Norway

Norway

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  5 Norwegian schools shift exams for Bieber concert

  Five schools in western Norway have rescheduled their midterm exams to allow students to attend upcoming Justin Bieber concerts in the capital, the ... 

• 3-time Olympic gold medalist Hjalmar Andersen dies

  Hjalmar Andersen, a Norwegian speedskater who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics, has died. He was 90. The Norwegian Skating ... 

• Norway killer denied furlough for mother's funeral

  Norwegian media say prison authorities have rejected mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's request for a furlough to attend his mother's funeral. 

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  Northug clinches overall cross-country WCup title

  Petter Northug of Norway clinched the overall cross-country World Cup title Sunday with a convincing victory in the final race of the season. 

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  Northug closes in on cross-country World Cup title

  Petter Northug closed in on the overall cross-country World Cup title Saturday by finishing fourth in a 15-kilometer mass start race won by fellow ... 

• Norway mass murderer wants to attend mom's funeral

  Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has said he would like to attend the funeral of his mother, his lawyer said Saturday. Breivik and his ... 

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  Northug, Bjoergen win at cross-country World Cup

  Norway dominated at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals on Friday, with Petter Northug winning the men's 2.5-kilometer freestyle prologue and ... 

• Israeli, Norwegian tourists go missing in Egypt

  An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman went missing in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday and are suspected to have been kidnapped, officials said. 

• Norway earmarks extra $19 million to combat terror

  The Norwegian government has pledged an extra 109 million kroner ($18.7 million) this year to improve terror preparedness following the July 22, 2011, ... 

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  Belgian wins Norway's $1 million Abel math prize

  Belgian-born Pierre Deligne has won this year's $1-million Abel Prize in mathematics for his contributions to algebraic geometry and their ... 

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  Hendrickson again edges Takanashi to win WCup meet

  American Sarah Hendrickson edged Japan's Sara Takanashi on Sunday to win the season's last women's ski jumping World Cup meet on the large hill at ... 

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  Fourcade, Soukalova win World Cup races

  Two-time World Cup winner Martin Fourcade of France dominated the men's 15-kilometer mass start race Sunday to claim the discipline title, while ... 

• Norway's Johaug wins 30k mass start

  Norway's Therese Johaug won a women's 30-kilometer mass start freestyle World Cup race before a delirious home crowd on Sunday. Johaug, 24, finished ... 

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  Legkov wins 50K to take cross-country WCup lead

  Alexander Legkov of Russia had enough strength for a strong sprint finish to win the grueling 50-kilometer race at Holmenkollen on Saturday and take ... 

• Horgmo, Rukajarvi win snowboard slope style races

  Torstein Horgmo of Norway and Enni Rukajarvi of Finland won World Cup snowboard slope style races on Saturday. Horgmo led a 1-2 Norwegian finish in ... 

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  World champs Stoch, Hendrickson win World Cup

  World champion Kamil Stoch of Poland hit the 140-meter mark to rise from third and win the ski jumping World Cup on Friday. Stoch overtook Richard ... 

• Pork found in Norwegian, UK, products for Muslims

  Europe's embarrassing meat saga took a troubling twist after reports emerged in Norway and Britain that meat labeled 'halal', or fit for consumption ... 

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  Eric Frenzel clinches Nordic combined title

  Eric Frenzel won the Nordic combined World Cup title Friday, winning a race for the sixth time this season. The German outsprinted Akiro Watabe of ... 

• US school gunman interested in other mass murders

  The young man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut school last year showed interest in other mass killings, people close to the investigation told ... 

• Kowalczyk clinches 4th cross-country WCup title

  Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland clinched her fourth overall cross-country World Cup title on Wednesday by winning a classical sprint, while Petter Northug ... 

• Russia, Germany win World Cup biathlon relays

  Dmitry Malyshko and Evgeny Ustyugov anchored the Russia team to a comeback win in the men's 4x7.5-kilometer relay at a biathlon World Cup meet Sunday, ... 

• Chapuis of France wins ski cross world title

  Jean Frederic Chapuis surprisingly won the men's ski cross title at the freestyle world championships Sunday, beating fellow Frenchman Bastien Midol ... 

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  Northug, Kowalczyk win cross-country races

  Petter Northug of Norway dominated a men's 15-kilometer classical race Sunday to gain ground in the overall cross-country World Cup standings, while ... 

• Wallisch, Turski win slopestyle titles at worlds

  Thomas Wallisch of the United States won the men's slopestyle Saturday at the freestyle skiing world championships, beating James Woods of Britain. 

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  Randall clinches cross-country WCup sprint title

  Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by beating Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen ...