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Wideroe crew strike grounds flights in Norway

The Norwegian airline Wideroe says its cabin crew has gone on strike after labor negotiations broke down, grounding all aircraft and stranding 11,000 passengers in Norway and northern Europe.

Norway to extend terror punishment to 30 years

Norway's Labor Party-led coalition is also calling for stricter immigration laws to facilitate expelling anyone deemed to pose a threat to national security.

Norway's chess superstar has cross-over appeal

Now Carlsen's prodigious brilliance is seen by some as bringing intellectual and cultural heft to the social welfare models of Nordic Europe, particularly Norway.

Frida Ghitis: Norway's second thoughts on Palestinian aid

A spokesman for the Progress Party, second largest in the legislature, called for Norway to withdraw funding "unless the PA takes immediate actions to stop this type of hate message."

France's Theaux wins men's downhill in Norway

France's Theaux wins men's downhill in Norway

Iranian diplomat seeking asylum in Norway

Several former Iranian diplomats who defected to the West have sought asylum in Norway.

Norway's Svindal wins downhill at Alpine worlds

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the men's downhill title at the Alpine skiing world championships Saturday after a powerful run down the Planai course that no one came close to matching.

Norway cheese fire shuts down road tunnel

A road tunnel in northern Norway will be shut for several weeks after a 27-ton truckload of sweet goat's milk cheese caught fire.

Norway's Statoil buys US shale gas land

Norway's government owns 67 percent of Statoil's shares.

Norway strikes down terror charges against cleric

The 56-year-old cleric came to Norway more than 20 years ago as a refugee.

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Norwegians drop by Lakewood Ford dealership with dog sled team

Both 31, they married about a year ago in a wooden church in the mountains of Norway.

OSLO, Norway: Wideroe crew strike grounds flights in Norway

Wideroe flies to 47 airports in Norway, the U.K., Sweden and Denmark.

OSLO, Norway: Wanted: Polar bear spotter on Norwegian islands

OSLO, Norway -- Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords?

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Salmon Confidential: documentary about Norway's fish-farming

Salmon Confidential: documentary about Norway's fish-farming

Tom Cruise Lectures on Modern Science of Mental Health

Posted by eovti in Sandefjord, Norway on Sat Dec 03, 2005 at 09:50 AM

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Orkla, Royal Unibrew, Nordic vie for Heineken's Hartwall-sources

STOCKHOLM, May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity...

Sovereign funds and Chinese bank buy into Russia's VTB

(Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan and China Construction...

Wealth funds, Chinese bank buy 55 pct of Russia VTB's new shares

MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan and...