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...soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. Olow says Soderstrom died in Stockholm early Friday morning of complications from a stroke. Soderstrom, who was 82, made her debut in...

In this article: Elisabeth Soderstrom, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Swedish Opera, and New York

...that the North Korean embassy in Sweden was in contact with the ministry over the matter. An official at the North Korean embassy in Stockholm said earlier he had no knowledge of the arrests. Reporting by Jens Hansegard and Nick Vinocur;...

In this article: Sweden, Swedish police, and North Korea

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish museum officials returned the remains of five indigenous Maori people to New Zealand on Wednesday as part of a broader move in Europe to repatriate remains taken from burial grounds. Museum officials said they...

In this article: New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Sweden, Museum, Europe, and Goteborg

...economy. Moscow sees positive signs from Sweden under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who hosts the one-day summit because Stockholm holds the EU's six-month presidency until the end of this year. "We see signs of pragmatism ... in...

In this article: European Union, Russia, Europe, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, World Trade Organization, Ukraine, Climate change, and Global warming

...who broke one of the 16 world records set in two days of competition in Berlin. Those records followed the nine that were set in Stockholm earlier this week as swimmers continue to rewrite the record books before the high-performance...

In this article: Michael Phelps, Paul Biedermann, Berlin, World Cup, Darian Townsend, and Bob Bowman

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden is returning 22 skulls taken from a native Hawaiian community at a solemn ceremony at Stockholm's Museum of National Antiquities. Museum spokeswoman Ulrika Mannberg says Saturday's hand-over will be attended by...

In this article: Hawaii, Karolinska Institutet, and Sweden

Ian Henderson takes his wife back to her Stockholm roots and wonders why anyone would ever leave. Early autumn in Stockholm, blue and yellow flags in a clear, sunny sky, the harbour busy with ferries and sailboats against a backdrop of...

In this article: Tax, Michelin stars, and Dill

...has, unlike most other swimmers, decided not to compete in the high-tech bodysuit which will be banned from January 1. The Stockholm meeting is the first short course event since 2006 for Phelps, who won eight Olympic golds last year...

In this article: World Cup and Rome

"I tried to hit every wall, but I know I didn't hit my first wall right, so I'm kind of disappointed but happy overall." Phelps is entered for another two races on Wednesday in Stockholm, after which he will compete in Berlin at the weekend.

In this article: World Cup, Rome, and Berlin