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Yesterday became a black day for Swedes all around the world after the news spread that Foreign Mini...

Yesterday became a black day for Swedes all around the world after the news spread that Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had died after being stabbed while out shopping. Until then, all eyes were on Sweden's Euro referendum this weekend. The nation is in a state of shock and despair, and while the Swedish media is covering their pages with photos of Lindh, the rest of Sweden seems to have come to a standstill. As for me – a Swede in London - I feel slightly isolated from my fellow countrymen. Although the British media covered the news of her death - as the third story among the he...

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