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Mystery pooper targeting holes of Norwegian golf course
The groundskeeper of a Norwegian golf course said a mystery pooper targeting course holes must be a man "because the poos are too massive to be from a woman."
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Roald Amundsen's Maud, Stuck in Ice Since 1930, to be Raised Next Week
The Maud, a ship used by famed Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen that sunk after being stuck in sea ice near Cambridge Bay 85 years ago, is set to be raised early next week by a team attempting to bring it home to Norway.
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Driving the "Roof of Norway"
Linking the country’s high central mountains with the famous west coast fjords, the 108km Sognefjellet Road is one of Norway’s most spectacular drives.
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Mass murderer Anders Breivik accepted to University of Oslo political science program
On July 22, 2011, Anders Breivik shot 69 students dead at a summer camp in Norway. He killed eight more with a bomb planted in Oslo. Now, he wants to go back to school. Breivik has been accepted to the University of Oslo, where he will study political science. The rector of the university, Ole Ottersen, tells As It Happens guest host Laura Lynch "we have rules and regulations...that don't differentiate between inmates and other students."
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Norway - A Time-Lapse Adventure 4K
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Lofoten. One Flew over Norway from Igor Byrko on Vimeo
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Norway's police only fired two bullets last year... and no one died
Police in Norway fired their guns only twice last year – and no one was hurt – new statistics which reveal the country’s low level of gun use have shown.
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Oslo creates world's first ‘highway’ to protect endangered bees
From flower emblazoned cemeteries to rooftop gardens and balconies, Norway's capital Oslo is creating a “bee highway” to protect endangered pollinators essential to food production...
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Magnus Midtbø bouldering 8B in Norway
Magnus Midtbø puts up a new boulder route in Stavanger, 8B FA.
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Opera 30 has been released
Opera Software has just released Opera 30 for desktop systems. We take a look and let you know what is new and improved.
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Norway Confirms Major Divestment From Coal
Norway's Parliament has formally endorsed a move to exclude coal companies from the country's $900 billion oil fund because of their impact on climate change.
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In Norway, A Prison Built On Second Chances
The first thing you notice when you enter the grounds of Halden Prison in Norway's far southeast is the forest: Pine and birch trees surround buildings of dark black brick with elegant windows. There's no concrete exercise yard here; it looks like a university campus. Are Hoidal, the prison governor, smiles at the incredulous reaction of visitors. The effect of the prison design was intentional.
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In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
The setting is a summit of the Austnesfjorden fjord close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway.
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Four teenagers suspected of stealing penguin babies in Norway
Authorities say at least four Norwegian teenagers are suspected of stealing a Humboldt penguin egg and three newly-hatched penguin babies from an animal park in western Norway. Police spokesman Yngve Skovly says seven people were seen on a security video climbing over a fence late on Wednesday to enter an enclosure where the three-week-old babies lived at the Atlanterhavsparken saltwater aquarium outside Aalesund.
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Odd Push in Drug-Averse Norway: LSD Is O.K.
In a country so wary of drug abuse that it limits the sale of aspirin, Pal-Orjan Johansen, a Norwegian researcher, is pushing what would seem a doomed cause: the rehabilitation of LSD. It matters little to him that the psychedelic drug has been banned here and around the world for more than 40 years. Mr. Johansen pitches his effort not as a throwback to the hippie hedonism of the 1960s, but as a battle for human rights and good health.
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Asne Seierstad’s ‘One of Us,’ About Rampage in Norway
“One of Us” explores a dark side of contemporary Scandinavia through the life and crimes of Anders Behring Breivik, a mass murderer who killed 77 people, most of them teenagers.
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Norway Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017
Norway’s Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio. It’s the end of an era.
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It's been raining worms in Norway
Karsten Erstad is a biologist from Norway. But despite his experience of the animal world, he couldn't believe his eyes when, whilst skiing, he came across thousands upon thousands of earthworms. At first, he thought they had been driven up from the ground...
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Man tricked ex with abortion pill smoothie
A NORWEGIAN man who slipped abortion pills into his ex-girlfriend’s smoothie and caused her to have a miscarriage, claims it was “the only way out”. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty on Monday to inflicting serious bodily harm and also to terminating a pregnancy without the mother’s consent. The prosecution wants a seven-year sentence.
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Nobel peace prize committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland demoted
Norway’s Nobel peace prize committee has demoted its chairman, Thorbjørn Jagland, in a move unprecedented in the long history of the award. The committee, which said the former Norwegian prime minister would remain as a committee member, gave no reason for its decision. However, the renowned diplomat drew criticism shortly after becoming committee chairman in 2009 for awarding the prestigious Nobel to newly elected US president Barack Obama.
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