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News: Norway

We have started to collect the most important news related to Norway in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Norway – overview

Norway: news

New drive against cluster bombs

Friday, November 17th 2006, 15:44

Norway launches a fresh intitiative to ban cluster bombs after a similar drive by the United Nations fails.
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Aid group quits Darfur amid row

Friday, November 10th 2006, 12:24
related countries: Sudan Sudan

A Norwegian aid agency is to close its operations in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, citing government interference.
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Oslo gay animal show draws crowds

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 13:35
related places: Oslo

An exhibition in Norway on homosexuality among animals has been well received, organisers say.
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Envoy in Sri Lanka after bombing

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 5:49
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

The Norwegian peace envoy for Sri Lanka arrives for talks, a day after a suicide bombing killed almost 100 people.
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Nobel prize winner to be revealed

Friday, October 13th 2006, 2:25
related places: Oslo

The winner of the peace prize is to be announced, with many analysts tipping a former Finnish president.
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Norway runway blaze kills three

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 10:47
related places: A

A charter plane carrying 16 people skids off a runway in western Norway, killing three people.
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Norway foils 'embassy bomb plot'

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 15:40
related countries: Israel Israel, United States United States

Four men held in Norway over a synagogue attack are accused of targeting the US and Israeli embassies, prosecutors say.
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Stolen Munch paintings found safe

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 16:59
related places: Oslo

Two masterpieces by artist Edvard Munch are recovered two years after being stolen from an Oslo museum.
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More oil staff seized in Nigeria

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 11:33
related countries: Niger Niger, Nigeria Nigeria

Two Norwegian oil workers and two Ukranians are kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region.
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Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting

Friday, August 4th 2006, 10:15
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Thousands of people are escaping fighting in the town of Muttur between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil rebels.
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Norway 'Nazi cartoon' irks Israel

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 17:21
related countries: Israel Israel

Israel's envoy complains to Norway over a cartoon showing Israeli PM Ehud Olmert as a Nazi camp commander.
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