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		Finland’s interior is heavily forested, and its surface is a tangle of lakes, rivers, swamps, and bogs.
		Finland has an army, a navy, and an air force, but the armed forces are restricted by the Paris peace treaty of 1947 to maximum personnel of 41,900; in 2003 about 27,000 people were in the armed services.
		Finland ceded the Petsamo area in the north and was forced to lease its Porkkala Peninsula in the Gulf of Finland to the USSR.
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	Left Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Left Alliance is the name of a number of political parties around the world.
		The Leeds Left Alliance, now part of the Alliance for Green Socialism
		Left Alliance was also the name of a national student leftist organisation in Australia, a faction within the Australian National Union of Students.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Left_Alliance (126 words)

	Programme of the Left Alliance of Finland
		Though operating in Finland, the values and political demands of the Left Alliance are universal and thus extend beyond the national borders.
		The socialist left, on the other hand, supported the idea of a wider, market-guiding state, in which the most important task of government would be to guarantee the social equality of its citizens.
		In this battle, the new, Third Left - of which the Left Alliance is a genuine part - stands firmly on the side of democracy, equality and social security, against the complete freedom of the market, the right of the strongest and the permanent exclusion of people pursued by neo-liberalism.
	www.spectrezine.org /europe/FinnishLeftAlliance.htm (11166 words)

	Left Alliance (Finland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto in Finnish, Vänsterförbundet in Swedish) is a political party in Finland.
		In parliamentary elections, Left Alliance share of the vote has been close to ten per cent.
		The Left Alliance had three portfolios in the two cabinets of Paavo Lipponen (1995-2003).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Left_Alliance_(Finland) (372 words)

	Finland (09/05)
		Finland's 1995 accession to the European Union (EU) has blurred the line between foreign and domestic policy; the respective roles of the president and prime minister are evolving, and plans are under consideration to rewrite the constitution to clarify these and other issues.
		Finland and the U.S.S.R. signed a peace treaty at Paris in February 1947 limiting the size of Finland's defense forces and providing for the cession to the Soviet Union of the Petsamo area on the Arctic coast, the Karelian Isthmus in southeastern Finland, and other territory along the former eastern border.
		Finland is an active participant in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and in early 1995 assumed the co-chairmanship of the OSCE's Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3238.htm (3564 words)

	Politics of Finland
		Finland's proportional representation system encourages a multitude of political parties and has resulted in many coalition governments.
		The Leftist Alliance (LA), the SDP's rival on the left, gained 11% of the vote in 1995 and joined the SDP-led government.
		Finland's two other major parties are the Center Party (Keskusta), traditionally representing rural interests, and the Conservative National Coalition (Kokoomus), which draws its major support from the business community and urban professionals.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Politics_of_Finland.html (1332 words)

	Parliament of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Eduskunta in Finnish or the Riksdag in Swedish is the parliament of Finland.
		Finland declared its independence on December 6 1917 and in the winter of 1918 endured a tragic Finnish Civil War after which monarchists and republicans struggled the country's form of government.
		The Leftist Alliance (LA) the SDP's rival on the left 11% of the vote in 1995 and the SDP-led cabinet.
	www.freeglossary.com /Eduskunta (971 words)

	EUguides - Finland - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Finland was among the first wave of EU member states to adopt the euro and became the only Nordic EU member to adopt the Euro as the national currency.
		Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialised and related agencies.
		Finland is a member of the European Union (and held the EU Presidency in the second half of 1999).
	www.eubusiness.com /guides/finland (860 words)

	History of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden began in 1154 with the introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Eric.
		In 1809, Finland was conquered by the armies of Czar Alexander I and thereafter remained an autonomous grand duchy connected with the Russian Empire until the end of 1917.
		The Left Alliance, a combination of socialists left of the SDP and a number of former communists, maintains representation in Parliament but is not a significant factor in most policy decisions.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/finland.html (546 words)

	3left
		The First Left was inspired by the idea of equal and free citizens, who are able to arrange their personal lifes and to decide on common matters in a democratic way.
		The Second Left was 'proletarian', it was the Left of the workers' movement, of social democratic and communist parties.
		Finland, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, "experienced the most dramatic case of reduced income inequality in any industrial nation and was transformed into the most egalitarian of the Nordic countries.
	ises.abo.fi /~janderss/3left.htm (5252 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Left-wing politics
		In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word), or with opposition to right-wing politics.
		The left favors government control over economics and the redistribution of wealth, but is against social hierarchy and authority over moral behavior, strict adherence to tradition, monoculturalism, privilege for the wealthy, and other values commonly associated with the political right.
		Some critics of the left also suggest that deconstructionism is not the only Nietzschean element in contemporary leftism, pointing to older, mistaken interpretations of Nietzsche as the font of moral relativism and the "God is dead" philosophy, both of which they see as characterizing the perceived nihilism of modern leftist politics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Left-wing (2916 words)

	Encyclopedia: Social Democratic Party of Finland
		Finland is a republic with a representative democracy governed according to the principles of Parliamentarism.
		The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is one of the most influential political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the Coalition Party.
		In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-Party-of-Finland (1201 words)

