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Air pollution isn't just harmful — it's expensive, resulting in health care and environmental costs of more than euro100 billion ($130 billion) in 2009, the European Union's environment agency said Thursday.
A Somali man who was believed to have been kidnapped with two other aid workers in northern Somalia is in police custody, the trio's Danish employer said Wednesday.
Residents of Copenhagen's freewheeling neighborhood Christiania raised more than 1 million Danish kroner ($180,900) during their first day of fundraising to save the hippie haven, they said Tuesday.
Tony Martin of Germany won the time trial at the road cycling world championship Wednesday, beating Bradley Wiggins of Britain and Fabian Cancellera of Switzerland.
The left-leaning leader who is slated to become Denmark's first female prime minister was once derided within her own ranks as "Gucci Helle" because of her taste for designer clothes and accessories.
When Helle Thorning-Schmidt took control of the Social Democratic Party in 2005, some called her "Gucci Helle," mocking her taste for designer clothes and accessories.
One of Europe's most influential anti-immigration parties could lose its leverage in Danish politics in next week's election.
A Danish drug maker moved Friday to curb the increasing use of one of its sedatives in U.S. executions by requiring distributors to sign an agreement that they won't sell it for that purpose. The change represents yet another obstacle for states that have struggled recently to revamp their lethal injections.
Denmark on Tuesday started a controversial plan to boost customs checks on its borders, deploying 50 additional customs officers at crossings with Germany and Sweden.
Denmark on Wednesday joined an increasing number of European countries seeking tighter border controls, saying it will install permanent stations along its frontiers to curb crime and illegal immigration.
Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield stopped Denmark's Brian Nielsen on a technical knockout in the 10th round Saturday night.
Aston Villa provided the offense, with club teammates Darren Bent and Ashley Young scoring Wednesday night to give England a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Denmark and its first win in Scandanavia since 1992.
He lives under round-the-clock protection and travels in an armored SUV. Bodyguards are posted in a shack outside his home, which is equipped with a panic room that saved him from an ax-wielding intruder.
Police in Denmark's capital were ordered Thursday to pay financial compensation to protesters at last year's climate summit in Copenhagen because many were held for hours with little access to water or toilets.
Former Greenland premier Jonathan Motzfeldt, who spearheaded a drive for more self-rule and opposed U.S. bases on the semi-autonomous Danish territory, has died, the local government said. He was 72.
Denmark's foreign minister met Wednesday with ambassadors from 17 Muslim countries in a move to avoid tensions ahead of the five-year anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons.
A one-legged Chechen boxer injured in an explosion at a Copenhagen hotel was preparing a letter bomb, likely intended for a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, police said Friday.
Greenpeace forced a Scottish company to stop drilling off Greenland on Tuesday by having four activists climb onto an oil rig.
Super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler pulled out of the Super Six World Boxing Classic because of an eye injury Wednesday, which could cause the round-robin tournament to move straight to seeded semifinal matches.
Scotland's Cairn Energy PLC said Tuesday it found gas off the west coast of Greenland, a discovery that environmental group Greenpeace warned could lead to a damaging rush for hydrocarbons in "vulnerable" Arctic waters.
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and caused outrage in the Muslim world, said Monday he is quitting because he is getting old.
Danish container shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has sold its British supermarket chain Netto to Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda Stores Ltd. for 778 million pounds ($1.1 billion), it said Thursday.
Danish container shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said Wednesday it returned to a profit in the first quarter thanks mainly to higher oil prices and increasing freight rates.
Injured goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen was included by Denmark coach Morten Olsen in his 30-man preliminary World Cup roster.
A Danish newspaper on Friday apologized for offending Muslims by reprinting a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban, rekindling heated debate about the limits of freedom of speech.
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