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20070815
• Mitt Romney - Stem Cell - Politics - Legislation - Abortion - 2008 Election - US - Mass - Danish - "Romney in Stem Cell Biz, Despite Political Opposition: Campaign Insists Investments Are in Blind Trust Only." ... "Among the investments in [2008 election Republican Presidential Candidate] Mitt Romney's vast portfolio worth upward of $287 million are two companies that perform or support stem cell research." ... "The former Massachusetts governor opposes the creation of new lines of human stem cells for research and vetoed a stem cell research bill as governor. He has said it was while considering that legislation that he evolved to his current opposition to abortion." ... "Many abortion opponents also oppose embryonic stem cell research, because it is conducted on cellular lines from embryos." ... "Romney's investments are in Novo Nordisk, a Danish company, and Millipore Corp., based in Billerica, Mass. According to their Public Financial Disclosure Form released Monday, the Romneys -- Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann -- jointly own shares in Novo Nordisk, valued between $100,101 to $250,000. They also have a mutual fund investment that includes shares in Millipore, which supplies research tools and human embryonic stem cells to researchers. " (1, 2) -By Ron Claiborne -ABCNEWS.com

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20070803
• Canada - Russia - Denmark - Real Estate - Ocean - Oil - UN - Law - "Ottawa assails Moscow's Arctic ambition: 'You can't go around the world these days dropping a flag somewhere,' MacKay says. 'This isn't the 14th or 15th century'." ... "[Canada's] Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to defend his country's sovereignty over its northernmost territories yesterday after Moscow [Russia's capital] sent two submarines deep under the North Pole ice to plant a flag on the ocean floor." ... "The two deep-diving Mir mini-submarines were sent on their sub-Arctic expedition to bolster Russian claims to much of the area's oil and mineral wealth." ... "They dropped a titanium capsule containing the nation's flag on the bottom, symbolically claiming almost half of the planet's northern polar region for Moscow." ... "The Russians, meanwhile, are not the only ones eyeing the Arctic seabed." ... "The Danish government, which also has extensive Arctic claims because of its sovereignty over Greenland, scoffed at Russia's planting of the titanium flag capsule on the seabed." ... "Like Canada, Denmark is preparing its claim to the region around the pole under the UN Law of the Sea Convention." -By Gloria Galloway and Alan Freeman -GlobeAndMail 

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20050511
• - Denmark - Netherlands - Transportation -  - "A.P. Moeller to Buy P&O Nedlloyd for EU2.3 Billion (Update8)." ... "A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world's biggest container-shipping company, agreed to buy Royal P&O Nedlloyd NV for 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion) after a four-year surge in freight rates led to record backlogs at shipyards, delaying deliveries of new vessels." ... "Maersk Sealand, a unit of [Denmark] Copenhagen-based A.P. Moeller, plans to bid 57 euros a share in cash for [Netherlands] Rotterdam-based P&O Nedlloyd, the world's fourth-biggest container line, the companies said today." ... "The combined company would have 17 percent, according to London-based shipbroker Braemar Seascope Group Plc." -By Petter Narvestad -Bloomberg 

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• - Denmark - Netherlands - Transportation -  - "A $3B shipping merger in the works: Dutch shipping company Nedlloyd says it supports bid from Danish rival Maersk." ... "Danish shipping company A.P. Moeller-Maersk will offer 2.3 billion ($3.0 billion) in cash to acquire Dutch rival P&O Nedlloyd, adding ships to solidify its leadership of the industry." ... "Maersk commands a market share of over 12 percent of global container traffic with almost 400 ships, but its share fell slightly last year as it did not have enough vessels. P&O Nedlloyd has 156 ships." -Reuters via -CNN

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20040420
• -  -  -  -  -  -  - "Powell urges coalition leaders to keep troops in Iraq." ... "Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq remains strong despite decisions by Spain and Honduras to pull out their troops. Later, the Dominican Republic announced that it also would withdraw its troops." ... "Powell told reporters that leaders of 13 coalition countries with whom he spoke by telephone Monday and Tuesday "all expressed steadfast support" for their respective troop commitments." ... "Among the leaders Powell spoke with was Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai." ... "In addition to Surakiart, Powell spoke with leaders of El Salvador, Dominica, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria, Holland, Romania, the Philippines and Ukraine." -By George Gedda -AP via -SFGate.com

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20040415
• - "Danish furore over Iraq secrets: Denmark is to declassify intelligence assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction after newspaper leaks led to criminal charges against three men.'Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the publication of classified material had given rise to doubts about the government's credibility." ... "An intelligence officer had told two journalists that the government knew Iraq was unlikely to have the weapons." ... "His claims contradicted Mr Fogh Rasmussen's stance on the issue." ... "The prime minister supported the US-led invasion and told parliament that he was convinced Iraq was in possession of such weapons." ... "Former intelligence officer Major Frank Soeholm Grevil has been charged with breaching the official information act and the two journalists, Jesper Larsen and Michael Bjerre, are charged with exploiting information emerging from a crime." -BBC/News

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20030318
• -  -  - - "State Department Noon Briefing Transcript [List of the 30 Nations Supporting US Disarmament of Iraq]." ... "BRIEFER:  Richard Boucher, Spokesman." ... "MR. BOUCHER: There are 30 countries who have agreed to be part of the coalition for the immediate disarmament of Iraq. I'd have to say these are countries that we have gone to and said, "Do you want to be listed?" and they have said, "Yes."" ... "They are: Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan." ... "In addition to these countries, there are actually another 15 or so that we know of, probably more than 15, that are cooperating with us in -- and the coalition, or perhaps offering defensive assets in the event that Saddam resorts to the use of weapons of mass destruction." -Washington File -State.gov 

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20030131
• -  -  - "9 European nations line up with U.S. in pledge on Iraq." ... "Assuming a somewhat frayed mantle as global diplomat, Prime Minister Tony Blair flew to the United States on Thursday night to meet President George W. Bush, bearing an unusual pledge of support for Washington against Baghdad from nine European leaders but leaving behind a continent ever more divided over the need for war in Iraq." ... "Significantly, the letter's expressions of ringing support for the United States fell short of explicit backing for Washington's threat of a go-it-alone war with what it terms a "coalition of the willing" if other nations continue to oppose it." ... "The signatories included both established European Union members -Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Denmark - along with four countries set to join the Union next year - Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland." -By Alan Cowell  -NYTimes via  -IHT.com 

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20020612
• OPINION - "Deep Linking Danish Lawsuit - ''license to link?''" from the Get-A-Clue. dept.  -By Hermit !-| -Posted 1st @ LISNews.com

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