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Hussain being put in jail until trial
Oslo District Court believes there is obvious risk of recurrence and has maintained custody of Ubaydullah Hussain, who is accused of having recruited individuals for…
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Horrifying hate speech on ministers’ Facebook pages
Comments where immigrants are referred to as monkeys, Africans as birth machines and where support for “civil war” is implied, have all been published at the Facebook…
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Eleven years in prison for importing over 70 kilograms of amphetamines and cocaine
A 48 years old man is in Court of Appeal sentenced to prison for eleven years and nine months for importing a large amounts of drugs. The man helped importing a…
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Colombia’s president extends ceasefire
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hopes to have a peace agreement with the FARC and ELN in place before the turn of the year. The president will extend the…
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Ukrainian President to Norway next week
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will pay an official visit to Norway next week. The Ukrainian president’s press service, Ukrinform, said that Porosjenko will be on…
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Thailand’s king is dead
Thailand’s King Bhumibol has died after a long illness. He was 88 years old. – He died peacefully at Siriraj Hospital, said the Thai court on Thursday afternoon. The…
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Princess Märtha nervous before her comeback on horseback
Princess Martha Louise admits she has mixed feelings before she makes a comeback as a show jumper in the Oslo Horse Show on Saturday. The show celebrates its 25th…
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Norway and Russia agreed on seismic Mapping in border areas
Norway and Russia have agreed a deal for the seismic mapping along the border in the Barents Sea area the countries agreed on in 2010. Until now, the lack of such an…
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Free bus and metro on days of quintuple tolls
In Oslo, and probably also in Akershus there is a majority for providing travelers with free public transport on days where high pollution leads to sharply increased…
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Flu outbreak likely at Christmas
This year’s flu outbreak is expected to begin at Christmas and peak about four weeks later. Public Health recommends taking the vaccines well in advance. – It will take…
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Anundsen: EU must be open to idea of extended border controls
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen believes that the EU must let Norway continue with temporary border controls while we think it’s necessary. Norway is one of five…
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Ukrainian bus driver charged for murder
The Ukrainian driver who ran a tourist bus off the road in Valldal, Møre and Romsdal in late July, is charged with careless driving and manslaughter. A man was killed…
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Two men indicted for smuggling several hundred liters drugs
Two men from Buskerud are charged with smuggling 600 liters GBL to Norway. This seizure is reportedly the largest ever made in the Nordic countries of this type of…
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Three men sentenced to prison for fish fraud
Three men are in Sunnmøre District Court sentenced to prison for aggravated fraud of fish for 11.6 million kroner. The alleged mastermind, a 49 years old from Ålesund,…
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Several have joined the pledge lottery of one million in Skånevik
Red Cross still has not found the person who won one million pledge lottery in Skånevik in Sunnhordland in September. In late September someone ask for the pledge of…
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Bereaved plagued by dogs in cemeteries
Cemeteries in Stavanger are used as a place to take the dogs out. Salvatore Curto is so distraught that he is considering moving his wife’s grave to Italy. – It disturbs…