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![]() Boston.com | Conservative wins Finland presidential vote Boston.com By Matti Huuhtanen AP / February 5, 2012 HELSINKI—A former finance minister won Finland's presidential election Sunday and will become the country's first conservative head of state in five decades. Sauli Niinisto took 63 percent of the votes, ... Conservative Sauli Niinisto wins Finland's presidential election Former finance minister wins Finland's presidential election; first ... Finland's former finance minister victorious in presidential election |
![]() Newsday | Finland elects a new president Newsday Click here Finland elects a new president Originally published: February 5, 2012 2:28 AM Updated: February 5, 2012 11:27 AM By The Associated Press MATTI HUUHTANEN (Associated Press) (AP) -- Voters braved record low temperatures on Sunday to choose the ... |
![]() Newsday | Conservative wins Finland presidential vote Newsday Click here Conservative wins Finland presidential vote Originally published: February 5, 2012 2:28 AM Updated: February 5, 2012 2:59 PM By The Associated Press MATTI HUUHTANEN (Associated Press) (AP) -- Conservative former finance minister Sauli ... |
![]() BBC News | Conservative Sauli Niinisto wins Finland presidency BBC News Finland's president has a largely ceremonial role, and is not directly involved in daily politics. Mr Niinisto won the first round of the election last month, but failed to secure the majority required to avoid the run-off. |
Finland, Spain, and Denmark Qualify for the Olympics Women's International Match Racing Association In the other match on the water, Finland won all three matches over the Spanish to win the event. Although in most events the Finals on the last day are the premier match to watch, in this event all eyes were on the Petit-Finals to see who would be the ... |
![]() Kansas City Star | Conservative wins Finland presidential vote Kansas City Star By MATTI HUUHTANEN AP Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, left, and Pekka Haavisto, right, arrive for a televised political debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. |
![]() esctoday.com | Finland: Aura Pineda trusts in the power of a good song esctoday.com Was it to get visibility in Finland or did you wish to get selected to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest? The fact that anybody could take part in the contest... surely none of the options were that much in our minds when we sent our ... |
Finland set to elect new president Local 10 Finland heads to the polls Sunday to elect a new leader, with a former finance minister running against the nation's first openly gay presidential candidate, according to the country's media. Both are vying to succeed Tarja Halonen, Finland's first ... |
![]() YLE News | Halonen: poverty is a problem in Finland YLE News As such, a system of social credit was needed in Finland. In her speech, President Halonen especially mentioned the Guarantee Foundation, which is using funds from this year's Common Responsibility Campaign to start a micro-loan programme for people in ... |
Conservative candidate wins Finland's presidential election with all votes counted Newsday News Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Conservative candidate wins Finland's presidential election with all votes counted ... |