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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

US planes violate Finnish airspace

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 16:01
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This marks the second encroachment of the year following an incursion by a Russian aircraft in June, says the Defence

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Heather Stewart, with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, shows a sample of Richardson's Pond Weed, during a survey the weeds in Lake Hood Float Plane Base on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The weed is native species often mistaken for the invasive species Elodea that has been found in a small area of Lake Hood. (Bob Hallinen/Alaska Dispatch News)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska: Invasive plant found in floatplane lake

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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A tenacious, invasive aquatic plant is now growing in what might be the worst place in Alaska – the floatplane

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General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Searchers return to Alaska glacier to recover remains from 1952 military plane crash

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 18:39 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 18:27
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A team of military searchers, anthropologists and mountaineers is once again trying to turn back the clock on the crash of

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(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska senate passes bill to end daylight saving time

APRN
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 15:41 — Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2015 at 20:37
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The Alaska State Senate has passed a bill that would eliminate daylight saving time. Fighting over Alaska’s clocks has been

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(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska bill moves to dump daylight savings time

APRN
Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Friday, March 6, 2015 at 20:34
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Time is a social construct. Its movement is the subject of perennial debate in science, and some physicists have gone

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CEO of Norwegian Airshuttle, Bjørn Kjos, says the issue will be solved within 24 hours if Norway refuses Russian airliners, like Transaero, to overfly Norway's airspace. This photo from Moscow Domodedovo airport. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway Special Features 

Norwegian flies into aviation dispute with Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 13, 2015 at 16:52 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 13:15
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CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Bjørn Kjos, says Russian airliners should be denied to overfly Norwegian territory. His Dreamliner is

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General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Aviation company inspiring new attitudes with altitude in rural Alaska

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 18:02 — Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 22:12
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A small helicopter company is hoping to expand its fledgling program designed to inspire Alaska village students into pursuing careers

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(iStock)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s air traffic control directed civilian planes to evade Russian military aircraft

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 20:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 18:57
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On Wednesday, Finnish air traffic control spotted Russian military planes flying with their transponders switched off. Civilian aircraft were directed

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This is a Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo provided by Britain's Royal Air Force of a Russian military long range bomber aircraft photographed by an intercepting RAF quick reaction Typhoon (QRA) as it flies in international airspace. (Royal AIr Force/AP)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden and Denmark protest to Russia

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 18:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 18:57
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The foreign ministers of Sweden and Denmark are calling in the Russian ambassadors to Stockholm and Copenhagen, over a reported

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(iStock)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska: Series of missteps led to fatal crash of ACE flight 51

Colleen Mondor, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 17:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 17:44
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The National Transportation Safety Board amassed a file of more than 300 pages of documents while investigating the fatal March

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Has Finland been kow-towing to Russia in its foreign policy decisions?(iStock)
Finland Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland to step up air surveillance after Russia violates airspace for third time in a week

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 12:52 — Last Updated: Friday, August 29, 2014 at 21:43
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Yle, Finland’s public broadcaster, has learned that yet another Russian aircraft has strayed into Finnish airspace. In the latest incident,

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(Yle Uutisgrafiikka)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian aircraft suspected of Finland airspace breach – again

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 20:40
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Finland’s Defence Ministry says a Russian government airplane is suspected of briefly violating Finnish airspace Monday afternoon at about 2.30

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Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Swedish passengers suing Norwegian over delayed flights

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 14:27
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After a series of flight delays, Swedish passengers claim SEK millions from Norwegian airlines, according to newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The

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Four JAS 39 Gripen jet fighters perform during the Day of the Airforce in Linkoping, Sweden on June 13, 2010. (AFP)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Swedish jets aloft as Russians increase Baltic presence

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 09:27
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It is becoming more and more common that Swedish fighter jets have to fly out to identify Russian military planes,

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Colony Glacier, emptying into Lake George, is the site of a salvage operation underway by the Air Force. They are recovering the remains of a C-124 airplane that crashed in 1952. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

IDs made in 1952 Alaska plane crash

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 10:57
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Recent news that the remains of some of the service members who perished in a 1952 military plane crash in

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