‘Drunkoreoxia’ on the rise in Sweden
Young Swedes are increasingly starving themselves by day so they can binge drink by night, in a phenomenon dubbed “drunkorexia”, experts say.
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Underclass-safari post branded cheap
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Wheelchair thieves make surprise getaway on foot
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Migration Board employee: “Your baby looks like Saddam”
A man working at the Swedish Migration Board is to face disciplinary action after telling an Iraqi couple that their baby looks like Saddam Hussein.