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	Paavo Lipponen
		Paavo Tapio Lipponen (born April 23, 1941) leader of the Finnish Social Democratic Party[?] was Finnish prime minister from 1995 to 2003.
		Born in Turtola (subsequently renamed Pello[?]), Paavo Lipponen spent his childhood and youth in Kuopio[?].
		Lipponen was elected as the leader of the Finnish Social Democratic Party in 1993, and he led the party to victories in the parliamentary elections of 1995 and 1999.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paavo_Lipponen.html (203 words)

	Paavo Lipponen at AllExperts
		Lipponen was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983–1987 and also since 1991.
		Lipponen was elected chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party in 1993, and he led the party to victories in the parliamentary elections of 1995 and 1999.
		Lipponen was succeeded as the party chairman by Eero HeinÃ¤luoma in 2005.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pa/paavo_lipponen.htm (324 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: Prime Minister Lipponen: Turkey not ready for EU membership talks
		Lipponen has also expressed concern about what he sees as a widespread perception in Europe that the United States is acting in an excessively unilateral manner in the Iraq crisis.
		At a press conference held in Parliament on Wednesday Lipponen said that during their meeting in Washington, President Bush had emphasised that the US is working together with other UN countries to find a solution to the Iraq crisis, and that the Americans are serious.
		Lipponen said that it became clear in the discussions that future action would be decided at the UN Security Council.
	www.turks.us /article~story~20021212081613976~mode~print.htm (820 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Russian gas to be carried to Europe through Finnish territorial waters
		Lipponen said that his talks with Prime Minister Kasyanov also included the Russian oil terminal at Primorsk on the Gulf of Finland which is now under construction, and which is scheduled for completion in December this year.
		Lipponen said that international cooperation is needed so that agreement could be reached in the coming spring that only double-hulled tankers would be allowed into the Gulf of Finland.
		Lipponen envisioned the same kinds of strict safety rules for the Gulf of Finland as the ones that are in force in the Straits of Denmark and the English Channel.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte10840.htm (776 words)

	THE WORLD ACCORDING TO LARKO: Anybody but Lipponen
		Paavo Lipponen has not kept it secret that he is very much interested in these top EU assignments.
		Paavo Lipponen was the prime minister of Finland for eight consecutive years.
		Democracy was not the way Lipponen wanted to take decisions, so the executive committee on his demand decided to over rule the decision of the congress allthough the congress is supposed to be the supreme organ of the oragnisation.
	koti.kontu.la /mlarkovirta/world/europresident.htm (823 words)

	Somaliland.Org - Guddoomiye Cabdiraxman Cirro Oo La Kulmay Dhigiisa Baarlamaanka Finland Mr. Paavo Lipponen
		Ugu dambayntii wuxuu Guddoomiye Cabdiraxman ugu hambalyeeyey Paavo Lipponen iyo dalka Finlandba boqol-guurada baarlamaanka Finland oo sanadkan 2006 ku beegan isaga oo tilmaamay in aanay ilaawin baarlamaanada cusub sida ka Somaliland.
		Paavo Lipponen oo ku bilaabay hambalyo isaga oo yidhi, "aad ayaan marka hore kuugu hambalyaynayaa xilkan cusub ee aad qabatay aadna waan ugu farxay markaan maqlay".
		Paavo Lipponen oo ka tirsan xisbiga Finnish Social Democrat (SDP) waa siyaasiyiinta ugu awoodda badan dalkan Finland waxaana uu Raisal Wasaare ka ahaa dalkan Finland muddo sideed (8) sanadood ah.
	www.somaliland.org /arcns.asp?ID=06032405 (695 words)

	The New Anatolian - Lipponen: French proposal is unfair
		Lipponen, in an interview with The New Anatolian yesterday, described the French bill that would make it a crime to question the Armenian genocide claims as "unfair." Lipponen said he would contact the French socialist group and urge them not to back the controversial bill that could have serious negative impacts for Turkey and Europe.
		Lipponen and other members of the group urged Turkey to speed up the reform process and its implementation and be flexible on the EU's compromise formula on Cyprus during their meetings with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Justice Minister Cemil Cicek.
		Paavo Lipponen, in an interview with TNA, stressed that Turkey should remain calm despite such incidents and continue to work on reforms and efforts for Cyprus solution, first in the interests of the Turkish people and then to strengthen the hands of those in Europe who support Turkey's EU membership.
	www.thenewanatolian.com /tna-16208.html (812 words)

	Paavo Lipponen resigns as Social Democratic Party Leader, Außenstelle London, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
		Finland’s Speaker of Parliament Paavo Lipponen has announced that he would withdraw from the leadership of the Social Democratic Party after holding the post as SDP chairman for 12 years.
		Lipponen made his announcement at a meeting of the Social Democratic Party Council in Helsinki on Wednesday 9th of March in the morning saying that he would stay as party leader until the SDP Congress in Jyväskylä in June.
		In his speech, Lipponen touched upon foreign policy, saying that practically speaking, a consensus on the issue prevails in Finland.
	www.kas.de /proj/home/home/28/1/webseite_id-2210/index.html (336 words)

