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The annual world championships of air guitar is held in Oulu, in the northern Finland. (Pasi Lehtinen/Special to The Washington Times)

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In the wife-carrying world championships, held in Sonkajarvi, Finland, men carry women on their shoulders while climbing over obstacles and crossing a pool of water. (Veera Tegelberg/Special to The Washington Times)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift June 27, 2012, from Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. (Associated Press)

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Survivor Miikka Jaske points to a bullet hole whilst standing at the same point where he was standing during the shooting, outside the restaurant Medicine Man in Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari)

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Evgeny Kuznetsov (25) was clutch for Russia in the 2011 world junior championships, scoring the game-winning goal against Finland in the quarterfinals. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, battles for the puck against Nashville Predators' Teemu Laakso, center, of Finland, and Chris Mueller, right, during the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Detroit Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula (51) of Finland, defended by San Jose Sharks center Scott Nichol (21) plays the puck behind goalie Antti Niemi during the first period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs hockey game in Detroit, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (not shown) on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne, foreground, of Finland, waits out the final seconds of the third period as fans cheer during the Predators' 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in an NHL hockey game on Friday, April 8, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. The Predators won 4-1 and secured a playoff spot. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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After their flight to Finland was canceled, players from the Skaneateles Bantam Finland hockey team pass the time by trying out the wheelchairs at John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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After their flight to Finland was canceled, players from the Skaneateles Bantam Finland hockey team pass the time by trying out the wheelchairs at John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Unidentified tourists from Finland run up the so-called "Rocky Steps", made famous in the original "Rocky" movie, in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art during a blowing snowstorm. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

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People view sample bottles of ancient Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, on display in Mariehamn, Finland, on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. Some 30 bottles of Champagne were salvaged by divers in July 2010 from a 200-year-old shipwreck near the waters of Aland Islands, and some sample bottles were opened for tasting on Wednesday. The Champagne is believed to have been bottled in the late 18th or early 19th century and it could be the oldest's champagne in the world. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA, Jussi Nukari) FINLAND OUT - NO SALES

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One of the 168 bottles of champagne salvaged from a 200-year-old shipwreck in the waters off Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland, which was opened at a sampling in Mariehamn, Finland on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. The divers originally said the bottles were believed to be from the 1780s but experts later dated the champagne to the early 19th century and could be the world's oldest drinkable champagne. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari) FINLAND OUT. NO SALES.

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The world's leading champagne expert Richard Juhlin samples one of the 168 bottles of champagne salvaged from a 200-year-old shipwreck in the waters off Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland, which was opened at a sampling in Mariehamn, Finland on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. The divers originally said the bottles were believed to be from the 1780s but experts later dated the champagne to the early 19th century and could be the world's oldest drinkable champagne. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari)