Danish soldiers serving in Afghanistan have a new weapon in the fight against the Taliban – silk underwear.
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Silk underwear to protect privates’ privates
Posted on 26 March 2012.
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Secret letter reveals Swedish-Saudi security plans
Posted on 22 March 2012.
A leaked letter has revealed that the Swedish government was in talks with Saudi Arabia about providing the dictatorship with an advanced security system so it could spy on its own people, according to a report by Expressen.
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Remains found at Norwegian plane crash site
Posted on 19 March 2012.
Rescue workers have found bodily remains on the slopes of Sweden’s tallest mountain, near where a Norwegian military plane went missing on Friday with five people on board.
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Luftwaffe takes over protection of Icelandic airspace
Posted on 05 March 2012.
A three week Icelandic air space patrol mission by the German Luftwaffe begins today while discussion continues about a possible Nordic takeover.
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Military psychologist to keep Afghan abuse secrets
Posted on 17 February 2012.
A retired Danish psychologist has opted to pay a fine of DKK 45,000 (EUR 6,054) rather than reveal to a court what a former client told her about the abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan.
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70th anniversary of British soldiers’ rescue in Iceland
Posted on 23 January 2012.
This weekend marked 70 years since residents of the Veturhús farm near Eskifjörður, east Iceland, saved the lives of over 40 British soldiers.
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Live Nazi mine drifts ashore
Posted on 12 January 2012.
Explosive experts have been commissioned to deal with a Nazi-era mine that has washed to shore in northern Sweden.
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Finland finds mystery missiles on China-bound ship
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Finnish officials say they have impounded a ship travelling from the Isle of Man to China with undeclared missiles on board.
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