92-year-old man held after young girl disappeared
Publisert: 11:34 15-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
An unusual missing person´s case was unfolding in southeastern Norway on Tuesday, even after the nine-year-girl at the center of it was found alive and apparently well. |
 
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New leaders for small parties
Publisert: 16:20 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Two of Norway´s small but surprisingly powerful political parties held their annual conventions over the weekend, and both ended up poised for new leadership. |
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Illegal wolf hunters become the hunted
Publisert: 14:44 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Yet another wolf has gone missing in Norway, and conservationists fear she´s been killed by increasingly radical ranchers who want to see wolves wiped out. Police and conservationists are now teaming up to hunt the illegal hunters. |
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Fighter jet drama continues
Publisert: 13:59 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s looming purchase of a new fleet of fighter jets continues to stir controversy and headlines. One bidder thinks the deck clearly is stacked in favour of American producers, while an Oslo newspaper reports that the Americans can´t deliver their bid on time. |
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Building costs rise again
Publisert: 11:59 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
It´s become even more expensive to build a home in Norway, according to new figures released on Monday. |
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Opponents marched against gay marriage law
Publisert: 11:37 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Hundreds of demonstrators from all over Norway descended on downtown Oslo over the weekend to protest the government´s proposed law allowing same-sex marriages. |
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Royal birthday parties hurt palace´s bottom line
Publisert: 11:03 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
King Harald and Queen Sonja spent NOK 5.4 million (more than USD 1 million at current exchange rates) to celebrate their 70th birthdays last year. That contributed to an annual deficit on the royal accounts. |
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Police probe links after Swedish murderer confesses
Publisert: 10:28 14-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Police in Norway were taking a fresh look at some unsolved murders on Monday, after a suspect finally admitted to having murdered 10-year-old Engla Juncosa-Höglund in the rural Swedish region of Dalarna nine days ago. The suspect also admitted killing a young Swedish woman eight years ago. |
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´Opening night at the Opera´
Publisert: 15:19 13-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The expression took on a whole new meaning in Oslo over the weekend, when the Norwegian capital´s brand new Opera House officially opened in a blaze of formalities and fireworks. |
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Vanunu asks for asylum again, answers questions
Publisert: 18:55 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has asked for asylum in Norway for a second time, Norwegian officials said on Friday, but there appears to be little chance it will be granted. |
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Opera set for gala opening
Publisert: 18:51 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegians were making final preparations for the opening of their new opera house on Saturday, with royalty and other dignitaries arriving in Oslo for the gala event. |
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Big drug bust at Oslo pier
Publisert: 16:41 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian customs inspectors found 155 kilograms of hash and 10 kilograms of amphetamines in a container at Oslo´s wharf this week, in one of the biggest drug busts this year. |
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More cracks found in mountain behind landslide
Publisert: 15:58 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A geologist survey has found cracks similar to the ones that caused a massive, deadly landslide in Ålesund last month. |
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New study reveals less materialism, more idealism
Publisert: 13:25 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The values of Norwegians have shifted in the past couple years, showing a trend away from materialism and towards idealism - and the people are more satisfied now than they were before. |
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´Sky-high´ oil prices to last until 2020
Publisert: 12:48 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The world is now in a period of sky-high oil prices that will last a long time—probably until 2020, according to the world´s largest investment bank. |
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Church-state compromise wipes out ´official´ religion
Publisert: 11:42 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Many years of political debate have culminated in an agreement to make historic changes to Norway’s constitution (Grunnloven
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Tribute to murdered student
Publisert: 11:36 11-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Four weeks after the brutal murder of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen, a remembrance ceremony was held in London on Thursday, but it could be several more weeks before her body is returned to her homeland. |
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Sick boy risks death if deported to Iran
Publisert: 18:57 10-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A five-year old boy with tuberculosis is to be sent back to Iran, even though his family and doctors claim he will die without his medication, which he will not be able to afford in Iran. |
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More gypsy suspects arrested
Publisert: 17:54 10-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Two new suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent outbreak of violence among the gypsy community in Oslo. |
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Geeks take to the street against Microsoft standard
Publisert: 15:50 10-04-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
IT types and ordinary PC users alike are voicing their protest against Norway´s vote to adopt the OOXML format as the international open standard for documents. |
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