Ecuadors utrikesminister Ricardo Patino pekar på möjligheten att låta Wikileaksgrundaren Julian Assange byta ambassaden i London mot den i Stockholm.

Den 56-årige man som åtalats för två mordbränder i Tibro i början på augusti släpptes på fri fot efter fredagens rättegång i Skaraborgs tingsrätt.

Hård kritik mot att en tvååring ska skickas till Frankrike.

Ihärdigt regnande på Västkusten ställer till det för bilister och husägare, bland annat i Frillesås i Kungsbacka.

New submitter kiriath writes "Walmart has followed Target in ceasing to sell the Amazon Kindle product line. This is not terribly surprising, since Amazon and Walmart are major competitors. From the article: 'The world's largest retailer, which has been trying to catch up to Amazon in online sales, said the decision was consistent with its overall merchandising strategy. ... Now, with two large chains no longer selling Kindle, speculation has grown that the dominant online retailer could open its stores where shoppers could try out and buy Kindles. Amazon "is a little bit of a Trojan horse" when the Kindle is sold in other stores, said Sucharita Mulpuru, retail analyst at Forrester Research. "They should have made this decision to not carry the Kindle a long time ago."'"

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The last of 33,000 "surge" troops ordered into Afghanistan by US President Barack Obama in 2009 have now been withdrawn.

Högsta domstolen (HD) har beslutat att en tvåårig pojke, som i november 2010 fanns i lägenheten när modern misshandlade hans tre månader gamla syster till döds, har rätt till skadestånd, skriver lokala medier.

En patient som misstänktes ha hjärtinfarkt skickades på egen begäran hem från akuten vid Piteå älvdals sjukhus.

New submitter who_stole_my_kidneys writes "Evidence suggests the Iranian government is behind cyberattacks this week that have targeted the websites of JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. The attacks are described by one source, a former U.S. official, as being 'significant and ongoing,' and looking to cause 'functional and significant damage.' Another source suggested the attacks were in response to U.S. sanctions on Iranian banks."

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Hells Angels-medlem knivhuggen, annan man skjuten.

Augusti blev den näst blodigaste månaden i Afghanistan sedan 2007.

An anonymous reader writes "Early humans were able to move from Africa after a single genetic mutation allowed them to become vegetarians, scientists claim. The switch, which allowed humans to process vegetables, meant that humans were able to move away from water sources and spread across the continent. A team of geneticists compared DNA sequences from a variety of people around the world to see how different populations relate to one another and when they have gone their separate ways. The scientists found that a key genetic variant gave humans the ability to convert fats from plants into essential nutrients for the brain."

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