	HS Home 13.1.2004 - FROM LIPPONEN TO VANHANEN (I): Signs of a Finnish power vacuum?
		Then again, Lipponen did have plenty of time in which to embed himself in the public consciousness - he was Prime Minister for two successive full terms, a longer uninterrupted reign than any of his predecessors had managed.
		Paavo Lipponen was the first Prime Ministerwho was able to benefit from the amendments made to the Constitution, which not only stripped the President of executive power in determining foreign policy but also gave the reins of EU policy-making to the PM.
		During Lipponen's time at the helm, Finland joined EMU, and Lipponen was also one of those behind the idea of the EU Convention, which set about preparing a constitution for the soon-to-be-enlarged Union.
	www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20040113IE4 (1322 words)

	PM - Finland's bleak nuclear future could be ours
		Paavo Lipponen is the current speaker of the Finnish Parliament, and a former Prime Minister.
		PAAVO LIPPONEN: The problem has not at all been in the reactor technology or anything connected directly with that.
		PAAVO LIPPONEN: Because the mix of the concrete was not up to the level, up to the standards.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2006/s1799603.htm (772 words)

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	general elections in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		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.
		Simultaneously Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen re-iterated the country's policy of non-alignment and reminded the world what he had promised to Russian president Vladimir Putin; that Finland would remain neutral officially for at least two more years.
		Paavo Lipponen's government is attacked regularly for its employment policy.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/default.htm (1354 words)

	Finnish media coverage, March 20-21 2001
		Lipponen stated that Bellona is important for Norway as well as for Finland.
		Lipponen explained that he did not mean to say that Bellona is a terrorist organisation.
		MP Susanna Rahkonen, chairman of the recently founded Attac organisation, is of the opinion that Lipponen did have a point in his statement although the use of word "terrorism" and the timing were obviously inappropriate.
	193.71.199.52 /en/international/russia/envirorights/19974.html (1221 words)

	Lipponen Paavo Tapio - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lipponen Paavo Tapio - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Popular discontent with the situation and with cuts in the welfare system led to the election, in February 1994, of Social Democratic candidate...
		Nurmi, Paavo Johannes (1897-1973), Finnish middle- and long-distance runner, the world’s finest track athlete of the 1920s.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Lipponen_Paavo_Tapio.html (86 words)

	CER \| Finnish PM Paavo Lipponen Outlines Future Shape of EU in Gothenburg, Sweden
		Lipponen said that he spoke for strong institutions and, above all, for the position of the Commission.
		According to Lipponen, it is also in Finland's and Sweden's interests to participate actively in the construction of the future Union.
		Lipponen stated that the MPs chosen by the people should be responsibile for making a decision when it comes to nuclear energy, pointing out that it would be the same as holding a referendum on the use of fossil fuels.
	www.ce-review.org /00/41/finlandnews41.html (1039 words)

	Finnish PM Lipponen arrives in Athens on Sunday
		Lipponen is waiting with interest to be briefed by his Greek interlocutors on developments in the Balkan and eastern Mediterranean regions, Cyprus and the course of Turkey's relations with the EU.
		Lipponen believes that Greece and Finland have a leading role to play in the creation of a European gas network with the former utilizing energy sources of the Caucasus region and the latter those of Russia.
		Lipponen said that the ultimate target is for the Helsinki summit in December 1999 to constitute a milestone for the EU of the new century and the new millennium.
	www.greekembassy.org /Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=280&article=3783 (374 words)

	Central Europe Review - Finnish News Review
		Lipponen was also criticised because he did not consult with President Tarja Halonen before he gave his speech.
		Lipponen, in turn, wrote in his column in the daily Turun Sanomat that leading Centrists had not offered answers of their own, but rushed instead to investigate whether the accused should be condemned for supporting an EU federation.
		Lipponen's speech can be seen as a response to policy speeches that have been made, for instance, by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and French President Jacques Chirac about the future of the EU.
	www.ce-review.org /00/40/finlandnews40.html (1006 words)

	User:DudeMan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Paavo "Paavi" Lipponen (1865-2156) was Finland's 20th president, Prime Minister and his country's only Pope.
		When Paavo grew, he transformed into an agressive human, who's not afraid of anything, except his mom and darkness.
		Paavo "Idiot" Väyrynen is Finnish bastard and asshole.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/User:DudeMan (2200 words)

	HS Home 7.4.2004 - Unofficial biography of Paavo Lipponen released
		An unofficial biography of Social Democratic Party leader, Speaker of Parliament, and former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen was published on Tuesday.
		Lipponen did not participate in the writing of the book in any way, even though Boxberg had made several requests for an interview.
		Lipponen has already unofficially commented on the book, after receiving an advance copy from the publisher.
	www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20040407IE4 (235 words)

