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IS claims two more hostage killings

Thursday, November 19th 2015, 6:56
related countries: China China

Islamic State militants say they have killed two hostages - a Norwegian and a Chinese national - after demanding ransoms from their governments.
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Purple slime coats Norway fjord

Thursday, November 12th 2015, 10:30

Purple slime coats Norway fjord
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Romania fire victims flown to UK

Sunday, November 8th 2015, 22:02
related countries: Romania Romania, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Bucharest

Twelve victims of the Bucharest nightclub fire are flown by Nato to hospitals in the UK and Norway, as the death toll rises to 45.
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Bieber sorry for storming off stage

Friday, October 30th 2015, 11:09

Justin Bieber says sorry for storming off stage after performing only one song in Norway.
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Seeking asylum on children's bicycles

Thursday, October 22nd 2015, 23:26

The pedalling migrants who travel via Arctic Russia
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Philippines examines hostages video

Wednesday, October 14th 2015, 10:48
related countries: Philippines Philippines

The Philippine government is examining an online video that appears to show two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino who were kidnapped last month.
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Breivik threatens to starve to death

Wednesday, September 30th 2015, 10:45

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has threatened to starve himself to death in protest of alleged prison isolation.
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Kenya frees ship after UN weapons row

Saturday, September 26th 2015, 16:08
related countries: Kenya Kenya
related places: Mombasa

A Norwegian ship detained in Kenya's Mombasa port for more than a week on suspicion of carrying drugs and illegal UN weapons is released.
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Gunmen kidnap tourists in Philippines

Tuesday, September 22nd 2015, 3:40
related countries: Philippines Philippines
related places: Mindanao

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman are kidnapped by gunmen from a resort in the Philippines island of Mindanao, says the army.
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Australian dies in Norway cliff fall

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 4:29
related countries: Aruba Aruba

A 24-year-old Australian exchange student has fallen to her death from the famous Trolltunga cliff in Norway.
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Dead woman named as concert pianist

Monday, August 31st 2015, 12:05
related places: A

A woman found with fatal head injuries in Manchester is named by police as Norwegian concert pianist Natalia Strelchenko.
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VIDEO: Utoeya: Survivor faces deportation

Friday, August 28th 2015, 3:34

There have been protests in Norway, against a decision to deport a survivor of the 2011 terror attack on the small island of Utoeya.
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Norway jails whisky-drinking co-pilot

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 9:26
related countries: Latvia Latvia

A Latvian co-pilot who admitted drinking whisky and beer hours before an airBaltic flight from Norway to Crete is jailed for six months.
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Utoeya hosts Norway students again

Friday, August 7th 2015, 0:01

Students return four years on from Norway killings
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VIDEO: Norway remembers Utoeya victims

Thursday, August 6th 2015, 23:09

Four years after Norway's Utoeya massacre, Paul Adams visits the site of the old camp and the memorial to Anders Breivik's victims
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VIDEO: Norway camp reopens after 2011 massacre

Wednesday, August 5th 2015, 17:33

Four years after Anders Behring Breivik shot dozens of teenagers dead, the Norwegian island of Utoeya is reopening for business this weekend as it hosts its first Labour youth camp since the massacre.
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VIDEO: Groom swims to wedding

Friday, July 31st 2015, 7:21

A Norwegian groom swims across a fjorde to reach his bride for their wedding at a lighthouse.
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Breivik bomb van goes on display

Wednesday, July 22nd 2015, 12:01

Objects used by mass killer Anders Behring Breivik go on show in Norway amid fears the display could attract sympathisers.
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Breivik wins Oslo University place

Friday, July 17th 2015, 14:35

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik wins place to study political science at Oslo University.
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Leading Zimbabwe writer Hove dies

Monday, July 13th 2015, 12:21
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
related places: Hove

One of Zimbabwe's best known writers, Chenjerai Hove, a prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe, dies aged 59 in exile in Norway.
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Norway women 1-2 England women

Monday, June 22nd 2015, 23:10
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

England reach the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup at the expense of Norway thanks to a stunning strike from Lucy Bronze.
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England practising penalties - Scott

Friday, June 19th 2015, 23:06
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Alex Scott says England have been practising penalties for a month, before their last-16 match against Norway on Monday.
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England 'have weapons to hurt Norway'

Thursday, June 18th 2015, 1:08

England are building momentum ahead of their Women's World Cup last-16 tie against Norway says boss Mark Sampson.
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England Women 2-1 Colombia Women

Wednesday, June 17th 2015, 22:30
related countries: Colombia Colombia

England will play Norway in the Women's World Cup last 16 after beating Colombia to finish second in Group F.
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Germany Women 1-1 Norway Women

Thursday, June 11th 2015, 21:54
related countries: Canada Canada, Germany Germany
related places: Ottawa

Two-time champions Germany are held to a Women's World Cup draw by Norway in Ottawa, Canada.
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Rutherford and Muir triumph in Oslo

Thursday, June 11th 2015, 20:51
related places: Oslo

Britain's Greg Rutherford wins the long jump and Laura Muir an impressive women's 1,500m in the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.
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