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  • June 2008

    • World Body Postpones Decision on Whale Hunts

      newser  |  Economist  |  Jun 25, 08 8:25 PM CDT

      World Body Postpones Decision on Whale Hunts

      A moratorium on commercial whaling looks set to continue for another year after an international body put off a decision yesterday, the Economist notes, but its fate beyond that appears tenuous. The 81-nation International Whaling Commission, often paralyzed by conflicting views, also decided to revamp its decision-making process by forming a core panel of 20 nations to hash out resolutions. More »

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      Japan  • Norway  • whaling  • International Whaling Commission  • whales

    • What's Your Salary? In Sweden, It's No Secret

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jun 19, 08 7:15 PM CDT

      What's Your Salary? In Sweden, It's No Secret

      In America, tax information is kept private by law. In Sweden, "you can see what your brother-in-law made, your neighbor made," says one Justice Ministry official. Like its Scandinavian counterparts Norway and Finland, Sweden makes all tax returns public every year—and no one seems to care, reports USA Today . More »

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      taxes  • Norway  • Sweden  • Finland  • federal income tax

  • May 2008

    • Norwegian Electric Car Will Cruise US Streets

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Norwegian Electric Car Will Cruise US Streets

      An electric car that can travel up to 110 miles when fully charged will hit select US cities next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Think City, from Norwegian automaker Think Global AS, is already on the road in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and will set American consumers back less than $25,000. The company plans to produce as well as sell the mini car in the US, with backing from American venture capital investors. More »

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      gas prices  • auto industry  • carbon emissions  • Ford  • pollution  • Norway  • automaker  • electric cars

    • Applause for Reprise

      newser  |  Metacritic  |  May 16, 08 11:54 AM CDT

      Applause for Reprise

      Joachim Trier’s debut film, the honest and amusing dramedy Reprise , is wowing critics. The film, which tells the story of a pair of young aspiring writers, “opens like a portrait of the artist as a young man (times two) and, with stealth and wit, metamorphoses into something wide and deep and funny,” writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times . More »

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      film  • movie review  • Norway

  • April 2008

    • Thief Nabs Tiny Croc From Norway Aquarium

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 1, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Thief Nabs Tiny Croc From Norway Aquarium

      A thief has managed to walk out of a Norwegian aquarium with a croc stuffed in a bag, Reuters reports. The 2.3-foot long Schneider's dwarf caiman named "Taggen" was spirited away sometime over the weekend while the aquarium was busy. Police are investigating, and a $5,000 reward is being offered for help finding the animal. More »

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      animal  • theft  • Norway  • crocodile

  • March 2008

    • Norway Shatters Its Glass Ceiling

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST

      Norway Shatters Its Glass Ceiling

      A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed to fill the quota, an astounding 451 out of 463 did. More »

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      business  • Norway  • CEOs  • gender discrimination  • gender gap  • board of directors  • glass ceiling  • sex ratio

    • Ikea's Names Enrage Danes

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Mar 6, 08 4:34 PM CST

      Ikea's Names Enrage Danes

      Danes are hopping mad about a discovery that Swedish furniture giant Ikea uses Danish place names for its doormats and floor coverings, while reserving Swedish and Norwegian monikers for higher-end items, Der Spiegel reports. Some Danish academics argue that this reinforces Sweden’s perception of Denmark as a “doormat” for its larger, wealthier neighbor, and have accused Ikea of “Swedish imperialism,” however metaphorical. More »

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      Denmark  • Norway  • Sweden  • Copenhagen  • Carlsberg  • Ericsson  • Ikea  • Stockholm

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Microsoft to Buy Norway's Fast for $1.2B

      newser  |  Red Herring  |  Jan 8, 08 7:05 PM CST

      Microsoft to Buy Norway's Fast for $1.2B

      Microsoft solidified its plans to purchase Fast Search & Transfer today with a $1.2 billion offer, roughly a 42% premium over the Norwegian enterprise search company's Friday closing price. The news drove Microsoft shares down today to $34.20, a 1.2% drop, while Fast shares rose nearly 41%, approaching Microsoft's offer price, Red Herring reports. More »

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      Microsoft  • stock market  • Norway

  • November 2007

    • Subprime Waves Ripple Across Europe

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 29, 07 1:59 PM CST

      Subprime Waves Ripple Across Europe

      The ripples from the US subprime collapse continue to rock Europe as a group of German banks agreed to bail out troubled IKB Deutsche Industriebank, reeling from additional risk from US bond investments. Meanwhile, four Norwegian municipalities scrambled to recover after they they invested $156 million in now fading US municipal bonds, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • Europe  • Citigroup  • banking  • Norway  • municipal bonds

    • UN: Iceland Best Place to Live

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 27, 07 1:21 PM CST

      UN: Iceland Best Place to Live

      Iceland has inched out longtime champ Norway as the best place in the world to live, and sub-Saharan Africa is the worst. The UN list, out today, ranks countries by real per-capita GDP, education, and life expectancy. The US ranked 12th, down from 8th last year, as relatively low life expectancy offset the world’s second-highest per-capita GDP, Reuters reports. More »

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      list  • United Nations  • Norway  • GDP  • life expectancy  • Iceland  • Sierra Leone

