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Swedish police find drugs on Bieber tour bus

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The latest chapter in Justin Bieber's European tour escapade was added Thursday when Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer's bus. Lars Bystrom, spokesman for the Stockholm police, told The Associated Press a small amount of drugs and a stun gun were discovered during a search of the bus, which had been parked under the Globen concert venue in Stockholm, where Bieber was performing Wednesday.

 

Google clashes with Swedes over 'ungoogleable'

Sweden's language watchdog has accused Google of trying to control the Swedish language in a dispute over the definition of the colloquial term "ungoogleable. The Swedish version of the word — "ogooglebar" — made the Language Council of Sweden's 2012 list of words that aren't in the Swedish dictionary but have entered common parlance. The council defined it as something "that cannot be found on the Web with a search engine."

 

Pirate Bay founder accused of new crime in Sweden

A Swedish man deported from Cambodia to serve a prison sentence for his involvement with file-sharing site The Pirate Bay faces new suspicions of hacking against the Swedish tax authority.

 

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested

One of the masterminds behind file-sharing website The Pirate Bay was arrested last week in Cambodia, months after he was due to begin a one-year prison sentence in Sweden.

 

Assange seeks London-Quito ticket but Sweden looms

Britain is determined to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden and has made that clear to Ecuador, which is sheltering the founder of WikiLeaks inside its London embassy while it considers his asylum request, British authorities said on Tuesday.

 

British Court Clears Way for Extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden on Sex Charges

Julian Assange

Britain’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to face allegations of sexual abuse there.

 

UBS chief resigns after $2.3B scandal

UBS chief resigns after $2.3B scandal

The head of Swiss banking giant UBS Oswald J. Gruebel has resigned in the wake of a $2.3 billion loss in unauthorized trading, the bank announced Saturday.

 

Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS

Rogue trader suspected in $2 billion loss at UBS

Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that a rogue trader has caused it an estimated loss of $2 billion, stunning a beleaguered banking industry that has proven vulnerable to unauthorized trades. Police in London said they arrested a 31-year-old UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, in the alleged fraud. UBS declined to confirm his name.

 

Spain lashes out over E. coli accusations

Spain lashes out over E. coli accusations

Spain denies allegations its cucumbers caused the illness that has killed and sickened people in Germany and Sweden.

 

WikiLeaks Founder Ordered Freed as Court Rejects Appeal

WikiLeaks Founder Ordered Freed as Court Rejects Appeal

A London court on Thursday ordered that Julian Assange be released on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden.

 

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