Socialistisk folkepartis partiledare avgår.

Dömdes i Florens för mord på brittisk studiekamrat.

Problem med strömförsörjningen orsakade ett flera timmar långt stopp i tågtrafiken utanför Kiruna under eftermiddagen och kvällen.

Tre kvinnor från aktiviströrelsen Femen, utan kläder på överkroppen, genomförde en aktion på torsdagen under pågående högmässa i Katolska domkyrkan på Södermalm i Stockholm.

En 62-årig man döms till sju års fängelse för att ha gömt över 70 kilo amfetamin på en gård i Järna, skriver Länstidningen Södertälje.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the Washington Examiner: "Officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are conducting a massive, NSA-esque data-mining project collecting account information on an estimated 991 million American credit card accounts. It was also learned at a Congressional hearing Tuesday that CFPB officials are working with the Federal Housing Finance Agency on a second data-mining effort, this one focused on the 53 million residential mortgages taken out by Americans since 1998. ...Later in the hearing, [Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas] remarked that CFPB 'and NSA are in a contest of who can collect the most information,' ... although the CFPB disagreed with that statement. In previous testimony before Rep. Jeb Hensarling's panel, Antonakes said 'the combined data represents approximately 85-90 percent of outstanding card balances.' The Argus contract specifies that the company must collect 96 'data points' from each of the participating card issuers for each credit card account on a monthly basis. The 96 data points include a unique card-account identification reference number, ZIP code, monthly ending balance, borrower's income, FICO score, credit limit, monthly payment amount, and days past due. 'Would you object to getting permission from consumers, those people who you work for, before you collect and monitor their information?' Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., asked Cordray. 'That would make it impossible to get the data,' Cordray replied."

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As the Obama administration attempts to quell concerns over mass data collection, the U.S. intelligence community is drawing more fire from governments, including its own.

 

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Judiska världskongressen kräver att Tyskland stiftar lagar för att återföra konst som stals av nazisterna till dess egentliga ägare.

Dömdes i Florens för mord på brittisk studiekamrat.

Branden som härjade i går på ön Frøya i Norge togs under kontroll av räddningstjänsten i dag.

Naturvårdsverket har beviljat skyddsjakt på den så kallade Edselevargen.

Misstankarna har stärkts mot en 63-årig man som anhållits för att ha mördat en kvinna i Grums.

En stor narkotikahärva bland Jämtlands ungdomar har nystats upp med hjälp av en 14-årings mobiltelefon, skriver op.

Tre barbröstade Femen-aktivister protesterade i Stockholmskyrka.

An anonymous reader writes "A secretive EU body has agreed to develop a device to be fitted to all cars allowing police to cut off any engine at will, it emerged today. The device, which could be imposed within a decade, would also allow police to track a vehicle's movements as well as immobilise it. According to The Daily Telegraph a group of senior EU officials, including several Home Office mandarins, have signed off the proposal at a secret meeting in Brussels."

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