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Now playing Next Finland Finland's former Prime Minister assaulted outside Parliament Helsinki police are investigating after Juha Sipilä told national television that he had been "attacked with fists" by an unknown assailant last week. 13/01/2021
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Now playing Next Sweden Thousands of sensitive documents stolen in Swedish data hack Swedish security firm Gunnebo said the incident was "extremely regrettable". 27/10/2020
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