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On March 15 AC Milan's English midfielder David Beckham arrived at Mehilainen Hospital in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku to undergo Achilles tendon surgery after getting injured in a match against Chievo the day before. Surgeon Sakari Orava said the operation was a success.
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The team from Iivisniemi School presented "Magnet Track", their entry in the mobile toys invention competition for school children, in Helsinki on March 16.
EU foreign representative Catherine Ashton (left) and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb pose by the fire during an informal meeting of eight foreign ministers in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland, on March 13.
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War veterans queue at a reception hosted by Finnish President Tarja Halonen on March 13 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Winter War, fought in 1939 and 1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union.
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Finland’s Mika Poutala skates to third place in the men’s 500-metre event in World Cup speed skating action in the Netherlands on March 13.
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