Conan O'Brien Meets With Finnish Leader

Conan O'Brien, who endorsed the re-election of Tarja Halonen with mock ad campaigns, met the Finnish president Tuesday at the presidential palace in downtown Helsinki.

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Conan O'Brien Seeks Reward for Finn's Win

Conan O'Brien, who endorsed the re-election of Finnish President Tarja Halonen with mock ad campaigns, said Saturday he expects to be rewarded with a Cabinet position as inspector of saunas.

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Around 10,000 Americans of Finnish descent are attending the 25th. Finnfest event in the state of Minnesota.

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President Tarja Halonen has expressed regret over the dispute between Estonian and Russian officials that flared up on Sunday at a summit of Finno-Ugric nations in Western Siberia.

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Finland and Russia are to re-start negotiations over wood tariffs. President Tarja Halonen raised the issue in her first meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday. Halonen said she made clear to the Russians what impact the tariffs would have on Finland.

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Speaking in an interview given to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and television channel MTV3, she said that before any referendum the country's leaders must take a clear stance on the issue.

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Why USA should choose a woman president

As you may know, we have had a woman, Tarja Halonen, as a president in Finland for eight years now. And I think I should give some advise to my fellow Americans, why to choose or not to choose a woman.

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One great difference between Finland and the USA is that nobody raises the question whether the country is ready for a female president.

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Perhaps one day, all the countries will be in security council ;-)

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So who is running Finland?

In Finland, there has been a lot of discussion about cold war spying material related to former East-Germany, so called Rosenholz-material. Finland has received a list from CIA, where the persons, who did spying for East-Germany, are mentioned.

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SARANSK, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Saransk to take part in the First International Festival of Finno-Ugrian peoples jointly with President of Finland Tarja Halonen and Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenz Gyurcsany.

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The United States has declined a Finnish request for a meeting between President Tarja Halonen and US President George W. Bush this week. At the same time, a meeting was arranged with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who is scheduled to meet Bush today, Tuesday.

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Finland's President Supports Cluster Bombs

According to newspaper Kaleva interview president Tarja Halonen supports the idea of changing Finland's land mines to cluster bombs.

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Over the years, pop culture has brought us some bizarre international pairings: Jerry Lewis and the French; David Hasselhoff and the Germans; Morrissey and Mexican vatos; Conan O'Brien and…the Finns?

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Conan O'Brien: The Genius Behind the Masturbating Bear

After last night's episode of NBC's Late Night , I am declaring Conan O'Brien the undisputed champion of late night comedy. In the one hour special, Conan chronicled his week long trip to Finland, where he is considered a God.

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Despite the molding of a more active, pragmatic foreign policy since the fall of Communism, Finland seems reluctant to abandon its status of non-commitment and apply for NATO membership.

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This thing with Conan and Finland is too funny.

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