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Father who allegedly abducted girl to Cambodia is back in Sweden

sweden flagStockholm - A man wanted by Interpol over allegedly abducting his six-year-old Swedish daughter arrived Tuesday in Sweden after being deported from Cambodia, police and local media said.

The girl, Alicia Elfversson, arrived Friday in Sweden with her mother and aunt who for the past year have been looking for the girl.

Alicia was reported missing on June 4, 2007, after her father, Torgier Nordbo, picked her up for a routine visit to see relatives in Norway.

Nordbo, who has business interests in Thailand, was later tracked to Cambodia. The 47-year-old was detained last week by Cambodian police.

Swedish Weather Service warns of lightning, day after two killed

SwedenStockholm - The Swedish weather service SMHI on Monday warned of more local thunder storms and lightning in parts of central Sweden, the day after two people were killed by lightning.

Two people who suffered severe burns and have yet to be identified were found Sunday in the province of Dalarna, north-west of Stockholm.

Police believed they had sought shelter during a thunder storm when the temporary shelter was hit by lightning.

Falun, the main city in Dalarna, registered the unusually high temperature of 33 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

Swedish Study Says That Stress Can Make Men Diabetics

It is a well known fact that the Psychological stress and tensions make way for various diseases. The research by the experts from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm showed that anxiety can increase the risk of diabetes in men. The researchers found that a range of symptoms like anxiety, sleeping disorders which are basically connected to psychological distress can double a man's risk of developing diabetes.

The team of researchers lead by Professor Anders Ekbom analyzed the data collected from 2,127 middle-aged men in Sweden for eight to 10 years. The researchers also studied data collected from 3,100 women. These people were asked questions related to distress, including anxiety, apathy, depression, fatigue and insomnia in the beginning of the study.  

Baltic heatwave: Algae blooming off Swedish island

Baltic SeaStockholm - A current heatwave in the Baltic Sea region has contributed to algae blooming in the sea, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute SMHI, said Monday.

The institute and local radio reported sightings of large belts of blue-green algae, off the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea and also in outlying parts of the Stockholm archipelago.

Experts said people should avoid swimming in waters with high concentrations of the algae, citing that it was poisonous.

Dog owners were also advised to ensure that their pets did not drink such water.

Mutation believed to be cause of white horses

Mutation believed to be cause of white horses Stockholm - A mutation is believed to be the reason why some horses are white including the famous Lippizaners, according to a new study by Swedish researchers.

The mutation was traced back thousands of years to a common ancestor and was identified by researchers at Uppsala University who published their results in the online edition of Nature Genetics.

The study suggested that a large majority of white horses carry the dominant mutation causing them to grey with age.

E.ON and Norwegian group Statkraft sign deal

German energy giant E. ON AGStockholm - German energy giant E. ON AG Thursday said it is has completed an agreement with Norwegian power group Statkraft to take full ownership of Swedish subsidiary E. ON Sverige.

The agreement signed Thursday in Stockholm sees E. ON take over Statkraft's 44.6 per cent stake in E. ON Sverige worth 4.4 billion euros (6.9 billion dollars) as well as a hydropower plant.

Statkraft was in return to acquire E. ON AG shares worth some 2.18 billion euros as well as assets in Sweden, Germany and Britain including hydropower plants, district heating plants and gas-fired power plants.

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