Norway walks to silver
Publisert: 13:38 21-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Kjersti Tysse Plätzer won Norway´s sixth medal at the Summer Olympics in Beijing early Thursday, finishing second in the women´s 20-kilometer walk. |
 
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Winning Olympic horse failed doping test, medals in danger
Publisert: 12:54 21-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s Olympic equestrian team was riding high after winning bronze medals on Monday, but fell into crisis on Thursday. Now neither horse nor rider will be allowed to go for the gold and Norway may be stripped of the medals. |
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Fastest of them all
Publisert: 11:37 21-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Oslo-based sailing vessel Christian Radich
can sail proudly home from the Netherlands after confirming its status as the fastest ship in the annual Tall Ships Race. |
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Some cooperation to continue between Norway and Russia
Publisert: 11:17 21-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway and Russia will likely continue to cooperate on civil emergency preparedness, even though the Russians are halting all military cooperation with NATO, of which Norway is a member. "But it´s been a long time since relations have been so poor" between the two countries, notes a foreign policy expert. |
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SAS in mourning after crash
Publisert: 10:30 21-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Top officials of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) were in Madrid on Thursday after one of its subsidiaries, Spanair, suffered Europe´s worst airline accident in years. |
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Russia cancels all military cooperation with NATO
Publisert: 14:57 20-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Russia, apparently stung by NATO´s condemnation of its military action in Georgia, plans to cease all military exercises with Norway and other NATO members. |
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Old Civil Defense equipment poses risks
Publisert: 14:35 20-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Boots melted and other old Civil Defense equipment proved badly out of date when emergency crews needed it to fight Norway´s largest forest fire in decades earlier this summer. Inventory from the 1960s is posing more risk than help. |
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Bankruptcy claim filed against bishop
Publisert: 13:23 20-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The bishop of the Norwegian state church in Stavanger has unwillingly made church history by being the first in his position to face a bankruptcy petition. Both he and the church claim it´s a private matter. Others aren´t so sure. |
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Foreign Minister faces local conflict at home
Publisert: 12:27 20-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
While Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway´s tireless foreign minister, was tackling the Russia-Georgia crisis at this week´s NATO summit in Brussels, he also found himself caught up in a home-grown conflict at a much lower level. And he’s at the center of it. |
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Polar ice melting faster
Publisert: 11:39 20-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian researchers sounded new alarms on Wednesday, after collecting new data showing a faster rate of ice melting in the Arctic areas they follow. |
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Long-awaited ´Beatles´ sequel finally on the shelves
Publisert: 18:11 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Award-winning author Lars Saabye Christensen has finally released the last book in a trilogy that starts with young boys growing up in Oslo. "Beatles" ends with "Bisettelsen," which literally translates to "the funeral." |
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Long-awaited ‘Beatles’ sequel finally on the shelves
Publisert: 17:23 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Award-winning author Lars Saabye Christensen has finally released the last book in a trilogy that starts with young boys growing up in Oslo. "Beatles" ends with "Bisettelsen," which literally translates to "the funeral." |
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Telenor keen to exit Russia
Publisert: 13:04 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
An ´absurd and bizarre´ verdict from a Siberian court has prompted Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor to consider selling off its stake in Russian mobile phone company VimpelCom. The verdict is the "last straw" in a long-running conflict between Telenor and its Russian partner. |
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Norway sharpens tone against Russia
Publisert: 12:17 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s foreign minister called on NATO Tuesday to clearly let Russia know that its use of force in Georgia is unacceptable. "Russia needs to get the message on this," said Jonas Gahr Støre. |
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NSB invests in new trains
Publisert: 10:50 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian state railway NSB confirmed on Tuesday that it will spend a whopping NOK 4 billion (nearly USD 800 million) on new passenger trains. |
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´Handball girls´ win again
Publisert: 10:30 19-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s much-loved håndball jentene
(literally, "handball girls") played their way to victory in the quarter finals for women´s handball at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday, soundly beating their Scandinavian neighbours to the east. |
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Equestrians grab some glory
Publisert: 16:56 18-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway won the Olympic bronze medal in equestrian team jumping on Monday, after a performance that was, by Norwegian standards, described as nothing short of sensational. |
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King Olav worked for US intelligence unit
Publisert: 16:18 18-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s late King Olav once worked for the US intelligence agency that later became the CIA, and so did the head of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. |
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Rowing victory mined gold
Publisert: 14:19 18-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway finally won a gold medal of its own at the Summer Olympics in Beijing over the weekend, but the country remained in 30th place on Monday morning. |
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Foreign Minister warns against punishing Russia
Publisert: 13:46 18-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway, which shares a border with Russia, has suddenly found itself in a delicate position regarding its northern neighbour. Norwegian government officials aren´t at all happy about Russian aggression in Georgia, but don´t want to risk angering their Russian counterparts for fear it would set relations on a negative course. |
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