Tag: Sweden

Hundreds protest in Sweden against Shi’a Muslims’ killing in Pakistan

Hundreds of protesters, including Swedish human rights activists, held a protest demonstration in Malmo, Sweden, on Monday against the massacre of innocent Shi’a Muslims...

Sjodin joins Tseng atop LPGA leaderboard

Sweden's Karin Sjodin steered a steady course in gusting winds Saturday, firing a four-under 68 to join world number one Yani Tseng atop the...

Sweden opposes IP gas pipeline

Sweden opposed the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project on Friday, asking Islamabad to go for an alternative project with Turkmenistan. Sources said that Sweden...

Pakistan, Sweden vow to increase bilateral trade

Pakistan and Sweden have agreed to double their trade volume to nine hundred million dollars from 450 million dollars by 2014. The understanding came at...

Swede rescued after months in snow-covered car

A man was pulled alive from a snowed-in car on a deserted forest road in northern Sweden where he had been stranded and without...

Sweden chills thrills ‘Dragon Tatto’ director

For a guy who made Fight Club and Seven, David Fincher doesn’t seem the type to be unnerved by Swedes. Put him in the...

Sweden beat France for third place in World Cup

Sweden finished third at the women's World Cup after beating France 2-1 in Saturday's play-off despite the Scandinavians finishing the game with 10 players....

France, Sweden to fight for bronze

Having lost in the women's World Cup semi-finals, Sweden take on France on Saturday in the third-place play-off with both sides insisting they are...

Sweden, USA advance to World Cup semi-final

Sweden and the United States booked the final two tickets to the Women’s World Cup semi-finals on Sunday as the Brazil of FIFA’s five-time...

Serbia beat Sweden to reach Davis Cup semis

As expected, Davis Cup holders Serbia eased into this year's semi-finals after Janko Tipsarevic crushed Sweden's Michael Ryderstedt in their last-eight singles rubber here...

UK court agrees to extradite Assange to Sweden

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday. Assange's lawyers said immediately they planned to appeal against the decision to London's High Court and it could still be months before the legal process in Britain reaches an end.
The 39-year-old Australian computer expert remains in Britain on bail in the

Sweden aims to extradite Assange to US

BERLIN - Julian Assange's lawyer in Britain has accused Swedish authorities of secretly planning to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, in an interview with a German newspaper to appear Thursday. Attorney Mark Stephens told the weekly Die Zeit that he believed Swedish officials were cooperating with US authorities with an eye to extraditing Assange as soon as the Americans have built a criminal case against him.
"We are hearing that the Swedish are prepared to

US could have trouble extraditing WikiLeaks founder from Sweden

LAHORE: The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by British police on a Swedish arrest warrant could presage a long legal battle if the United States wants to extradite him, particularly if Assange is first extradited to Sweden, CNN reported experts saying on Tuesday.
A British judge sent Assange to jail until at least December 14 while a court decides whether to order the extradition. Assange, 39, is suspected of one count of rape, two counts of sexual molestation and one