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...favor the euro, while women in public-sector jobs are opposed. Urban voters are more likely to favor the euro - Stockholm overwhelmingly supports the yes camp - while people in small towns and rural areas are against. The campaign has even divided the government, with Prime Minister Göran Persson leading the charge in favor of the euro, while five of the 19 ministers in his cabinet are opposed. Even Persson's Social Democratic Party is sharply divided. If the referendum fails, it could send shock waves far beyond Sweden to Britain, where the government is still debating when...
...awash in debate. On Stockholm street corners, workers dutifully dispense yes or no pins from little huts. And would-be voters are assaulted by huge hanging banners and billboards: "Better krona in your pocket than euros in your unemployment check," said one billboard erected by the no campaigners. Persson's main argument is economic: join the euro now and trade will increase with the rest of the euro zone, interest rates will drop from the current 2.75% to the 2% level in Euroland and investment in the country will increase. Sounds good - until you notice that the economies...
...euro. In a newspaper article, Carl-Henric Svanberg, the CEO of phone-giant Ericsson, said that companies would stop investing in Sweden and might even move out of the country if voters reject the euro. Opponents note Denmark did precisely that in 2000 and nothing dire happened there. Persson has also been warning that Sweden won't get a second chance at joining the euro for at least a decade, hoping to defuse the argument that a no vote is really a "wait-and-see" measure. Turnout is expected to be lower than for normal elections, which should hurt...
...thing, technology used to trace known pedophiles has helped law enforcement agencies to coordinate their efforts globally. "We've now got software we can use with an image database that can compare details in new child porno-graphy to determine if it matches previous material," says Anders Persson, a criminal intelligence officer with Interpol in Lyons, France. "The software can compare settings, furniture, rooms and body parts of people in the pictures?including those of known pedophiles?and match them with material that has already been traced back to their origins. When you start seeing the same places and settings...
EUROPE Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, on the European Union: "It's one of the few institutions we can develop as a balance to U.S. world domination." HIP-HOP Rap activist and former Public Enemy front man Chuck D, on hip-hop artists: "We have finally realized our collective power around the planet...