The Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload has been arrested by US authorities in New Zealand for massive copyright infringement.
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File-sharing tycoon arrested in New Zealand
Posted on 25 January 2012.
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Denmark fourth for recycled Obama punchline
Posted on 25 March 2011.
Barack Obama has been caught out using a recycled sound-bite to praise Denmark. The US President rolled out his favourite boxing pun – used to flatter small nations on three previous occasions – when Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen visited the White House last week.
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US judge to investigate Wikileaks Twitter privacy case
Posted on 15 February 2011.
An American federal judge in the state of Virginia will this week decide whether the US Department of Justice can legally force the website Twitter to hand over private information on Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, and others connected to Wikileaks.
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Iceland invites Barack Obama for official state visit
Posted on 01 October 2010.
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Icelandic Prime Minister, has sent a formal invitation to her American counterpart, Barack Obama, to visit Iceland on an official state visit.
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New U.S. Ambassador to Iceland
Posted on 21 September 2010.
Luis E. Arreaga, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Iceland, presented his credentials to Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson yesterday.
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Icelandic printer in USA green expansion
Posted on 26 July 2010.
The American daughter company of Iceland’s Prentsmidjan Oddi hf., Oddi Printing, has opened an office in New York in addition to its existing premises in Pennsylvania.
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Camilla Broe drug case highlights flaws in Danish extradition law
Posted on 04 March 2010.
The new Danish Justice Minister has criticised the drawn-out case of suspected drug-smuggler Camilla Broe, labelling the ongoing indictment as “grotesque”.
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Confidential Icesave memo leaked
Posted on 19 February 2010.
The British ambassador to Iceland told an American colleague over a month ago that the British government was considering taking action to stop Iceland’s Icesave referendum.
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