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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 .

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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

Norway becomes first NATO country to draft women into military

OSLO - Norway's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders.

World, 14 Jun 2013

Norway's opposition stretches poll lead as elections loom

OSLO - Norway's centre-right opposition widened an already big lead over the ruling Labor Party in opinion polls, putting it firmly on course to win elections in less than three months, a fresh poll showed on Thursday.

World, 13 Jun 2013

EU exit would put Britain on par with Norway-UK minister

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron's promise of a referendum on his country's membership of the European Union is a "huge distraction" that risks reducing Britain's influence in the bloc to that of Norway, a government minister has warned.

World, 31 May 2013

Bahrain blogger escapes to Britain

OSLO - A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years.

Bahrain, World, 14 May 2013

Russia's oldest rights group told to register as "foreign agent"

MOSCOW - Moscow prosecutors told Russia's oldest human rights group on Tuesday that it must register as a "foreign agent" under a new law that critics say is a move by President Vladimir Putin to silence dissent.

World, Russia, 30 Apr 2013

Leak at BP platform could have caused "major accident"

OSLO - Oil major BP must review the way it handles risk and maintenance at its offshore oil platforms in Norway following a leak at a North Sea platform that could have caused a major accident, Norway's oil safety watchdog said on Monday.

29 Apr 2013

Norway extends period for buying F-35 fighter jets

GARDERMOEN, Norway - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defense Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden on the defense budget.

World, 26 Apr 2013

Sovereign credit concerns, low interest rates reshaping world reserves

LONDON - After years of being also-rans, currencies from countries such as Canada, Australia, China, Brazil, Russia and Norway now have a realistic chance of breaking deeper into the $11 trillion global reserve mix.

Brazil, China, Russia 23 Apr 2013

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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he arrives for his terrorism and murder trial in a courtroom in Oslo April 16, 2012. Breivik, who massacred 77 people last summer, arrived under heavy armed guard at an Oslo courthouse on Monday, lifting his arm in what he has called a rightist salute as his trial began. Breivik, 33, has admitted setting off a car bomb that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo last July, then massacring 69 in a shooting spree at an island summer camp for Labour Party youths. REUTERS/Heiko Junge/Pool

Norway massacre trial

A smirking Anders Behring Breivik pleads not guilty to killing 77 people in a car bombing and a shooting spree on an island youth summer camp.  Slideshow 

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Myanmar constitution likely to dash Suu Kyi's presidential hopes

YANGON - Her adoring compatriots believe democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is destined to become Myanmar's next president. But don't bet on it.

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