For Swedes, Tsunami Evokes Sense of National Tragedy
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Sweden, still mourning its citizens lost in the tsunami, is grappling with a tragedy with no familiar coordinates.
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The prime ministers of Norway, Sweden and Finland go to Thailand to  see the devastating aftermath of the tsunami.
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Scores of Swedish classrooms will have an empty seat when schools reopen Monday after a three-week Christmas break &#151; a grim reminder that a classmate was lost to the tsunami that devastated southern Asia and claimed 140,000 lives.
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Congo Dem. Rep. REUTERS, STOCKHOLM:Dec 31: Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds, who returned on Friday from tsunami-devastated Thailand, said she believed the total death toll from the disaster in the ...
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Candles burned in many windows across  Sweden on Sunday in memory of the victims of Asia's deadly  tsunami, as the government offered its distraught population  hope by cutting the number of missing by one-fifth.
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Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson  was defiant on Friday despite criticism his cabinet reacted too  slowly to the Asian tsunami that may have killed more than  1,000 Swedes.
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Swedish police on Thursday revised downwards the number of Swedes missing after the December 26 Asian tsunami to 523 from 569 a week ago, indicating that the latest figure could be close to final.
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Sweden, Finland and Norway hold a day of mourning for their hundreds of victims of the Asian tsunami.
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More than a week after Asia's deadly tsunami, Sweden has revised the number of dead and missing Swedish, according to Radio Sweden on Monday.
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The Swedish National Police released the names Wednesday of most of the 522 Swedes still missing and the 43 confirmed dead after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck popular beach resorts in December &#151; reversing an earlier policy of keeping the names secret.
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A majority of Finns feel that Finnish political leaders and the media reacted appropriately to the tsunami disaster in Asia.
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STOCKHOLM -- The list made harrowing reading: A 9-month-old boy, entire families, and nearly 100 children younger than 13 were among 565 Swedes still missing in the Asian tsunami.
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On this cold and drizzly day, the mood here has been very sombre indeed. Just before three in the morning, the remains of six Swedish tourists killed in the tsunami arrived at Arlanda airport outside Stockholm.
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Sweden greeted the new year with a national day of mourning Saturday, flying flags at half staff and lighting candles for the 3,500 of its citizens still missing in Thailand after the tsunami disaster that ...
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Sweden said Thursday more than 1,000  Swedes may have been killed in the Asian tsunami, the worst  death toll for any foreign country.
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For Sweden's prime minister, celebrating New Year's after the Asian tsunami felt "completely wrong." Paris, its gay heart heavy with the tragedy, draped black cloth along a favorite haunt for romantic reveling &#151; the Champs-Elysees. Elsewhere, prayers substituted for parties in the final minutes of 2004.
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Sweden greeted the new year with a day of mourning Saturday to honor 59 Swedes confirmed dead and 3,559 missing, while Italy raised its death toll from the earthquake and tsunami disaster to 18 and said more than 600 Italians had not been found.