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Train bomb scare was false alarm
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Train bomb scare was false alarm

Police found no dangerous objects when searching two trains that ground to a halt on Thursday after receiving bomb threats, causing travel chaos for commuters in both Gothenburg and Stockholm.

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Sweden Democrats defend Islam comment
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Sweden Democrats defend Islam comment

UPDATED: A spokesman for the Sweden Democrats has told The Local that "it is not a serious matter" that a senior party member wrote "the religion of peace shows its face" on his Facebook page directly after the fatal Paris shootings.
Sweden Democrat: Pay migrants to leave
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Sweden Democrat: Pay migrants to leave

The party secretary of the Sweden Democrats has suggested that migrants should be given a cash incentive to leave Sweden and suggested that minority groups needed to "assimilate" more to be considered true Swedes.

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'You won't get rid of me': Almqvist
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'You won't get rid of me': Almqvist

Erik Almqvist has quit parliament and given up his Sweden Democrat party membership, but now the party plans to hire him as a consultant for its new multi-media project.
Erik Almqvist quits parliament
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Erik Almqvist quits parliament

Erik Almqvist, the shamed Sweden Democrat who resigned from his post as the party's economic policy spokesman in November, is giving up his seat in parliament and his party membership.
'Hot' nurse ad slammed by 'wrinkly' limping man
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'Hot' nurse ad slammed by 'wrinkly' limping man

The Swedish hospital that advertised for “hot” nurses has been forced to apologize after an international media frenzy and an official discrimination complaint from a 64-year-old man who claimed he was rejected because he was “too wrinkly” and has a "slight limp".