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World’s biggest ski dome to be built in Denmark

A Danish travel company has announced plans to build the world’s biggest ski dome in Randers, Denmark. The design, released this week by Denmark-based architecture firm CEBRA, will see the slopes encompassed in a giant set of arcs made to resemble a snowflake spanning the River Guden.

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Unique video of close encounter with humpback whales

Unique footage of a close encounter between a humpback whale and a group on kayaks was revealed on Norwegian news website Verdens Gang. The video was shot while 27-year-old Tromsø resident and Icelandic citizen Saga Svavarsdóttir went out with a group of friends on kayaks in Grøtfjord.

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No malpractice evidence for fake Finnish doctors

Two men who practiced medicine in Finland without proper degrees are likely to only face charges of fraud after investigators failed to find any evidence of malpractice.

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Breivik ‘will not appeal guilty verdict’

Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he will not appeal a conviction if the court in Oslo finds him both guilty and sane.

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Modelling agency rapist faces fresh charges in Finland

A Finnish modelling agency director, who was jailed for 12-and-a-half years on rape charges in December, is to face fresh accusations of sex crimes after 12 new alleged victims came forward.

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Ancient methane being released by Arctic melt

Scientists have reported finding thousands of sites in Greenland and Alaska where ancient methane gas is bubbling into the atmosphere, possibly with great ramifications for global warming.

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Posted in Environment, General, Greenland, International, MBL, Society, United States0 Comments

Leftists ‘arson terrorists’ released from custody in Denmark

A Danish court has released two of five leftist activists who have been charged under anti-terrorism laws for arson and conspiracy to commit arson at several high profile Copenhagen buildings.

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Cartoon terrorist court proceedings end

The sentence of the man who attacked cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe has been confirmed at 10 years after the case finally ended in Denmark’s highest court.

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Posted in Denmark, General, International, MBL, Society1 Comment

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