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An 18-year-old man was arrested after the shooting spree in the town of Hyvinkaa, 34 miles north of Finland’s capital, Helsinki. The motive for the shooting was unclear. It followed a series of similar incidents in Finland in recent years and came less...
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Take advantage of the long days in Helsinki during its year as the 2012 Design Capital (00 358 20 740 2630; wdchelsinki2012.fi ). Brands such as Iittala and Marimekko are among the big names taking centre stage in Finland's capital, where design is...
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MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 26: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Lotus drives during the final practice session prior to qualifying for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. View Photo »
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The final couple of hundred miles of this race turned out to be some of the closest racing of all, and we certainly had more than the heat to make us sweat!
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The gunman opened fire from a rooftop in Hyvinkaa, a city about 50km north of Helsinki, aiming at two restaurants where many young people had gathered outside, police said. Police staged a reconstruction from the rooftop where the gunman opened fire. ...
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The gunman opened fire around 1:53 am (2253 GMT) from a rooftop in Hyvinkaa, a city about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Helsinki, aiming at two restaurants where many young people had gathered outside, police said. The motives for the attack were...
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The gunman opened fire from a rooftop in Hyvinkaa, a city about 50km north of Helsinki, aiming at two restaurants where many young people had gathered outside, police said. The motives for yestrday's attack are not yet clear. Finland has in recent...
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MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 26: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Lotus drives during qualifying for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. View Photo »
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six Greenpeace activists from Finland, Israel, Austria, Sweden and Denmark boarded the Nordica south of the Swedish island of Oeland
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Sebastien Loeb claimed the lead in Acropolis Rally on Friday, opening up a 6.5 second lead over Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala after a demanding second day in tricky conditions. Loeb, who has not won in Greece for four years, trailed Latvala by 2.8...
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An 18-year-old suspect was arrested some five hours afterwards. The assailant, wearing camouflage clothing, began shooting at 1.53am local time in Hyvinkaeae, killing a man and a woman, both 18, said Mr Satu Koivu, superintendent at the Central Uusimaa...
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A body covered with a sheet lies on the street in Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. A gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in what appeared to be a random shooting, police said Saturday.
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A police officer retrieves the weapon of the gunman from the roof, in the center of Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. A gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in what appeared to be a random shooting, police said Saturday.
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A police officer carries the weapon of the gunman on a roof, as he reconstructs events in the center of Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. A gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in what appeared to be a random shooting, police said Saturday.
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Half-staffed Finnish flags outside City Hall in Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said Saturday. Officers arrested the suspect near...
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Survivor Miikka Jaske points to a bullet hole whilst standing at the same point where he was standing during the shooting, outside the restaurant Medicine Man in Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared...
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MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 26: Mark Webber of Australia and Red Bull Racing drives ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Lotus during qualifying for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2012 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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