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NEWS ABOUT: Finland

Finland stories: 27 news summaries

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Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

Nation mourns premeditated rampage that claimed 9 lives

Nov 8, 07 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The Finnish gunman who killed nine people, including himself, and injured a dozen others yesterday left a suicide note in which he said goodbye to his family and "indicated his will against society," the AP reports. Police say the 18-year-old, who also attempted to set the school afire,... More »

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school shooting • Finland

Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

Teen turned gun
on self, warned of
spree on YouTube

Nov 7, 07 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the... More »

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YouTube • school shooting • Finland

Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

18-year-old kills eight
at high school; clips warned of spree

Nov 7, 07 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - At least eight people are dead at a high school in Finland where an 18-year-old opened fire today, CNN reports, and the killer seems to have left warnings of the spree on YouTube. Suspected gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, in critical condition at a hospital north of Helsinki, posted a video earlier... More »

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YouTube • school shooting • Finland

YouTube Spoofer Hits A Chord

Guitar heroes are ‘convincingly bad’ in Finn's parodies

Oct 17, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Slash playing so poorly in this clip? Because a Finnish media artist over-dubbed the audio track just well enough to make the Guns N’ Roses axeman sound believably awful. The YouTube user known as StSanders was inspired to bring guitar heroes down to earth when he saw a... More »

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YouTube • Finland • Eric Clapton • Metallica • Slash • Guns N' Roses • Steve Vai

Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

Agency pinched movie still for North Pole report

Aug 10, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reuters was caught in another photo pas today, when it revealed pics used in a report on Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last week were actually lifted frames from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. An image captioned with descriptions of Russian submersibles on an Arctic seabed was actually a still... More »

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Russia • James Cameron • Reuters • North Pole • photograph • picture • Finland • Titanic • flag

Finn Sweats it Out at Sauna Championship

Competitors bring the heat, but victor lasts
12 minutes at 266F

Aug 6, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hometown favorite Timo Kaukonen was in it for glory, not relaxation, at the Sauna World Championships in Finland. Kaukonen was crowned prince of perspiration, but not before enduring 12 minutes and 26 seconds in a glass-walled sauna on a theater stage. The heat started at 230F and climbed to 266F... More »

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championship • Finland • sauna • Timo Kaukonen • sweat

Heatwaves Double Over 100 Years

Number of 'extremely hot days' have tripled, Euro study shows

Aug 4, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled since 1880, according to a study released yesterday. Periods of sweltering weather last an average of 3 days now compared to 1.5  in 1880, a shift that forebodes a higher... More »

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climate change • weather • Spain • global warming • study • heat • heatwave • Finland • scientists • radiation • sunlight • Western Europe

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