Millions of Santa letters find way to Finnish Lapland
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It is the busiest time of year in the Santa Claus' Village post office in Finnish Lapland, as postal clerks dressed as elves handle more than 500,000 letters sent to Santa Claus this Christmas.
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HELSINKI: Internet security experts warned last Tuesday of a new virulent e-mail worm particularly successful in infecting computers as it is disguised as a multilingual electronic Christmas card.
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Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces -- and not only because Santa is coming to town.Comment
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Santa Claus can build toys, shimmy down a chimney and harness flying reindeer. But one thing he can't do any more is skydive near Disneyland.
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If you get a holiday greeting e-mailed to you, be careful to check where it&#39;s from. There&#39;s a Christmas grinch making its way through cyberspace.
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Don't tell the children, but Santa's elves' North Pole jobs have been outsourced. Eighty percent of the world's toys , according to investigative journalist Eric Clark, were made in China's Pearl River Delta. In his provocative new book, "The Real Toy Story," Clark calls that part of the world's most-populous country "Santa's Sweatshop."
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23 -- Just in time for Christmas, Oregon taxpayers have gotten some extra spending money from an unlikely Santa Claus: their state government.
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In Norway, children sold their Christmas presents to raise money. French pupils and Danish inmates took up collections, and mobile phone users are giving via text message.
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A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek.
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Nearly 250 Finns still missing in crisis area as hopes fade On Wednesday evening, nearly four days after huge waves brought death and destruction on a biblical scale to coastal communities all around the Indian ...
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Police say Russian diplomatic mission gets pimping money Helsinki police say that a woman renting out apartments owned by the Russian trade delegation in Finland to prostitutes has benefitted the diplomats at ...
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The Black Santa appeal for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster is on course to raise more than Â£1m.
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The all-time-high rollover jackpot of the Finnish national lottery, or Lotto as it is known, found a single lucky recipient in the coastal city of Kokkola in Western Finland.
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Finland supports Russia's quest for its citizens to have easier access to all European Union countries, Finnish President Tarja Halonen said Tuesday.
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ARCTIC CIRCLE, Finland  - The song goes that Santa  "knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness  sake!" But have we ever sought to find out if Santa's been  naughty or nice?
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The height of the busy season is tomorrow, when local carriers will deliver around 425,000 letters and cards, a spokeswoman said. Mail handler Bill Adams sorts through piles of mail at the main post office, 1501 S. Cherrybell Stravenue, yesterday.
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Every year at about this time, a letter arrives from a hotel in one of Austria's most up-market resorts.