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Danish Supreme Court to try terror T-shirt convictions

Denmark FlagCopenhagen - The Danish Supreme Court was set to try the convictions of six people sentenced for supporting terrorist groups by selling T-shirts, an appeals board said Tuesday.

The Eastern High Court in September sentenced two persons to six- month jail terms. The others received suspended prison sentences ranging from 60 days to four months.

A seventh suspect was freed of the charges under anti-terrorism laws of using proceeds from the T-shirt sales to fund the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Referendum set to give Greenland more autonomy

Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland  - Voters in Greenland, the world's largest island, are widely expected to approve a plan to gain more autonomy within Denmark in a referendum on Tuesday.

The Arctic island has had home-rule since 1979, and under the new terms Greenland aims to secure partial control over its natural resources and take greater charge of justice and legal affairs.

"We know Greenland has big resources," economics professor Christen Sorensen of the University of Southern Denmark and an expert on Greenland's economy said.

Danish shipping operator to divert vessels from Gulf of Aden

Copenhagen - Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk said Friday that some of its slower vessels or ones that sail low in the water will stop using the Gulf of Aden over fears of piracy near the Somalian coast.

The company said the vessels would use alternate routes along the south of the Cape of Good Hope and east of Madagascar.

"The policy change will primarily impact our tanker vessels. Only three container vessels will be affected," board member Soren Skou said in statement.

AP Moller-Maersk said the piracy and recent hijackings posed a threat to international trade lanes and should be tackled by "relevant authorities and the international community."

Serbia thump Bulgaria as Wales win in Denmark

Hamburg  - Serbia demolished Bulgaria 6-1 in an international friendly in Belgrade Wednesday and could even afford the luxury of missing two penalties as Savo Milosevic bade farewell to the national side.

Serbia's Milosevic netted twice and missed two early spot kicks in his 102nd and final appearance for his country before being substituted by Dragan Mrdja. Milan Jovanovic also scored a brace while Blagoy Georgiev got on the scoresheet for the disappointing Bulgarians.

Craig Bellamy scored the only goal of the game to give Wales a 1-0 victory away to Denmark in Copenhagen, firing in a low shot from 20 metres after 77 minutes.

Danish court rules on Tunisians held over alleged murder plot

Danish CourtCopenhagen - The Danish supreme court Wednesday issued a key ruling concerning two Tunisian nationals arrested earlier this year on suspicion of planning to murder a newspaper cartoonist.

The two were arrested in February after the Danish security and intelligence service PET said it had uncovered a plot to murder cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.

Overnight talks salvage attempt to sell off bankrupt airline

Sterling AirlinesCopenhagen - Overnight talks appear to have salvaged an attempt to sell off bankrupt low-cost carrier Sterling Airlines, liquidators and unions said Wednesday.

The news came after liquidators on Tuesday afternoon said they had ditched an attempt to sell the Danish-based Sterling Airlines as a single entity over union opposition.

However, talks resumed later and have breathed new life into the efforts to save 430 jobs, a third of Sterling's staff of some 1,100 employees.

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