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...Middle East, and that along with their barley and wheat they sowed the overwhelming dominance of their tongue throughout Europe. But as the genetic evidence now suggests, neither warriors nor farmers were able to keep their language to themselves. The Indo-European language family - from Lithuanian and Catalan to Swedish and English - spread far more successfully across Europe than the genes of its original progenitors...
...manipulates each man until she begins to lose control. She eventually meets her match when Mr. Burmeister (Michael Douglas), who may or may not be a hit man, arrives on the scene. This black comedy is directed by Harald Zwart who made his directorial debut with the 1998 Swedish film, Hamilton, but is best known for his comedic commercials for Lynx deodorant. —Yan Fang
...joint letter published last week in the Swedish daily Göteborgs-Posten, European Commission President Romano Prodi and Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson indicated a willingness to renegotiate parts of the Kyoto deal to meet U.S. objections. "It would be a tragic mistake to tear up the agreement and start over from scratch," they wrote. "We would lose time, and that would make us all losers." They also stressed that the E.U. would ratify the protocol with or without the participation of the U.S. The E.U.'s strategy - and those of the U.S. and Japan - may become...
...swears trade relations are smoother already. "This is an important piece in the puzzle of improving trans-Atlantic trade relations," said Swedish minister for trade Leif Pagrotsky, whose country holds the rotating E.U. presidency. And Lamy added that after years of butting heads with the Clinton administration, he sensed a desire under President Bush to "reduce the list of disputes rather than increase...
...ambassadors from the 15-nation European Union got more than they bargained for when they invited National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to lunch two weeks ago. The gathering, a regular ritual in Washington, was held at the Swedish ambassador's residence, and as often happens, a representative of the White House was invited. This time Rice agreed to attend--good news for the Europeans, who had something they wanted to discuss...