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NEWS ABOUT: Denmark

Denmark stories: 48 news summaries

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Resource-Rich Greenland Looks to Break Free

Another consequence of climate change may be independence

Oct 16, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming has put Greenland’s mineral and oil deposits within reach, raising the volume on long-simmering chatter about independence. Denmark supplies much of the island's budget—including a substantial welfare system—but the self-sufficiency offered by melting ice means Greenlanders may no longer need the Danes at all, reports... More »

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oil • Europe • independence • Greenland • Denmark • US • minerals • welfare

European Militants Find Training in Pakistan

Fighters wary of Iraq are groomed for terror ops on Afghan border

Oct 14, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Renewed Al-Qaeda strength on the Pakistan-Afghan border is wooing European militants to train in Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fighters who are wary of Iraq—where they may have to strap on a bomb on short notice—can enjoy being groomed for missions in Pakistan. “Pakistan worries me... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Middle East • terrorism • Pakistan • Germany • Europe • United States • Islamic militants • North Africa • terrorist • Denmark • training camps • al-Qaeda

The Arctic Is Ours: Kremlin

Russia claims polar mineral wealth

Sep 21, 07 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest audacious claim by Russia, the nation is insisting that rock samples taken 13,000 feet beneath the North Pole prove that a large part of the Arctic seabed is rightfully Russian territory. The US, Canada, Norway and Denmark also have territorial claims to the mineral-rich area that's... More »

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Russia • United Nations • oil • global warming • gas • Canada • Arctic • Norway • Kremlin • Denmark • Lomonosov Ridge • Arctic 2007 • minerals • USA

Danish Police Arrest 8, Foil Terror Plot

Officials say the men, with Mideastern backgrounds, are tied to Al Qaeda

Sep 4, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Danish police have arrested eight men they say were plotting a terror attack and were tied to Al Qaeda. The arrest comes after months of surveillance, an intelligence official told a press conference in Copenhagen today, but he declined to say what country was the target of the attack. "... More »

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Afghanistan • Somalia • Turkey • terrorism • Pakistan • terror plots • Islamic militants • Denmark • al-Qaeda

Danes Apologize for Viking Raids

Replica ship arrives in Dublin after 1,000-mile journey

Aug 16, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 12 centuries after Viking raiders began pillaging settlements in Ireland, the Danish government has apologized for their behavior. The country's culture minister offered the collective mea culpa yesterday in Dublin, where he marked the arrival of the Havhingsten, a replica Viking longboat, after a 1,000-mile journey across... More »

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Denmark • Havhingsten • Dublin • Vikings • Brian Mikkelson • longboats

Danes Join Scramble for Arctic

Denmark to launch expedition to Arctic to defend territorial claims

Aug 11, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Danish expedition is set to head for the Arctic tomorrow, joining the scramble to claim polar territories. A team of 40 scientists and massive icebreakers are heading north to prove that a 2,000-kilometer underwater mountain range stretching to the pole is an extension of Greenland, and accordingly belongs... More »

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Russia • United Nations • global warming • Canada • North Pole • Arctic • Greenland • Denmark • Stephen Harper • Arctic race

Look Out, Santa: Russia Claims North Pole

Rich oil and gas reserves lie beneath ownership dispute

Aug 1, 07 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian ships will arrive at the North Pole today as part of Moscow's effort to claim a 1,240-mile area of the Arctic—and with it, more than $2 trillion in oil and gas reserves. The Telegraph reports that the fleet will deposit a Russian flag at the bottom of... More »

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climate change • Russia • oil • Canada • Vladimir Putin • North Pole • Arctic • Denmark • sovereignty • Arctic oil

Russians Advance on North Pole

With eye on energy-rich seabed, submarines make test dive

Jul 29, 07 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a race to claim rich natural resources under the North Pole, two Russian submarines successfully dove several thousand feet in Russia's northern territorial waters today, Reuters reported. Though US and Russian subs have long plied the waters under the pole, none has reached the seabed there, at a depth... More »

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Russia • Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Norway • Denmark • natural resources

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