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Telenor's India unit says achieved breakeven in Gujarat zone

REUTERS - Norwegian telecoms company Telenor's Indian unit said on Monday it had achieved breakeven in its core earnings in Gujarat zone and would further expand its network there.

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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.

World, Bahrain, 14 May 2013

Telenor cuts revenue outlook as Q1 hits expectations

OSLO - Norwegian telecoms company Telenor lowered its full-year revenue growth guidance on Friday as weaker-than-expected Indian sales compounded regulatory issues in Pakistan.

Business, 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.

Business, 23 Apr 2013

Obese airline passengers should pay extra, economist says

- Airlines should charge obese passengers more, a Norwegian economist has suggested, arguing that "pay as you weigh" pricing would bring health, financial and environmental dividends.

Top News, Aerospace & Defence, 29 Mar 2013

Norwegian mass killer can't attend mother's funeral

OSLO - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik will not be allowed to attend his mother's funeral, prison officials told news agency NTB on Tuesday.

World, 26 Mar 2013

Egyptian kidnappers release Norwegian, Israeli tourists

CAIRO - Kidnappers released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following negotiations mediated by Bedouin leaders between authorities and the group that seized the tourists four days ago, security sources said on Tuesday.

World, 26 Mar 2013

Analysis: Sitting on too much money, Norway risks going off course

OSLO - Middle East-style oil wealth combined with a generous Nordic welfare model is slowly throttling big chunks of Norway's economy, threatening western Europe's biggest success story.

Business, Economy, 24 Mar 2013

Gunmen seize Israeli, Norwegian tourists in Egypt's Sinai

CAIRO - Masked gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two tourists, an Israeli man and a Norwegian woman, travelling between two coastal resorts, Egyptian and Israeli officials said on Friday.

World, Israel, 22 Mar 2013

Norway teacher fired after children taste her blood

OSLO - A Norwegian kindergarten teacher was fired this week after she brought a vial of her own blood to class and allowed children to touch and taste it, the head teacher of the kindergarten said on Friday.

World, 08 Mar 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

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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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Whole neighborhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out whole blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people.

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