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WEB NEWS
The Israeli election campaign went virtual
Web news looks back at the Israeli election campaign, which made full of use of the internet. Also on the Net: bloggers in Finland rebel against a law that would allow companies to read their employees' e-mails.
TELECOM
Nokia profits drop amid slump in sales
Finland's Nokia reported a 69% slump in fourth-quarter net profit to 576 million euros. The world's number one mobile phone maker said it expected a 10% decline in global sales this year, though it hopes to increase its share of the total.
ALPINE SKIING
Grange takes first slalom of the season
France's Jean-Baptiste Grange, who lost last season's world championship in the very last race, began the new season in style by winning the men's first slalom in Finland, ahead of the United States' Bode Miller and Austria's Mario Matt.
FINLAND - NUCLEAR
New generation reactor delayed till 2011
First slated for a 2009 launch, the world's first third generation nuclear power plant is now expected to open with a three-year delay, Finnish energy group TVO announced, placing the blame squarely on constructors Areva and Siemens.
FINLAND
Community struggles to overcome shooting tragedy
Students and teachers at the Finnish school where ten students were killed on Tuesday are finding it difficult to come to terms with the tragedy. The close-knit community is drawing on all its resources to overcome the grief.
FINLAND
Finns face tough questions after killing spree
After 22-year-old Matti Saari killed 10 people on Tuesday in the second such shooting in one year, Finland's media and citizens are left to wonder what happened to a country considered safe despite its high gun ownership rate.
FINLAND
School shooting revives Finnish gun debate
After 22-year-old Matti Saari killed 10 students on Tuesday, Finland's leaders have vowed to tighten gun control legislation; a debate opened after a similar tragedy last year. The country has the world's third-highest rate of gun ownership.
FINLAND
Gunman was interviewed by police the day before shootings
The gunman who went on a murderous rampage in a Finnish college Tuesday, killing ten people and then turning the gun on himself, was interviewed the day before by police over internet postings in which he is seen shooting a pistol.
FINLAND
School shooter dead after killing 10, police say
The killer who went on a rampage in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki has died in hospital, police say. The shooter killed 10 people at a trade school before turning the gun on himself.
FINLAND - AGRICULTURE
Europeans are eating up organic
Europe's organic food market is rapidly growing. In Finland, it has grown by 25 percent in one year. This summer the European commission has launched a major campaign to promote organic agriculture.
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