	Vasemmistonuoret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Left Youth of Finland (Vasemmistonuoret) is an energetic non-governmental political youth organisation.
		The Left Youth of Finland is defined as the youth organisation of the Left Alliance party (Vasemmistoliitto).
		At the moment Left Alliance is the 4th biggest political party in Finland, the three biggest being the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party.
	www.vasemmistonuoret.fi /jarjesto/english.html (514 words)

	general elections in Finland
		Finland has suffered a severe weakening in its economy in 2001 due to the slowing of the American economy that was accentuated by the terrorist attacks on 11th September.
		Finland is divided into 15 constituencies - the number of MP's per constituency varies from 7 to 32.
		Left Alliance (VAS), successor to the Finnish Communist Party that was one of the strongest in Western Europe for many years but which is now in decline;
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande (1354 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		Finland's Centre Party and the SDP are currently head to head in the opinion polls.
		SAK activists within the Left Alliance have for years been discontent with the policy of the party, described as far too "red-green", that is, leaning towards political environmentalism.
		Left Alliance party chair Suvi-Anne Siimes has assured time and again that the party's relations with the unions were amiable and that there was room within the party for differing views.
	virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=7232&group=Politics (534 words)

	European constitution and Finnish Left - Spectrezine
		Otherwise, Finland may well land into the legal thicket of the EU and the WTO, where the billhook is wielded no longer by elected officials but by international lawyers.
		For us in the Left Alliance, this new role of the European Union is important and it must be given leeway for it to strengthen.
		We in the Left Alliance believe that drifting with the flow of a river is not a wise policy.
	www.spectrezine.org /europe/Siimes.htm (1507 words)

	Finland at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The smaller major parties are the Left Alliance, the Green League, the Swedish People's Party in Finland, and the Christian Democratic Party.
		Driving in Finland: A driver's license issued in an EU member state is valid in Finland, and application for a Finnish license is not obligatory.
		The holder of a driver's license may not drive in Finland until he or she reaches the age of 18.
	www.us.kpmg.com /microsite/tax/ies/tea/autumn2002/stories/sup05.htm (714 words)

	general elections in Finland
		We should point out that Finland already has a woman President (Tarja Halonen, elected on 6th February 2000) and the outgoing Parliament was also led by a woman.
		The two other partners in the outgoing government coalition have also suffered a drop in their electorate: the Left Alliance (VAS) won 9.9% of the vote and lost one seat, the Swedish People's Party (SFP) won 4.6% of the vote and lost three seats.
		In Finland no-one is expecting radical changes in political life since the programmes of the various parties converge on several points.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/resultats.htm (979 words)

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	Finland News
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		A large explosion crater found in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki, northern Finland, may be caused by a meteorite, said Juhani Harjunharja, chair of the Ursa astronomical association, in a statement Friday.
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	Piia-Noora Kauppi vs. Esko Seppänen — SixDegrees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		During the Cold War era, when Finlandization was still strong, NATO was seen as the monster and the media created tension between the Soviet Union and NATO.
		Finland is a remote country from the centre of the NATO, that is, from Central Europe and from the U.S., and we should not belong to such a club.
		This alliance is carrying out a revenge policy concerning our relationship with Russia, and NATO is one way to influence the development.
	www.6d.fi /face/face_05 (1110 words)

	SF - Statutes of the co-operation of the Nordic Left parties
		The Alliance is based on the fundamental socialist values of democracy, freedom and equality.
		The Alliance aims at widest possible co-operation with other progressive and democratic forces, movements and parties in Europe, as well as in the rest of the World.
		Any assets of the Alliance should at the time of the dissolution be divided among the member parties according to their financial contributions.
	www.sf.dk /index.php?article=3971 (651 words)

	Statistics Finland -
		Cohabiting was the most common for the candidates of the Green League, the Left Alliance and the Communist Party, of whom about 15 per cent cohabited.
		The annual income of the Left Alliance and Green candidates also exceeds at its best the income of voters by 35 to 50 per cent.
		This is the case for the Left Alliance in Etelä-Savo and for the Greens in Central Ostrobothnia and Uusimaa.
	www.stat.fi /til/kvaa/2000/kvaa_2000_2004-05-31_kat_002_en.html (1608 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		Aulis Ruuth, the Finnish Left Alliance party secretary, on Thursday soothed the ranks by assuring that the party's leadership had no intentions whatsoever to engage in talks to merge the party with the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
		Earlier in the week, senior trade union leaders called for a merger to end the division that has lasted since the Finland's 1918 civil war and to take on both the new Confederation of Finnish Industries as well as the centre-right in the political front.
		One of the confessed signatories of a memorandum calling for a merger is Matti Viialainen, deputy head of the Confederation of Finnish Trade Unions and a former Left Alliance party secretary.
	virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=7278&group=Politics (298 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		According to a press release from Finland's Left Alliance Tuesday, the party's vice-chairman, Risto Kalliorinne, blames tax policy for recent cuts in university and Yleisradio staff.
		He believes that recent announcements of 6,000 job losses from universities are in conflict with targets put forward by the government.
		He claims that talk of the importance of Finland's education system in relation to the country's competitiveness has lost any meaning.
	newsroom.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=9912&group=Politics (260 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		5 Left Alliance MPs gave their vote for passing the law and 9 for discarding the bill.
		Parliament also agreed to tag onto the law, but separate from it, the government recommendation that consumers' option to take a few copies for personal use be enabled through voluntary actions of the industries concerned.
		Parliament did not warm up for the proposal of Kari Uoti of the Left Alliance, who wanted government to come up with proposals for solving the problems pertaining to the bill already in the first half of 2006.
	newsroom.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=10265&group=Politics (357 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition
		Finland is preparing for a possible global outbreak of bird flu by stockpiling medicines, ordering vaccines, and drawing up scenarios and plans of action.
		Finland’s relations with NATO aroused heated arguments on Thursday evening in the last televised debate before Sunday's Presidential election.
		Incumbent Tarja Halonen, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Left Alliance, said that "bombs thrown" at Finland’s current foreign and security policy have been full of nothing.
	www.hs.fi /english (572 words)

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