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Norway sink Australia in shootout to reach last eight
Norway beat Australia 4-1 on penalties to reach the women’s World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2007.
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Going 'Under': Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway
Situated on the southern tip of Norway, the restaurant looks like a large concrete tube partly submerged in the North Sea. It is called Under, which also means 'wonder' in Norwegian.
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Knife attacker injures four staff at Oslo school - police
Police said they apprehended the attacker and the motive was not immediately clear.
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Norway probes knife attack as possibly 'terror-related'
The woman is in critical but stable condition in hospital, and the suspect was arrested shortly afterwards.
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Babies wanted: Nordic countries crying for kids
The Nordic countries were long a bastion of strong fertility rates on an Old Continent that is rapidly getting older.
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The 10 best countries to be a woman
This year, five new countries have been included - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Oman, Sierra Leone, and Togo - bringing the total up to 149.
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The Arctic is burning
While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden has seen the most extensive Arctic fires, which have forced four communities to evacuate, according to The Guardian.
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European human right court rejects mass killer Breivik's appeal
Breivik had been seeking to overturn a March 2017 decision by a Norwegian appeals court that ruled that his near-isolation in a three-room cell respected human rights.
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'Thanks, but no thanks' - Norwegians reject Trump's immigration offer
The Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet.
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Which are the world's strongest democracies?
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Democracy Index 2016 shows 72 countries experienced a decline in democratic values last year.
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Mass killer Breivik loses human rights case against Norway
Breivik, an anti-Muslim neo-Nazi, massacred 77 people in Norway’s worst peacetime atrocity in July 2011.
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Olympics: Data firm expects Norway to top 2018 Winter Games table
California-based Gracenote Sports put Germany second in its 'Virtual Medal Table" for the Games, scheduled for 9-25 Feb next year.
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Freak lightning storm kills 323 reindeer in Norway
The dead animals were found lying on top of each other, many with their antlers entangled.
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Oil prices rise on Norway strike threat; Brexit shock fades
Brent crude futures were trading at $48.95 per barrel at 0948 GMT, up 37 cents from their last settlement.
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Norway suspects technical fault in fatal helicopter crash
A helicopter ferrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea.
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13 presumed dead after helicopter crashes off Norway coast
The 11 passengers & 2 crew from the Gullfaks B oil platform were all Norwegian except for 1 British.
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‘Fate of passengers on board crashed Norway helicopter unclear’
Norwegian news agency NTB reported that 13 people were on board the helicopter.
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State may appeal ruling on rights of Norwegian mass killer
Anders Behring Breivik is in prison for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011.
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'Norway violated mass killer Breivik's human rights'
The court ruling came after Breivik protested his isolation from other inmates.
