1.   But Swedish officials are dubious.

2.   In recent weeks, however, Swedish officials have been more positive about the prospects for Sweden also joining the ERM to pave the way for monetary union membership.

3.   Swedish officials said the two men were deported after it was learned they were leaders of a group suspected of carrying out terrorist attacks in Egypt.

4.   Swedish officials were unavailable for comment.

5.   Swedish officials quickly set up psychological counseling centers around the city Friday, and churches in almost every neighborhood held bereavement services this evening.

6.   The International Ice Hockey Federation made the ruling after the matter was brought to its attention by Swedish officials.

7.   Peres and PLO leader Yasser Arafat were meeting with Swedish officials, in hopes of getting the stalled talks moving again.

8.   A Norwegian government team on Monday shot and killed the first of nine wolves marked for death in a hunt that has drawn protests from conservationists and Swedish officials.

9.   A senior Swedish official Wednesday blasted Western nations for being soft on Nigeria and proposed an oil boycott to protest its execution of nine leading dissidents.

10.   A Swedish official with longtime experience in the U.N. system was appointed Thursday as the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq.