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Norway stories: 49 news summaries

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Clinton Summit Pulls in Billions

Norway, Netherlands, Brangelina vow to help

Sep 27, 07 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Norway Builds Doomsday Vault for World Seeds

Site beneath Arctic mountain will preserve all essential crops

Sep 22, 07 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Norway • crops • World hunger • seed vault • seeds

The Arctic Is Ours: Kremlin

Russia claims polar mineral wealth

Sep 21, 07 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

British Jets Intercept 8 Russian 'Bears'

Kremlin's renewed long-range recon flights buzz Britain, Norway

Sep 6, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

US Laborers Work Hard for the Money

New UN report says Americans more productive than peers

Sep 3, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Labor Day is a well-deserved rest for Americans, as a new UN report shows US laborers work longer, harder, and get more done than their counterparts worldwide. The average US worker produces the most wealth, raking in $63,885 yearly, followed by Irish laborers at $55,986. Only Norway beat... More »

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China • technology • agriculture • Belgium • Japan • European Union • France • United States • labor • Norway • Luxembourg • fishing • US productivity • manufacturing

Drilling Hits Norway's Conscience

Concern over climate change has stalled Scandinavian nation's government

Aug 21, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A friendly little nation is facing the ethics of new economic power, as Norway asks itself whether to drill for 73 billion barrels of Arctic oil or leave it for others to uncover. The tiny country is the world's fifth largest exporter of oil, third largest of gas - and... More »

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oil • global warming • environmentalism • Arctic • Norway • Arctic oil

As Ice Shrinks, Islands Emerge

New, unclaimed territories raise fears of accelerated global warming

Aug 21, 07 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The melting of ice in the Arctic Ocean has revealed previously undiscovered islands, one approximately the size of a basketball court. Reuters reports that the formerly submerged islands are unclaimed by any government but lie near Svalbard, the Norwegian territory north of the Arctic Circle. The discoveries raise fears that... More »

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climate change • global warming • Arctic • Norway • island • Svalbard • ice

Russians Advance on North Pole

With eye on energy-rich seabed, submarines make test dive

Jul 29, 07 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a race to claim rich natural resources under the North Pole, two Russian submarines successfully dove several thousand feet in Russia's northern territorial waters today, Reuters reported. Though US and Russian subs have long plied the waters under the pole, none has reached the seabed there, at a depth... More »

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Russia • Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Norway • Denmark • natural resources

Norway Royal Talks to Angels

Peculiar princess speaks of miracles, psychic powers, claims she'll teach disciples

Jul 25, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Princess Martha Louise of Norway says she can talk to angels—and teach other people how to strike up a chat as well. The 35-year-old princess claims to have psychic powers that she plans to use in her new alternative therapy center: For about $4,150 a year she'll teach... More »

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Norway • horse • royalty • physical therapy • alternative treatment • British royals

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