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Pirates Hold Oil Tanker Crew Hostage Off West Africa
The pirates abandoned the vessel but kidnapped some of the crew members.
March 31, 2023
A large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany have triggered concerns about possible sabotage.
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Leaks On Russian Gas Pipelines Raise Concerns About Sabotage
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September 27, 2022
In this Oct. 21, 2020 file photo, minks that have been culled, at a farm in Farre in the southern part of Jutland, Denmark. Denmark’s prime minister says the government wants to cull all 15 million minks in Danish farms, to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans. She said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, a report from a government agency that maps the coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the country who got infected by minks.
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Lockdown Over Mutated Virus in Danish Mink Farms
More than a quarter million people went into lockdown Friday.
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April 24, 2019
Workers erect a fence along the Denmark Germany border. Denmark has begun erecting a fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever.
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Border Fence to Stop Swine Fever
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In this Thursday, April 25, 2013 file photo, Norwegian war hero and resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg holds a Union flag as he walks in a park near the Palace of Westminster, after receiving the Union Jack Medal for his efforts and cooperation with the British during the second World War. Norway's leader says World War II saboteur Roenneberg has died at 99, it was reported on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. In 1943, Roenneberg headed the four-man team that blew up a plant producing heavy water, which Nazi Germany could have used to produce nuclear weapons.
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Hero Who Blew up Nazi Plant Dies at 99
He was tapped to destroy key parts of a heavily guarded plant.
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This April 30, 2008 file photo shows a submarine and its owner Peter Madsen. Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, who was found guilty of the torture, sexual assault, murder and dismemberment of a Swedish reporter, appeared before an appeals court Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, to fight against his life sentence.
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Inventor Convicted of Murder Appeals Sentence
Peter Madsen lured journalist Kim Wall onto his home-made submarine with the promise of an interview.
September 5, 2018
Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk says it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice. Janina von Spalding, spokeswoman for the world's biggest shipping company, said Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, the new ice class container vessel would embark on 'a one-off trial designed to explore an unknown route for container shipping.'
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World's Biggest Shipping Firm to Test Arctic Route
The company will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
August 23, 2018
The Wednesday, March 7, 2018 photo shows the submarine UC3 Nautilus of Danish inventor Peter Madsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Madsen goes on trial Thursday, March 8, for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine.
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Inventor Testifies at Submarine Murder Trial
The maker is an intelligent man 'with psychopathic tendencies.'
March 8, 2018
In this April 30, 2008 file photo, submarine owner Peter Madsen stands inside the vessel. A Danish prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018 that inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, saying he either cut her throat or strangled her. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Tuesday the case is 'very unusual and extremely gross.'
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Inventor Charged in Submarine Murder
The case is 'very unusual and extremely disturbing.'
January 16, 2018
In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo of A.P. Moller-Maersk's oil rig in the North Sea named Halfdan. Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk said Friday it will invest 21 billion kroner ($3.4 billion) together with British-Dutch oil producer Shell, among others, to redevelop and extend the production life cycle of Denmark's largest gas field in the North Sea. Maersk, whose oil company is being taken over by France's Total, said the investment will extend production at the Tyra field, which was slated to close this year, for at least 25 years.
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Maersk, Partners to Invest $3.4B in North Sea Gas
The investment will extend production at the Tyra field, which was slated to close this year, for at least 25 years.
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In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016 file photo, an employee sorts Legos in the the new LEGO flagship store unveiled as part of the new Les Halles shopping mall during the press visit in Paris. Danish toy maker Lego said Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, it will cut 1,400 jobs, or about eight percent of its global workforce, after reporting a decline in sales and profits in the first half of 2017.
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Lego Cuts 1,400 Jobs
The company reported a rare decline in sales and profits in the first half of 2017.
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 photo, a private submarine sits on a pier in Copenhagen harbor, Denmark. Danish police say a DNA test from a headless torso found in the Baltic Sea matches with missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on the private submarine.
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Missing Journalist's Body Found
She was last seen on a Danish inventor's submarine.
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