Dale Oen out of 200 metre breaststroke
Publisert: 08:59 13-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Breaststroke specialist Alexander Dale won the silver medal in the 100 metre competition on Monday. On Tuesday he failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 200 metre race. |
 
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Summer´s over!
Publisert: 08:35 13-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Good weather will be making only guest appearances from now on. The calendar shows summer, but the weather is more like autumn. |
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Shocking soccer defeat
Publisert: 22:16 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Japan´s women´s soccer team won 5-1 over Norway on Tuesday. The Norwegians now have to travel to yet another city, to face favourites Brazil. |
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National Museum head quits
Publisert: 15:58 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A damning report about the working environment at the new mega-museum turned out to be the last straw. Allis Helleland quits after a year in the job. |
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The summer is over!
Publisert: 14:25 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Good weather will be making only guest appearances from now on. The calendar shows summer, but the weather is more like autumn. |
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Berge out in the first round
Publisert: 13:34 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Four years training, a four-minute match and then out of the competition. This is what happened to Greco-Roman wrestler Stig André Berge. |
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One in three record shops have closed
Publisert: 12:38 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The sale of music CD’s has fallen by 30 percent since 2003. In the last two years, the number of record shops has fallen by a third. |
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Companies avoid women by changing status
Publisert: 08:54 12-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
To avoid recent rules which insist on better women’s representation on company boards, a number of firms are changing their status from public limited companies (ASA) to ordinary limited companies (AS), which have no such requirements. |
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Inflation figures may raise interest rates
Publisert: 20:05 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Consumer prices have risen more than expected. This may cause interest rates to rise. |
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Children safer than ever
Publisert: 16:05 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The chances of a boy dying of an accident today, is one tenth of what it was 50 years ago. |
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Dale Oen takes Silver in 100 metre breaststroke
Publisert: 14:19 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
"I´m happy with the result. Kitajima´s time was unbeatable," says Dale Oen, who won the Silver medal on Monday, with a time of 59.20 seconds. |
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Lower expenditure on social security
Publisert: 12:28 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Local authorities in Norway are have saved more than NOK 1 billion, (USD 200 million) on social welfare payments. A buoyant labour market is thought to be the main cause. |
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Tough week for bears
Publisert: 11:35 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A Russian scientist shot a polar bear on Svalbard and hunters shot a brown bear on the mainland this week, despite the fact that bears in Norway are protected. |
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Stony-faced security scares fans
Publisert: 10:54 11-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
"They look like they have faces of stone. They’re scaring the visitors. Something needs to done," says Norwegian member of the IOC, Gerhard Heiberg. |
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Norway’s Olympic favourites
Publisert: 16:57 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Andreas Thorkildsen, the javelin thrower and the Womens Handball team are Norway’s most likely Olympic winners. |
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Bad catches blamed on oil surveying
Publisert: 16:54 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Fishermen blame shock waves from oil exploration for their reduced catches. |
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UDI hits back at tabloid critics
Publisert: 14:41 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Immigration Directorate (UDI) reacts strongly to accusations made in the press on Friday. Siri Rustad says that the UDI has never intended to make women asylum-seekers responsible for their own safety. |
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UDI hits back at tabloid critic
Publisert: 14:32 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Immigration Directorate (UDI) reacts strongly to accusations made in the press on Friday. Siri Rustad says that the UDI has never intended to make women asylum-seekers responsible for their own safety. |
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Conservative government to sell stocks
Publisert: 12:26 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A large scale sell-off of government-owned stocks is likely to follow, if the Progress Party (Frp) and the Conservatives (H) come to power after next year´s general election. |
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Lorentzen gives billions to his children
Publisert: 12:20 08-08-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
King Harald’s brother-in-law has cashed in investments totalling NOK 4.5 billion (USD 900 million) in Brazil. Billions will be distributed to his three children. Brazilian youth will get millions. |
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