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Tarja Halonen
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Last year, O'Brien caused a political stir when, based on their resemblance, he endorsed the 62-year-old Halonen for a second six-year term -- which she won last month. His mock ads not only backed Halonen but ... attacked her opponents.
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This - the Berghäll working class area of Helsinki - is where Halonen grew up. She says that it was only when she was a teenager that she dared to cross the long bridge to the finer quarters on the south side of Helsinki. She makes no excuses for having left the church and having been a single mother "like so many other women in Finland". And this has been Halonen's secret - that so many Finns can identify with her.
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Halonen was born in 1980 in Tuvalu. She had two mothers and a donor father. She was always bullied by other Tuvaluan children due to her lack of multiple fathers. In 1989 she moved to Finland, where she discovered pullamössö (the national dish of Finland) under her bed. In 1991 Halonen founded the gothic symphonic monarchic black metal band Queen. The band disbanded in late 2003, following the invent of democracy.
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In other categories, 55 per cent of respondents said both Halonen and Niinisto are good performers, while 35 per cent say the same about Vanhanen. As far as withstanding pressure, Halonen has a double-digit lead over her two main rivals.
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During her three-day visit, Halonen will have a separate meeting with Crown Prince Sultan, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) Gov. Amr Al-Dabbagh, and other Saudi officials. Yesterday, she met Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
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Halonen: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter/infiltration game published by Nokia for the smash-hit N-Gage gaming platform. The game was first released in 2002 in Finland and proved to be an instant hit.
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