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SINGAPORE : Singapore's Daphne Tan, New Hui Fen, Shayna Ng and Jazreel Tan finished second with a 785 total pinfall score at the Bowling World Youth Championships in Helsinki Finland.

Yang Zou, Zhen F. Fu, and Alexander Plyusnin Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China ; University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA ; and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Abstract Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is a serious public health problem in ...

Asko Jarvinen, Markku Kuusi, Beatriz P. Quiambao, Fidelino F. Malbas Jr., Anita Huovilainen, Hannimari Kallio-Kokko, Olli Vapalahti, and Petri Ruutu Authors affiliations: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland ; Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki ; Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, the Philippines ; ...

A betting man hears that an orchestra is performing a Stravinsky ballet at a large outdoor festival, and he throws his money on "The Rite of Spring" or the "Firebird." If he's feeling lucky, then perhaps "Pulcinella." In the case of the Grant Park Music Festival this summer, there has rarely been that one sure bet for comfort-food programming.

Leonid Brezhnev at Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe . 21:23 © RIA Novosti.

There would be silence, but cold has a sound of its own. The branches of trees freeze solid and crack under the weight of the snow with sounds like muted gunshots.

At Helsinki's library, they lend more than books. A large room in the basement of the building is filled with abstract and landscape paintings, wooden carvings and intricate golden-wire sculptures.

Imtech N.V. is announcing the acquisition of the Finnish high-tech traffic control specialist YSP.

Mari Kiviniemi , the Finnish prime minister, told the Finnish Broadcasting Company on Thursday that the Evangelical-Lutheran Church should keep its legal right to marry even if Parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill into law.

Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Someone figured out a great way to get people to buy underwear for ridiculously inflated prices .

The mercury hit 37.2 degrees Celsius in Joensuu in eastern Finland on Thursday, marking the highest ever temperature reading in Finland.

NEWBURY AC masters athlete and coach Bob Broadbridge saw his hard work pay off with a clutch of medals from major championships.

By Post-Bulletin staff NORTHFIELD - One hundred concerts by 25 bands will be presented as part of the Vintage Band Festival Aug.

Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe will release a new live album, "Another Night In The Sun" , in Europe and Japan on September 22.

WHEN baby Mila drifts off to sleep her dreams really do come true - thanks to her mum.

In parts of Finland the sun doesn't come up for 51 days in the winter. That's 1224 hours of darkness and a lot of thinking time.

Still catching up on news published at Finncon: The Helsinki Science Fiction Society's Tahtifantasia award for the best fantasy book translated into Finnish and published last year was given to Haruki Murakami for Kafka rannalla , published in Finnish by Tammi.

Germany's Hamburg House, a model house showcasing energy-saving and eco-friendly design, features BASF's Neopor thermal insulation material and its Norbin eco-friendly paint.

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