Iran Renames Danish Pastries

Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."

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The Danish Consumer Council has declared that leading brands including Nivea and Biotherm skin products contain suspicious substances.

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IFK Goteborg goalkeeper Kim Christensen could be in hot water after moving the posts during a Swedish first division game in order to make the goal smaller. The Danish goalkeeper was caught by TV cameras pushing the posts toward each other before a match against Orebro.

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A letter from a Saudi Arabian lawyer demanding an apology for the reprinting of the Mohammed cartoons has been dismissed by Danish media as an attempt to 'fan the flames'.

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In 1951, Denmark's government approved a social experiment where 22 children were taken from their homes in Greenland and moved to Denmark where they were immersed in Danish language and culture.

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The Faroe Islands currently use the Danish krone (DKK) as their local currency; however, the Sjalvstyrisflokkurin (Independence Party of the Faroe Islands) has applied for establishing the euro as the national currency.

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Economic crisis reflected in Danish and German artwork showing in Berlin.

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According to Danish researchers, the risk of breast cancer doubles in women who drink around two bottles or more of wine a week. A study on the link between marijuana and cancer aggravation compared to alcohol was conducted on women who drank 22-27 drinks a week.

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A little 'last month' but I'm certain nothing has changed in three weeks. (I would like to know if they profile travelers and peer into their card statements looking for hash brownie or red light district charges.)

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Excerpt: A woman in Denmark played a high stakes game last week when she successfully convinced a bank to exchange bills worth two thousand "kronor" in Swedish Monopoly money for a quantity of real Danish money.

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Denmark: Muslim drivers save Christmas dinner Denmark: Muslim drivers save Christmas dinner Christmas Eve is busy for the country's taxi companies and therefore people think that it's difficult to find a driver who's willing to ditch Christmas dinner with their family.

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here is a blueberry recipe that looked interesting, but I have not made it yet .

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The Danish and Swedish governments have begun preparing the ground for referendums on joining the euro, as part of a huge political reversal across Europe's northern fringes in favour of the single currency.

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We've got some rather shocking news this afternoon for those of you who've spent years believing you're Austrian, Belgian, Danish or Dutch - you're not. In fact, you're German, as this map from Google's comic book guide to Chrome proves:

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Denmark's state broadcaster has come under fierce criticism for sponsoring a fashion contest for those who wear a headscarf.

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Given the relative abundance of modern human DNA and the inherent impossibility for incontestable proof of authenticity, results obtained on ancient human DNA have often been questioned.

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How to speak Norwegian? Nobody really knows.

It ain’t broken, but it sure ain’t fixed either.

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A governmental report has indicated the Danish language is being eroded at the highest levels due to the prominence of English at universities and research facilities

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The Vatican on Thursday rejected an audiotaped accusation from Osama bin Laden that Pope Benedict XVI is leading a "new crusade" against Muslims, but Italian security officials were concerned about the threats contained in Mr. Bin Laden's new message.

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A Danish reporter encountered a gun-toting senior citizen during Saturday's meeting between President Bush and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Crawford, Texas.

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Muslims worldwide should bomb Denmark's embassies and kill it diplomats following last week's republication of caricatures of Muslim prophet Muhammad, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees in the Gaza Strip said on Monday.

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The controversy in Denmark over the reprinting of one of the 12 cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad this week has triggered an unusual dialogue on social networking group Facebook, writes the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Frances Harrison.

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The record industry's anti-piracy lobby has won a court victory to force Tele2 Denmark, a large ISP, to block access to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site Pirate Bay.

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For years, language school Aarhus Sprogcenter has been one of the nation's leaders when it comes to the use of technology in education. Starting today, the school will be offering its students two new ways to learn Danish using what has become everyday technology.

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Danish vineyard Skæresøgård Vin became the country's first vineyard to receive international recognition for a sparkling wine when it was awarded a silver medal in the international Effervescents du Monde competition last month.

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Many Danish officials currently hold leading positions in Greenland's public administration, but, come January, civil servants in the territory's directorates will be required to speak Greenlandic.

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