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Art Vandals Post Video of Raid
on YouTube

Camera-wielding neo-Nazis trash Serrano exhibit in Sweden

New York Times New York Times Oct 9, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Andres Serrano, no stranger to controversy, has seen his current photography exhibition in a Swedish university town vandalized with crowbars and axes. But the latest incident of destruction had a new twist: The vandals who ran through Serrano's exhibition "The History of Sex" last week filmed their act of vandalism and posted the video on YouTube. More »

More about:  YouTube • art • Nazi • Sweden • culture wars • Neo-Nazi

An Absolut Blockbuster

Maker of top-selling Smirnoff eyes second-place Swedish brand

Reuters Reuters Sep 20, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - British beverage conglomerate Diageo, maker of best-selling vodka Smirnoff, is “very interested” in acquiring Sweden’s Absolut, the world’s second-largest vodka. Diageo says it isn’t worried about anti-trust problems, although its CEO tells Reuters “complexity will vary from market to market.” One easy market would be the US, where analysts say Absolut’s higher price tag puts it in a different category. More »

More about:  Great Britain • alcohol • Sweden • vodka • Absolut

Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head
of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder
of Swede who drew offensive image

ABC News ABC News Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated to $150,000 should Vilks "be slaughtered like a lamb." More »

Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Reviews of 'superdrunk,' 'confused' performance get guitarist riled up

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 29, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,” the AP reports. More »

More about:  concert • musician • Sweden • Rolling Stones • Keith Richards

Bill Murray's Perfect Day Ruined

Actor admits to driving golf cart under the influence in Sweden

People People Aug 22, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Murray stole a scene out of “Caddyshack” today by admitting to driving a golf cart through downtown Sweden while under the influence. When cops pulled him over, the lively thespian refused to take a breathalyzer test but did sign a statement admitting he had been drinking. Police said they had no idea how his new vehicle “ended up in this predicament.” More »

More about:  golf • actor • drunk driving • Sweden • Bill Murray • Stockholm • golf cart

Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 30, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of the giants of cinematic storytelling, died today at 89 after a career spanning more than half a century and over 50 films. Bergman's films scanned the dreary but often resplendent landscape of the human condition, one deeply conditioned by his native country. More »

More about:  movie • film • obituary • Sweden • film director • cinema • Ingmar Bergman

Swedish Court:
Let Them
Have Porn

Prisons can't keep rapists from their reading, judges say

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Jun 29, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sex offenders in Sweden can now have porn in their cells, after a ruling by Stockholm's highest administrative court. The judges told a prison in the northern part of the country that a rapist's rehabilitation was not a good enough reason to screen his reading material any more than that of other inmates. But some critics are calling the ruling downright dirty. More »

More about:  pornography • Sweden • prisoners • sex offenders • rehabilitation

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