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...become clear that what has happened is a catastrophe and tragedy of enormous proportions and will affect Sweden's daily life for a long time to come." G?RAN PERSSON, Swedish Prime Minister, mourning the 59 Swedes killed and the 3,500 still missing in Thailand, the largest group of foreign casualties...
...crisis has reached such a dire pass that politicians are beginning to speak out. In a letter to their E.U. colleagues last month, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Prime Ministers José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain and Göran Persson of Sweden urged the Union to "take new action to sustain Europe's demography and better reconcile professional, personal and family life with the aim of permitting couples to have as many babies as they want." Ron Lesthaeghe, a demographer at the Free University of Brussels (V.U.B.), is happy that...
...moments of transparent beauty on “Come Undone” and “The City Consumes Us,” the latter a song that frames her lilting voice with arpeggios to fit the slightly melancholy mood. Although Pollock sometimes affects (whether consciously or unconsciously) Nina Persson of the Cardigans, and although she is by no means an amazing vocalist, it’s comforting to note that she doesn’t try too hard in extending her voice or her credibility...
...founder Erling Persson could never have envisioned a future with 900 H&M stores in 18 countries back in 1947, when he opened a dress shop called Hennes (hers, in Swedish) in a suburb of Stockholm. But from the start, he was confident that his idea of stylish but inexpensive fashion--inspired by American high-volume, low-cost clothing stores--could have appeal well beyond Sweden...
...Secretary Jack Straw and Foreign Ministers Joschka Fischer of Germany and Dominique de Villepin of France, attended a solemn memorial service at Stockholm's City Hall. "Anna Lindh is no longer with us. That idea still feels so foreign, so difficult to accept," said Prime Minister Göran Persson. A week after the stabbing, the country's mood remained grim and unsteady, as hundreds of Swedes gathered daily outside the NK department store to leave flowers and sign a book. So many flowers had been gathered that they formed a memorial wreath 3 m wide and 1.5 m high...