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| UpdatedThe Danish inventor charged with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall claims she died after being accidentally hit by a heavy hatch on board his home-made submarine, but doesn't offer an explanation as to how she ended up being dismembered.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, denmark, sweden
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Danish police are seeking an additional charge of abuse of a corpse in the case of Danish inventor Peter Madsen, accused of killing Swedish reporter Kim Wall on board his submarine.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, denmark
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| UpdatedDanish police move towards filing a formal murder charge against Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, after revealing the headless body of journalist Kim Wall was weighed down with metal before being dumped at sea.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, journalism, denmark
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Queensland's Police Commissioner apologises to "anyone who was at Jade Buddha" after officers breached the state's new liquor laws to allow Prince Frederik of Denmark into the Brisbane bar without having his ID scanned.
Topics: parliament, royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, regulation, state-parliament, parliament, brisbane-4000, qld, denmark
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| UpdatedPolice confirm a headless female torso found on a Copenhagen shoreline belonged to missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel's Danish inventor.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, denmark, sweden
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| UpdatedQueensland's Police Commissioner apologises to "anyone who was at Jade Buddha" after officers breached the state's new liquor laws to allow Prince Frederik of Denmark into the Brisbane bar without having his ID scanned.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, regulation, state-parliament, parliament, brisbane-4000, qld, denmark
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| UpdatedDanish police say the size of a headless female torso found on the shoreline in Copenhagen suggests it could be that of a Swedish journalist who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel's Danish inventor.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, journalism, police, denmark, sweden
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| UpdatedReports that Crown Prince Frederik was turned away from Brisbane nightclub Jade Buddha on Friday night are "not correct", Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart says.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, people, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, laws, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, denmark
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| UpdatedThe headless body of a woman has been found in the Baltic Sea near where a missing Swedish journalist is believed to have died on a privately built submarine, Danish police say.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, journalism, denmark, sweden
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| UpdatedA Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his homemade submarine tells a court she died in an accident on board and he buried her at sea, police say.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, journalism, denmark, sweden
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Kasper Krough, the national editor for the Danish newspaper Berlingske.
Topics: crime, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, denmark
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| UpdatedDanish inventor Peter Madsen is facing a manslaughter charge after a Swedish journalist went missing after joining him for a trip on a submarine he built himself.
Topics: engineering, offbeat, human-interest, space-exploration, journalism, murder-and-manslaughter, denmark
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Danish police examine submarine as part of murder investigation.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, denmark
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| UpdatedDanish police say there are indications inventor Peter Madsen deliberately sank his submarine in the incident that saw him arrested over the disappearance of a Swedish journalist.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, journalism, denmark
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| UpdatedDenmark's Prince Henrik — the father-in-law of Crown Princess Mary — says he doesn't want to be buried next to his wife the Queen because he is unhappy he was never acknowledged as king.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, denmark, european-union
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A team of homeschooled students will this week travel overseas, most of them for the first time, to compete in an international Lego robotics competition in Denmark.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, education, science-and-technology, children, human-interest, sydney-2000, denmark, gosford-2250
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| UpdatedHow do we make housing more affordable? What are other countries trying - and what bright ideas might we pinch from them?
Topics: population-and-demographics, urban-development-and-planning, denmark, japan, spain, england, united-states
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| UpdatedFootball fans are often described as pests, but Brondby fans took it to a new level by throwing rats at opposing players during the Danish Superliga's Copenhagen derby.
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A Denmark hospital shares a photograph of a 75-year-old patient enjoying his final wish of a cigarette and a glass of wine while watching the sunset.
Topics: death, health, human-interest, denmark
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| UpdatedLand of Mine, a Danish war film that veers into thriller territory, leaves a deep impression with its mix of tension and tragedy.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, film, art-house, denmark
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Metallica's intense lead singer James Hetfield and theatrical drummer Lars Ulrich may take their eternal rivalry to the pinnacle in Copenhagen, with an outrageous proposition to swap roles for one show.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, denmark