championship event.[MORE]
Finnish scientists 'grow new jaw'
Scientists in Finland say they have replaced the jaw of a a 65-year-old patient with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen. [MORE]
Finland hospital serves up mouse head
A hospital patient in Finland found a mouse head among the steamed vegetables on his plate.[MORE]
Foam blast tames 3.3m anaconda
Finnish firefighters called to help a pet owner with his agitated and aggressive anaconda succeeded in taming the dangerous beast by spraying foam on it.[MORE]
Finnish elf academy trains Santa's little helpers
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A new elf academy is providing skills to help the long-term Finnish unemployed find out-of-season work.[MORE]
Hamilton stunning in a year of dramas
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Lewis Hamilton was a rookie sensation in 2007. Unfortunately for his McLaren Formula One team, he was not the only revelation they had to deal with.[MORE]
Kovalainen joins Hamilton at McLaren
Finland's Heikki Kovalainen will race alongside Lewis Hamilton at Formula One team McLaren from next season, the team has announced.[MORE]
Finnish boy arrested over YouTube massacre threat
Finnish police have detained a teenager who allegedly posted a video on YouTube threatening a massacre similar to the one that occurred last week at a high school in Finland, police said.[MORE]
Finland moves to toughen gun laws
The Finnish Government is planning to tighten the country's laws on gun ownership.[MORE]
Finnish pupils panic after copy-cat threat
Hundreds of children panicked in southern Finland on Friday after an online threat that their school would be the next target for a shooting rampage, the school's principal said.[MORE]
Finnish gunman tried to set school on fire
The teenage gunman who killed eight people at a Finnish school fired 69 bullets and tried to set the building ablaze before turning his gun on himself, police said.[MORE]
Finland mourns teen's 'revolution' massacre
The Finnish Government has ordered a day of nationwide mourning after a youth killed six students, the head teacher and a nurse at his school before turning the gun on himself.[MORE]
Killers turn to video to get message out
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Self-shot videos have become the favoured means for killers to get their message out.[MORE]
