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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A record number of Swedish residents applied for legal name changes in 2009, officials say.
A total of 7,740 applications were made to the Patent and Registration Office, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported Thursday. The applicants had to pay a 1,500 kroner ($210) fee, which went up to 1,800 kroner ($253) with the new year.
Jan Ekengren, a spokesman for the patent office, said most applicants want to take an old family name or the name they had before marriage.
One couple, Fredrik Nilsson and Sara Olsson, who live near Stockholm, told the TT news agency they picked a new name they could share -- Krusare.
"Since our names are so common, we felt that we wanted to have something that we could both have," they said. "We haven't thought so much about what it means, but it's our own."
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ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Greece grappled with dire new demands after eurozone finance ministers rebuked its $4.4 billion in budget cuts as not enough to warrant a $173 billion bailout.
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