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Norway spurs $400mn rainforest fund at Davos
Norway on Thursday said it will raise $400 million to encourage Brazil's farmers to stop destroying the rainforests, launching a fund also backed by food giants Unilever and Nestle. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the plan is a major effort to reform harmful small scale farming, which is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in Brazil.
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Hundreds of U.S. Marines land in Norway, irking Russia
Some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has irked Norway's Arctic neighbor Russia.
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Norway to become 1st country to switch off FM radio
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering whether to follow suit.
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Edward Snowden loses Norway safe passage case
Edward Snowden's bid to guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US if he visited Norway has been rejected by the Norwegian supreme court. The former National Security Agency contractor filed the lawsuit in April, attempting to secure safe passage to Norway to pick up a free speech award. It had already been rejected by Oslo District court and an appeals court. Mr Snowden is a former NSA analyst who leaked secret US surveillance details three years ago.
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Poland turns to Norwegian gas to trump Russia
Oslo warns that the pipeline first needs to make business sense.
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Norway rejected post-Brexit trade pact with UK
Britain wanted to create a formal task force to work with Norway on a post-Brexit free trade agreement, but the Norwegian rejected the overture according to a new report. Business daily Dagens Næringsliv reported that the UK’s international trade secretary, Liam Fox, lobbied his Norwegian counterpart, Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Mæland, for Norway to join the United Kingdom in establishing a task force to prepare a new trade agreement for when the Brits formally leave the EU.
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GoPro Awards: Soaring with Orcas
Captured and submitted by GoPro Awards recipient Andreas Heide, who was joined by a pod of Orcas while riding his Subwing off the coast of Norway.
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Church sets up 'easy' registration form - 25,000 people use it to immediately leave
Norway's state church has lost more than 25,000 members in a month after it launched an online registration system allowing people to sign up or opt out. The Lutheran Church is the official religion in Norway and nearly three-quarters of the population are registered as members.
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Reine from above, by Federico Farina
The village of Reine hit by the sun from above just before it sets completely. The sun is out only for a few hours during winter in Norway but you there can definitely be amazing light during that time.
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Frida Amundsen
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A lightning strike killed 323 reindeer, and this is the ghastly aftermath
It was the deadliest -- and probably eeriest -- strike ever recorded.
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More than 300 Reindeer Killed by Lightning in Norway
Reindeer often huddle together during bad weather, which is likely why so many were killed during the storm, according to the Norwegian Environment Agency.
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Tanks, guns and bras: Norway's women join the draft
They sweat together, they sleep together: in the name of gender equality, Norway has introduced compulsory military service for women, even bunking them in mixed dorms with their brothers-in-arms.
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Lofoten, Norway
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How 'Pete's Dragon' Sent Me to Live at a Lighthouse in Norway
One of my favorite childhood films led me halfway across the world to a remote island in Norway and changed my life.
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Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present
What do you give a country that has 188,000 lakes for a birthday present? Its highest mountain back, obviously. Norway’s government has confirmed that for the centenary of Finland’s independence next year it is considering moving the border, gifting its Nordic neighbour a mountain peak that would be the country’s highest point. “There are a few formal difficulties and I have not yet made my final decision,” the Norwegian prime minister, Erna Solberg, told NRK, the national broadcaster. “But we are looking into it.”
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Harvard University study reveals link between firearms, crime and gun control.
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Norway is building the world's first 'floating' underwater tunnels
Norway has an ambitious plan to ease the congestion of local ferries by building a series of underwater tunnels that allow travelers to cross the nations bodies of water. The “submerged floating bridges” would consist of large tubes suspended by pontoon-like support structures 100 feet below water. Each will be wide enough for two lanes of traffic, and the floating structures should ease the congestion on numerous ferries currently required to get commuters from Point A to Point B.
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Policeman fines self for lack of boating safety
Norwegian cop writes himself a $58 ticket for not wearing compulsory life jacket while on police patrol of island. No one is above the law in Norway, it would seem, after a policeman fined himself for failing to wear a life jacket. Officer Arne Stavnes was pictured in the pages of the Verdens Gang newspaper at the helm of his police boat during a patrol of Utoya island, 38 kilometers (24 miles) away from Oslo.
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After oil, Norway looks to startups for economic growth
With oil prices plummeting, countries blessed with natural resources are feeling the heat and Norway is no exception. Politicians responding to the oil troubles are heeding calls for a new way forward, centered around startups. And the efforts to foster a new approach are led by an ambitious ex-business exec, the Crown Prince of Norway and a handful of contrarian entrepreneurs. Norway has seen the value of its state-owned oil and gas fields fall by more than $50 billion...
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