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A solar eclipse provides a spectacular sight for some across northern Europe and in remote Arctic islands, though many were left disappointed with cloudy skies blocking views.
Topics: phenomena, astronomy-space, united-kingdom, faroe-islands
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The Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard discourage last-minute visitors for a rare solar eclipse next week, warning that hotels are full, it will be freezing cold and polar bears are on the prowl.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, travel-and-tourism, norway, faroe-islands, denmark
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See how the world's population has grown through the centuries.
Topics: population-and-demographics, afghanistan, albania, algeria, american-samoa, andorra, angola, anguilla, antarctica, antigua-and-barbuda, argentina, armenia, aruba, asia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, bahamas, bahrain, bangladesh, barbados, belarus, belgium, belize, benin, bermuda, bhutan, bolivia, bosnia-and-herzegovina, botswana, bouvet-island, brazil, british-indian-ocean-territory, brunei-darussalam, bulgaria, burkina-faso, burma, burundi, cambodia, cameroon, canada, cape-verde, cayman-islands, central-african-republic, chad, chile, easter-island, china, christmas-island, cocos-keeling-islands, colombia, comoros, congo, congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the, cook-islands, costa-rica, croatia, cuba, cyprus, czech-republic, denmark, djibouti, dominica, dominican-republic, east-timor, ecuador, egypt, el-salvador, equatorial-guinea, eritrea, estonia, ethiopia, european-union, falkland-islands-malvinas, faroe-islands, fiji, finland, france, french-guiana, french-polynesia, french-southern-territories, gabon, gambia, georgia, germany, ghana, gibraltar, greece, greenland, grenada, guadeloupe, guam, guatemala, guinea, guinea-bissau, guyana, haiti, heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands, holy-see-vatican-city-state, honduras, hong-kong, hungary, iceland, india, jammu-and-kashmir, indonesia, aceh, bali, java, kalimantan, lombok, maluku, papua, sulawesi, sumatra, west-timor, iran-islamic-republic-of, iraq, kurdistan, ireland, israel, italy, ivory-coast, jamaica, japan, jordan, kazakhstan, kenya, kiribati, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, kuwait, kyrgyzstan, lao-people-s-democratic-republic, latvia, lebanon, lesotho, liberia, libyan-arab-jamahiriya, liechtenstein, lithuania, luxembourg, macao, macedonia-the-former-yugoslav-republic-of, madagascar, malawi, malaysia, maldives, mali, malta, marshall-islands, martinique, mauritania, mauritius, mayotte, mexico, micronesia-federated-states-of, moldova-republic-of, monaco, mongolia, montserrat, morocco, mozambique, namibia, nauru, nepal, netherlands, netherlands-antilles, new-caledonia, new-zealand, nicaragua, niger, nigeria, niue, norfolk-island, northern-mariana-islands, norway, oman, pacific, pakistan, palau, palestinian-territory-occupied, panama, papua-new-guinea, bougainville, paraguay, peru, philippines, pitcairn, poland, portugal, puerto-rico, qatar, reunion, romania, russian-federation, chechnya, rwanda, saint-helena, saint-kitts-and-nevis, saint-lucia, saint-pierre-and-miquelon, saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines, samoa, san-marino, sao-tome-and-principe, saudi-arabia, senegal, seychelles, sierra-leone, singapore, slovakia, slovenia, solomon-islands, guadalcanal, malaita, somalia, south-africa, south-georgia-and-the-south-sandwich-islands, spain, sri-lanka, sudan, suriname, svalbard-and-jan-mayen, swaziland, sweden, switzerland, syrian-arab-republic, taiwan, tajikistan, tanzania-united-republic-of, thailand, togo, tokelau, tonga, torres-strait-islands, trinidad-and-tobago, tunisia, turkey, turkmenistan, turks-and-caicos-islands, tuvalu, uganda, ukraine, united-arab-emirates, united-kingdom, england, northern-ireland, scotland, wales, united-states, hawaii, united-states-minor-outlying-islands, uruguay, uzbekistan, vanuatu, venezuela, vietnam, virgin-islands-british, virgin-islands-us, wallis-and-futuna, western-sahara, yemen, yugoslavia, kosovo, montenegro, serbia, zambia, zimbabwe
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France squeezed a 1-0 victory out of an unconvincing performance in this morning's World Cup qualifier in the Faroe Islands while Germany laboured to a 2-0 win in Azerbaijan.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, sport, soccer, france, azerbaijan, faroe-islands, germany
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| UpdatedResidents of Hvalvik in the Faroe Islands catch pilot whales to slaughter them, May 23, 2009.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environment, faroe-islands
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Iceland is resuming whale meat exports after a gap of more than 15 years, despite objections from environmentalists that the shipments undermine a global trade ban.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, world-politics, iceland, faroe-islands
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| UpdatedThree days after a 1-0 home defeat against Belgium, the Netherlands disappointed again by failing to impress in a 3-0 victory over the Faroe Islands in a Euro 2004 warm-up match in Lausanne.
Topics: euro, switzerland, faroe-islands, netherlands
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| UpdatedMichael Owen celebrated his 50th appearance for England by leading from the front, scoring twice in a come from behind 2-1 victory over Slovakia in their Euro 2004 qualifier on Wednesday.
Topics: euro, england, faroe-islands, spain, northern-ireland