	User:DudeMan - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Paavo "Paavi" Lipponen (1865-2156) was Finland's 20th president, Prime Minister and his country's only Pope.
		When Paavo grew, he transformed into an agressive human, who's not afraid of anything, except his mom and darkness.
		Paavo "Idiot" Väyrynen is Finnish bastard and asshole.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/User:DudeMan (2200 words)

	The Battle for "The Fourth Power" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		The mood was high and celebratory for the participants perceived that just the fact of carrying out the seventh Congress in a row was conclusive proof of the success of their association.
		Paavo Lipponen was also in a jovial mood while addressing the Russian visitors with a salutatory speech.
		But, as already mentioned, Lipponen and the Russian-speaking guests gathered in Helsinki not for a condemnation of the totalitarian past and present of Russia.
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=367 (1376 words)

	Paavo Lipponen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frequently having to substitute for the busy PM, Lipponen was soon dubbed vara-Manu ("deputy Manu" — Manu being short for Mauno).
		Lipponen was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983–1987 and also since 1991.
		Paavo Lipponen is also well-known as a die-hard water polo player and supporter of the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paavo_Lipponen (322 words)

	Today.Az - All news from Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Lipponen indicated that PES's current visit to Turkey was designed to evaluate the status quo in Turkey.
		Paavo Lipponen stressed that they are happy with the reform process in Turkey.
		Meanwhile, Lipponen and his delegation paid a visit to Turkish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and held a meeting with the party leader Ahmet Turk.
	www.today.az /print/news/politics/31745.html (199 words)

	Finnish PM Lipponen touts Athens' efforts towards EMU
		Lipponen arrived in Greece on Sunday evening for a two-day visit expected to focus on European Union issues, developments in the Balkan and eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus and the course of Turkey's relations with the EU.
		Lipponen was speaking after meeting with his Greek counterpart Costas Simitis, who said the meeting was constructive and particularly important in light of Finland's presidency of the European Union in the second half of 1999.
		Lipponen on developments in the European Union, since Finland will be assuming the EU's rotating presidency in the second half of 1999.
	www.greekembassy.org /Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=280&article=3789 (349 words)

	Paavo Lipponen - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Paavo Lipponen aka Paavo Virus is an accidental political genius who briefly served as the President Of Finland from Feb. 9th 1993 - Feb 10th 1993.
		The Finish National Census Office, after running a massively parallel OLAP query lasting almost twelve days, identified one Paavo "Virus" Lipponen, an Anchovy Sexer aged 63 from Vuorenkylantie near Paanajarvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, as the most authentic living Finn.
		Thus on Feb 9th 1993 the oblivious Virus was interrupted by a delegation of Finnish Parliamentary deputies during his morning Sauna self-flagellation with a Birch branch, thrown stark naked and screaming into the Presidential palanquin and transported directly to the steps of the Finnish Parliament where he was immediately proclaimed President, live on Euro-Satellite TV.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Paavo_Lipponen (675 words)

	Paavo Lipponen - Haku - HS.fi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Eduskunnan puhemies Paavo Lipponen (sd) torjuu kritiikin siitä, että Suomen ulkopolitiikka olisi jämähtänyt passiiviseksi.
		Lipponen sanoo sanomalehti Kalevassa, että Suomessa on viime vuosinakin tehty merkittäviä ratkaisuja.
		Eduskunnan puhemies Paavo Lipponen on esittänyt idean, että valtioneuvosto kieltäisi tupakan myynnin vuonna 2040.
	www.hs.fi /haku/?haku=Paavo+Lipponen (262 words)

	CNN.com - First woman premier for Finland? - Mar. 16, 2003
		Finns began voting Sunday in an election widely seen as a campaign between ruling Social Democratic Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen and opposition Center Party leader Anneli Jaatteenmaki, who could become the country's first female premier.
		Lipponen, 61, promised voters "secure continuity" after eight years of economic growth, while 48-year-old Jaatteenmaki said the time had come for change.
		More than 25 percent of the 4.2 million eligible voters cast their ballots at post offices nationwide during a week of advance voting, less than in the 1999 election.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/03/16/finland.elections.ap (593 words)

	Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen to Moscow and Sarajevo (en,fi,sv,fr,de) - presidency.finland.fi - News - External ...
		The agenda for their meeting will include matters of topical interest between Finland and Russia, energy cooperation between the two countries, environmental issues and transportation projects as well as cooperation in the neighbouring regions.
		Prime Minister Lipponen will participate in the Summit on the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe to be held in Sarajevo on Friday July 30.
		Prime Minister Lipponen will lead the Finnish delegation and address the meeting as the President of the Council of the European Union.
	presidency.finland.fi /netcomm/News/showarticle630.html (173 words)

	Visit of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland
		President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland to Washington on December 9.
		Finland is a good friend of the United States and an active supporter in the global war on terrorism.
		The President and Prime Minister Lipponen will discuss a number of key issues of mutual interest.
	www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/prsrl/2002/15754.htm (130 words)

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