    • Rich Nations Break Climate Vow to Poor

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 24, 07 7:45 PM CST

      Rich Nations Break Climate Vow to Poor

      Several of the world's richest nations have forgotten about a $1.2 billion pledge to help developed countries cope with climate change, the Guardian reports. The group has doled out less than $185 million so far to help them plan for global warming, defend against floods, and boost conservation. "This represents a broken promise on a massive scale and on quite a cynical scale as well," said one analyst. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • European Union  • Gordon Brown  • Canada  • environmentalism  • Switzerland  • Norway  • New Zealand  • Iceland

  • October 2007

    • Norway Fines Winehouse for Pot Possession

      newser  |  BBC  |  Oct 19, 07 11:30 AM CDT

      Norway Fines Winehouse for Pot Possession

      Amy Winehouse was busted with 7 grams of marijuana in her hotel room, but the Norwegian police didn't make the addled chanteuse go to rehab—they just held her overnight, fined her $714, and released her this morning, the BBC reports. "She's paid the fine, so this thing is over for us now," said the prosecutor. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • Amy Winehouse  • Norway  • Blake Fielder Civil

    • Russia's New Weight Tips Global Scales

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Oct 4, 07 12:22 PM CDT

      Russia's New Weight Tips Global Scales

      Vladimir Putin's Russia is charging back into the international spotlight, the C hristian Science Monitor reports, challenging European and US policies on a variety of issues. Putin has thrown a wrench into Kosovo’s all-but-assured independence from Serbia, backing Belgrade’s efforts to keep the province. Russian planes recently violated Norwegian airspace, and the Kremlin has stalled on sanctions for Iranian uranium enrichment. More »

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      Russia  • European Union  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Ukraine  • Norway  • Cold War  • US  • Belarus

  • September 2007

    • US Women Take Third in Cup

      newser  |  Sports Illustrated  |  Sep 30, 07 10:19 AM CDT

      US Women Take Third in Cup

      Well, it’s better than nothing. The US women’s soccer team demolished Norway 4-1 yesterday to take third place in the women’s World Cup. Abby Wambach scored in the 30th and 46th minutes, giving the women a lead they never relinquished. It’s a small consolation after the brutal 4-0 loss to Brazil that kept the top-ranked US out of the finals. More »

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      Brazil  • Norway  • US women's soccer  • Women's World Cup

    • Website Exposes Burma Brutality

      newser  |  Democratic voice of Burma  |  Sep 27, 07 2:43 PM CDT

      Website Exposes Burma Brutality

      Eyewitness accounts posted on a Burmese expat site offer rare details of Myanmar's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. One post today described an early-morning raid on a monastery where soldiers broke down the gate with a truck, and attacked monks, along with women and children in their care, with bamboo sticks, before hauling away 100. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Buddhist monks  • Norway  • Democratic Voice of Burma

    • Clinton Summit Pulls in Billions

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 27, 07 7:19 AM CDT

      Clinton Summit Pulls in Billions

      Over 1,000 philanthropists pledged billions of dollars at this year's Clinton Global Initiative, where the ex-president annually brings together world leaders, corporate biggies and change-minded celebs. Angelina Jolie plans to educate 1 million children in conflicted areas; Brad Pitt pledged $5 million to build homes in New Orleans, and Norway and the Netherlands promised $1.2 billion to save the lives of pregnant women and babies in Africa. More »

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      Bill Clinton  • Africa  • pregnancy  • New Orleans  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • charity  • Netherlands  • philanthropy  • Norway  • donation  • infant mortality  • Clinton Global Initiative

    • Norway Builds Doomsday Vault for World Seeds

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 22, 07 12:28 PM CDT

      Norway Builds Doomsday Vault for World Seeds

      Norway has built a giant vault under an Arctic mountain, where it will preserve seeds from 21 of the world's essential crops in case disaster strikes. The so-called doomsday vault will eventually store 4.5 million seeds from crops such as wheat and rice to use in the wake of a global catastrophe, be it a typhoon or nuclear strike, Reuters reports. More »

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      Norway  • crops  • World hunger  • seeds  • seed vault

    • The Arctic Is Ours: Kremlin

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 21, 07 2:33 AM CDT

      The Arctic Is Ours: Kremlin

      In the latest audacious claim by Russia, the nation is insisting that rock samples taken 13,000 feet beneath the North Pole prove that a large part of the Arctic seabed is rightfully Russian territory. The US, Canada, Norway and Denmark also have territorial claims to the mineral-rich area that's becoming increasingly accessible as the ice cap melts. More »

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      Russia  • United Nations  • global warming  • oil  • Canada  • gas  • Arctic  • Denmark  • Norway  • Kremlin  • USA  • minerals  • Arctic 2007

    • British Jets Intercept 8 Russian 'Bears'

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 6, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      British Jets Intercept 8 Russian 'Bears'

      British fighter jets intercepted eight Russian recon bombers today as they approached British airspace in the latest long-distance forays to display Vladimir Putin's renewed virility in air power. Authorities said the aircraft did not enter British airspace, the Guardian writes. Norwegian planes monitored the same eight bombers in international airspace north of Norway. More »

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      Russia  • Norway  • Cold War  • Alexander Litvinenko  • aircraft  • Royal Air Force  • Russian military  • Britian

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