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Top UCPH scientist: Rio summit not a failure

The Rio +20 Earth Summit was not a total failure, according to professor and leader of UCPH's Sustainability Science Center Katherine Richardson. She talked to the University Post about the future of sustainability and how scientists can compete with lobbyists

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Kivimäki offers more details on Russia connection

Professor Timo Kivimäki will not appeal a sentence due to costs, he says. It is not because he accepts the court's verdict. Information proffered to Russian diplomats includes material about Iraq, he writes

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President Hu Jintao wanted new furniture

State visit from China has politicians and businessmen enthused, and hotels making special arrangements

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S-train and bus fares to be cut

Politicians present deal that makes it 20 per cent cheaper to travel by train, bus and metro, with youths and students benefiting the most

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Bishops come up with wedding ritual for gays

Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Manu Sareen has welcomed bishops’ new marriage liturgy for homosexuals

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Big visit excites Chinese PhDs and students

If you had five minutes to 'talk Denmark' with Chinese President Hu Jintao, what would you say? The University Post has the reactions from Chinese PhDs and students on the eve of a presidential visit next week

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City Hall: Legalise cannabis now

Copenhagen politicians have renewed their call for cannabis to be legalised

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Expert: Danish decision on euro soccer is OK

A decision by the Danish Prime Minister to send a representative to Ukraine for the soccer championships despite a boycott by other nations is justified. So says a Copenhagen political scientist who is an expert on coercive diplomacy

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See Finnish professor defend himself

Timo Kivimäki re-states claim of innocence to Danish TV2 News after verdict Thursday: The court has entered the paranoid world of the intelligence community, where everybody is a terrorist or a spy, he says

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Spy professor given five months jail

Finnish professor Timo Kivimäki found guilty at court after secret proceedings: Five months prison

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