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Norway rejects U.N. experts claims on Somalia assistance

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UNITED NATIONS - Norway has complained to the U.N. Security Council that accusations by U.N. experts that Oslo's assistance to Somalia was a cover to promote the commercial interests of Norwegian oil companies were "completely unfounded and simply wrong."

UAE pardons Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has pardoned a Norwegian woman who was sentenced to jail for illicit sex after she reported being raped by a colleague while on a visit to Dubai, the Norwegian foreign minister said on Monday.

World, 22 Jul 2013

Woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape hopes to warn others

DUBAI - A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate.

World, 21 Jul 2013

France to try Norwegian neo-Nazi for inciting racial hatred

PARIS - A Norwegian neo-Nazi was charged with inciting racial hatred on Thursday by French investigators, who then released him after deciding he was not planning an attack, an official at the Paris prosecutor's office said.

World, 18 Jul 2013

Norwegian neo-Nazi arrested in France over attack fears

PARIS - A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France on Tuesday after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said.

World, France, 16 Jul 2013

Man linked to Norwegian mass killer Breivik arrested in France

PARIS - A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France on Tuesday after his wife bought four rifles, raising suspicions he could turn to violence, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

World, France, 16 Jul 2013

Norway says Snowden unlikely to get asylum there

OSLO - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Norway but it appeared unlikely Oslo would grant his request, Norwegian authorities said on Tuesday.

World, U.S., 02 Jul 2013

SapuraKencana, Seadrill win $2.7 billion Petrobras contract

KUALA LUMPUR - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobas SA has awarded a $2.7 billion offshore support vessel contract to Norway's Seadrill and Malaysia's SapuraKencana , the latter firm said on Thursday.

Ex-Lockheed official joins board of Norwegian titanium firm

PARIS - Chris Kubasik, fired last year as Lockheed Martin Corp's incoming CEO after having an affair with a subordinate, said he has joined the board of directors of a Norwegian titanium producer that works closely with Spirit AeroSystems Inc .

Aerospace & Defense, 18 Jun 2013

Taliban held secret talks in Norway to broker Doha deal

OSLO - The Taliban held secret negotiations in Norway over the past few months, helping yield a deal that allowed the radical Afghan rebels to open an office in Qatar, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Tuesday.

Politics, Afghanistan, World 18 Jun 2013

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