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Denmark's journalists union says one of its members is being held in a jail in Tehran.
A few pen strokes thrust Kurt Westergaard into the midst of an international crisis, exposing him to death threats and an alleged assassination plot.
The U.S. soccer team will play an exhibition match in Denmark to prepare for the 2010 World Cup.
Denmark's military chief of staff said Sunday he will resign to restore the public's confidence in the country's defense, an apparent reference to a scandal surrounding a book disclosing Danish military secrets.
Police say they have detained 43 people in the Danish capital for public disturbance, some trying to hang a banner on a building along the route that President Barack Obama took to attend an IOC meeting.
Hundreds of climate activists protested Saturday against the use of fossil fuels, but were blocked from entering a coal-firing plant they had hoped to shut down by chaining themselves to conveyor belts.
A Danish soldier was killed and another injured after they came under fire during a patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Danish military said Saturday.
Denmark's National Gallery says it will exhibit some 100 works by Bob Dylan, including some of his newest acrylic paintings.
A Danish court on Monday rejected the military's request to stop a book by a former special forces soldier from being published.
German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger was awarded Denmark's 2010 Sonning Prize on Wednesday, which honors work that benefits European culture.
Denmark's tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country.
Aage Bohr, a nuclear physics professor and Nobel laureate like his father, has died. He was 87.
Fearing that a possible global deal on climate change is in danger, European foreign ministers announced Thursday they were stepping up efforts to make sure that nations around the world face up to global warming.
Denmark says it plans to send about 140 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
Danish soccer player Jonathan Richter has had the lower part of his left leg amputated, six weeks after he was struck by lightning during a reserve game.
Danish toy maker Lego said Monday that six-month net profit nearly doubled to 927 million kroner ($177 million) on strong sales of its best-selling products.
Danish brewer Carlsberg A/S on Wednesday reported a 36 percent rise in second-quarter profit largely on cost cuts as the company saw only a slight increase in sales.
The Danish royal Web site says the son of Prince Joachim and French-born Princess Marie has been christened Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.
A Danish military unit has become embroiled in a dispute about Muslim headscarves after it allowed a hijab-wearing woman to complete a training course.
While much of the annual Santa Claus World Congress is a joke, two of Santa's little helpers were completely serious when they exchanged vows in a civil ceremony Monday.
A Danish court has ruled that residents of Copenhagen's counterculture Christiania neighborhood have no right to use the former navy base they took over three decades ago.
Global business leaders added momentum to prospects for a new U.N. climate treaty by agreeing Tuesday that the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century by setting specific limits on carbon.
A Danish TV reporter has been convicted of animal cruelty for killing 12 aquarium fish with shampoo for a consumer affairs show.
Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has won Denmark's Sonning Music Prize.
A video installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will replace Copenhagen's famed Little Mermaid statue when it goes on display at the World Expo in Shanghai next year, officials said Tuesday.
The rise of the rightThe bottom line on last week's elections: The Republicans did well. Yes, these were a grab-bag collection of races with local particularities and low turnout.
Lashkar was targeting National Defence College in India: FBIDavid Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said.
Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India"Two Chicago men charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed an attack on a military college in India, federal prosecutors said Tuesday."
Brussels: One of Europe's great secrets(Tribune Media Services) -- Six hundred years ago, Brussels was just a nice place to stop and buy a waffle on the way to France.
Largest cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridgeKORSOER, Denmark – The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.
Cruise Ship Oasis of the Seas Squeezes Under Great Belt Fixed LinkThe world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark. Note: article has video.
Muhammad Cartoonist Targeted: US Indicts Two for Plot to Attack Danish Newspaper -American law-enforcement authorities have arrested two men charged with preparing terrorist attacks against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that offended Muslims around the world in 2005 when it published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Denmark refuses to apologise for child experimentsDanish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has defended his government's stance in the controversial case of 22 children from Greenland.
Denmark showcases world-biggest offshore wind park ESBJERG, Denmark (Reuters) - Denmark on Thursday inaugurated the world's biggest offshore wind farm in time to serve as a showcase of its green technological prowess before a global climate conference in Copenhagen in December.
From Turbines and Straw, Danish Self-SufficiencyThe people of this Danish island have seen the future, and it is dim and smells vaguely of straw.
An Olympic Ego TripIn the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas' trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there.
Capital Crunch: Obama confronts waning political capitalABC News' Rick Klein reports: Think the White House may want to work on its vote-counting operation before the health care bill makes it to the Senate floor? Think the CBO might be just as brutal as the IOC -- with scoring that counts just as much?
Olympic 'nopes' beat out hope in Chicago- The announcement that Chicago, Illinois, will not host the 2016 Olympic Games took the hopeful wind out of many in the Windy City. Dreams of hosting the 2016 Olympics were dashed for many Chicagoans. But for others, the news was welcome.
Last night I watched Republican leader after leader slither up to the microphone and claim their supposed righteous disdain for President Obama "traipsing off to Denmark to lobby for the Olympics, while ignoring pressing matters at home: the tragedy in American Samoa, Healthcar …
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Triple-A "terrorists": The TV hoax that went too farWhen national broadcasting channel TV2 aired a news report about a fictitious immigrant gang it cost them money, viewers, trust, and for some, their job
Court decision shifts burden in gender discrimination caseCompanies must document their reasons for paying employees differently for equal work, Supreme Court rules
Obama is coming to CopenhagenThe possibility of US President Barack Obama making an appearance in Copenhagen next week for the Olympic vote is perhaps more anticipated that the actual vote itself.
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Found In Breast Milk And High Incidence Of Testicular CancerA comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of the fetal testis in humans and animals.
Keeper guilty of moving goalpostsIFK 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.
Death by political correctness in ScandinaviaA 15 year old in Denmark warning about the Islamization of his country = HATE SPEECH A major Swedish newspaper reviving the medieval anti-Jewish blood libel = FREE SPEECH Welcome to Europe...
Haqqani urges US not to walk away from region againWASHINGTON: Sounding a note of caution, Islamabad's envoy to Washington has said the United States suffered serious consequences as a result of walking away from Afghanistan and Pakistan after the Soviet pullout in 1989 and urged that the mistake should not be repeated.
WTF? Danish Government Promotes Unwanted Pregnancies, TourismHere's another one for the apology pile: the Danish government is apparently very, very sorry for creating one of the most bizarre tourism campaigns ever.
Fines urged for illegal alcohol advertsThe National Council on Alcohol Policy is calling on parliament to establish heavy fines for companies that violate alcohol marketing laws, reports Berlingske Tidende newspaper.
Denmark pulls 'promiscuous' videoA video promoting tourism in Denmark has been removed from YouTube after complaints it promoted promiscuity. The three-minute clip shows a young blonde woman, trying to find a man whom she had a one night stand with, who fathered her child "August".
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