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Swedish foreign minister quits in cartoon internet row

Swedish foreign minister Laila Freivalds resigned on Tuesday (21 March) following a row connected to the infamous Mohammed cartoons.

Ms Freivalds had faced fierce criticism after the Swedish foreign ministry allegedly ordered the website of a far-right party, Sweden Democrats, which had threatened to publish the cartoons, to be shut down.

The website was closed when a foreign ministry official contacted the firm Levonline that hosted the website.

In response to allegations ...

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