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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Norway News

News on Norway continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

11 hrs ago | The Norway Post

Women Football: Norway outclassed by USA

Norway's women lost 0-4 to the US team in a friendly at Fredrikstad on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Sports, Lindsay Tarpley, Summer Sports, Olympic Summer Games, Carli Lloyd, Abby Wambach

Sat Jul 05, 2008

TreeHugger

Norway Proposes No New Suburban, Drive-To Shopping Malls

And that's just proving that the hybrid system works, since it still gets better fuel economy even ..." [ read ] Bentoboxx said: "Yes, a diesel version does weigh a little more than a Gas version.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Aftenposten in English

Fire evacuated shopping center

A major fire broke out Friday morning in the Ski Storsenter south of Oslo. The shopping center was evacuated and firefighters from the capital were sent to help battle the blaze.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Aftenposten in English

Norway and UK team up on tax collection efforts

Norwegian and British tax authorities are joining forces in efforts to collect taxes from each other's citizens.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

EurekAlert!

Bringing stability to the protein defective in phenylketonuria

Phenylketonuria is an inherited disease characterized by progressive mental retardation and seizures because the individual is deficient in the protein PAH.

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The Telegraph

Old school to Arctic research base

New Delhi, July 1: A heritage building that was once a school for the children of coal miners in the town of Ny-Alesund, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, has turned into India's first Arctic research ...

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia

Tue Jul 01, 2008

People's Daily Online

Norway to restrict travel to Svalbard in Arctic Ocean to protect environment

The Norwegian government said Monday that it would restrict travel to Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean to protect the vulnerable natural environment there, according to reports reaching here from Oslo.

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Related Topix: Travel, Norway Travel, Europe, World News, Oslo, Norway Travel, Oslo, Sweden Travel, Sweden Travel

Rediff.com

India commissions research base at North Pole

India on Tuesday commissioned its permanent research base at the North Pole, which will enable scientists to carry out studies on a range of subjects including climate change, in one of the cleanest ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Innovations-report.com

ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire

Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month.

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Related Topix: World News, Weather,

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Daily India

Oslo residents do not want U.S. embassy

Neighbors of a proposed site for a new U.S. embassy in the Norwegian capital want the building to go somewhere else.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Travel, Oslo, Norway Travel, Oslo, Sweden Travel, Norway Travel, Sweden Travel

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Bank Systems & Technology

Chi-X Europe Extends Trading Services to Norwegian and Danish Stocks

Chi-X Europe Limited, operator of the first live, pan-European equity multilateral trading facility , is successfully trading, clearing and settling five of the top component stocks of the Oslo OBX 25 and OMX ...

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Finland

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Earth Times

Aker Solutions wins contract for tie-in of M-template to the Norne platform.

The contract is a EPCI contract worth approximately NOK 50 million, scheduled for project completion November 2009.

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Thu Jun 26, 2008

ITworld

Scandinavian scientists designing robotic snakes

June 25, 2008, 08:34 PM - Computerworld - People are becoming accustomed to robots in space , robotic vacuum cleaners and even the notion of robotic friends and spouses .

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Related Topix: World News, Science / Technology, Robots

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Los Angeles Times

The Think City: In Norway, they're building your first electric car

Ingvil Ladehaug is battery challenged. Her laptop is running out of juice. Her cellphone is down to its last electrons.

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Related Topix: Menlo Park, CA, Europe, World News

People's Daily

International peace mediators to meet in Norway

Conflict mediators from all over the world will again meet at the annual Oslo Forum to exchange experience in the capital of Norway on June 24-26, according to reports reaching here from Oslo Saturday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Globe and Mail

Norske Skog cuts debt with sale of S. Korean mills

Norwegian papermaker Norske Skogindustrier ASA announced yesterday it has sold its South Korean mills for $622-million in cash to a private equity group as part of a debt reduction program.

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Related Topix: Europe

Inter-bike.co.uk

Motorcyclists' voices heard at global motorcycle safety forum

Create better motorcycle safety training, teach car drivers to watch for motorcycles, and promote responsible riding.

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Related Topix: World News, Motorcycles

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Globe and Mail

World body seeks deal to cut ship emissions

Norwegian ministers and IMO representatives said they hoped a meeting that opened in Oslo on Monday would reach agreement on design standards for new ships.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Global Warming

AllAfrica.com

Central Africa: New Fund Launched for Congo Basin

Inter Press Service 23 June 2008 Tarjei Kidd Olsen Oslo The prime ministers of Norway and Britain have launched a 200 million dollar fund to tackle deforestation in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Europe

PR-inside.com

Chi-X Europe Extends Trading Services to Norwegian and Danish Stocks

The first stocks to be made available for trading on Chi-X Europe are: Norway -- Norsk Hydro ASA -- Renewable Energy Corp A/S -- StatoilHydro ASA -- Telenor ASA -- Yara International ASA Denmark -- AP Moller - ...

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Financial Markets

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