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# Oslo

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2022
# Oslo
Activists attempt to glue themselves to The Scream painting in Norway
Police said officers were called to the National Museum of Norway on Friday and had three people under “control”.
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Nov 11th 2022, 2:43 PM
# Environment
Oslo walrus Freya is euthanised after people ignored pleas to stay away from her
The walrus had made its way to the Norwegian capital and experts say it was experiencing excess stress
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Aug 15th 2022, 9:10 AM
# Norway
Memorial service held for victims of shooting during Oslo Pride festival
Two people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the attack during the capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival.
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Jun 26th 2022, 5:10 PM
# Norway
Oslo shooting that left two dead being treated as 'act of Islamist terrorism'
Organisers of the Oslo Pride festival cancelled today’s planned events on police advice.
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Jun 25th 2022, 1:47 PM
# Norway
At least three injured in ‘random’ stabbing near Oslo
Police have confirmed that the alleged perpetrator has been arrested.
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May 20th 2022, 11:02 AM
# Oslo
Norway court rejects parole request for neo-Nazi mass murderer
The right-wing extremist killed 77 people in 2011.
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Feb 1st 2022, 3:46 PM
# Anders Breivik Behring
Norwegian court to hear mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's request for parole today
The request is widely expected to be denied.
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Jan 18th 2022, 10:05 AM
# Anders Behring Breivik
Norwegian mass killer Breivik to seek parole as victims' families fear grandstanding
The far-right terrorist killed 77 people in a bomb and gun massacre in Norway in 2011.
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Jan 17th 2022, 11:01 AM
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# Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two journalists from the Philippines and Russia
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded the prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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Oct 8th 2021, 10:12 AM
# Norway massacre
Norway mourns 77 dead a decade after extremist attack
In 2011, a right-wing extremist set off a bomb in Oslo, killing eight people, before heading to Utoya island where he shot dead 69 others.
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Jul 22nd 2021, 5:40 PM
# Norway
51-year-old passenger arrested after bomb threat made against Ryanair flight
It is the second similar threat against a Ryanair flight in a week.
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Jul 17th 2020, 1:53 PM
# Oslo
Norwegian man appears in court accused of mosque terror attack
Philip Manshaus is suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms last year.
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May 7th 2020, 11:20 AM
# Norway
Armed man arrested after stealing ambulance and driving into bystanders in Oslo
A child who was in a pram was injured in the incident.
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Oct 22nd 2019, 9:02 PM
# Oslo
Norway mosque shooting being treated as 'attempted act of terror'
Only three people were inside the mosque at the time of the attack.
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Aug 11th 2019, 5:10 PM
# Oslo
Gunman armed with multiple weapons injures one before being arrested at Norway mosque
The shooting occurred at the al-Noor Islamic centre in the town of Baerum.
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Aug 10th 2019, 6:24 PM
# razor tight
Barr claims second by narrowest margin in Oslo to maintain fine Diamond League form
The Waterford man set a season’s best time to finish behind Norwegian world champion, Karsten Warholm.
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Jun 13th 2019, 9:04 PM
# high alert
Bars and restaurants evacuated after Norwegian police find bomb near subway station
The police Twitter account said it had been defused or neutralised.
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Apr 9th 2017, 7:15 AM
# appeal
Norwegian mass killer Breivik loses case against his solitary confinement
The appeals court noted that Breivik was still trying to spread his extreme rightwing ideology.
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Mar 1st 2017, 8:29 PM
# Norway
Man gets stuck in public toilet trying to rescue a lost phone
He was overcome by nausea and vomiting.
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Aug 26th 2016, 4:22 PM
# everybody off
Ryanair flight from Norway evacuated after bomb scare
Police in Norway said that an earlier alert in Manchester made them take the threat seriously.
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May 16th 2016, 7:43 AM
# Anders Behring Breivik
Norway to appeal mass killer's human rights prison verdict
The court found that the right-wing extremist was subjected to “inhuman” and “degrading” treatment.
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Apr 26th 2016, 4:35 PM
# Norway
Mass murderer Anders Breivik taking case against state over prison conditions
He killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011.
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Jan 5th 2016, 8:17 AM
# Bad Idea
Pilot who drank two bottles of whiskey and beer with crew before flight jailed
The 38-year-old was almost seven times the legal limit.
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Aug 18th 2015, 10:14 AM
# don't drink and fly
Budget airline cancels flight after pilot and crew fail breathalyser test
Not ideal.
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Aug 8th 2015, 1:46 PM
# Spain
Sex traffickers 'controlled victims using voodoo'
They resorted to “traditional Juju voodoo practices, including animal sacrifices” to control their victims.
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Jul 27th 2015, 2:45 PM
# Sky High
These are the 10 most expensive cities in the world
You really want to be earning top dollar to live in any of these places.
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Mar 3rd 2015, 9:56 AM
# Solidarity
Muslims form 'human shield' around Oslo synagogue
After prayers, the symbolic ring was formed outside the building.
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Feb 22nd 2015, 10:51 AM
# god's position
Tutu calls on Norwegians to forgive mass murderer Breivik
The retired Archbishop said that not forgiving Anders Behring Breivik could be “corrosive”.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 7:14 PM
# short-list
The Winter Olympics are going to either Oslo, Beijing or Almaty in 2022
Bring a good warm coat.
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Jul 7th 2014, 12:13 PM
# amnesia
Norway police try to identify man with no memory (but who speaks five languages)
The man speaks five languages and doesn’t know anything about how he turned up in Oslo.
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Apr 9th 2014, 6:59 PM
# Poignant
Norway's memorial to Utoya island massacre is stunning
The winning entry from Jonas Dahlberg shows part of a nearby promontory cleaved in two.
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Mar 5th 2014, 5:30 PM
# Norway
Three killed after man armed with knife hijacks bus in Norway
The identity of the suspect, who was himself injured according to Norwegian media, as well as the motives for the attack were not immediately clear.
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Nov 4th 2013, 8:29 PM
# Nobel
OPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in eliminating chemical weapons
The organisation was named ahead of Pakistan activist Malala Youafzai.
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Oct 11th 2013, 10:04 AM
# No thanks
Oslo university snubs killer Breivik's application to study
The man who killed 77 people in July 2011 attacks wanted to study political science by distance learning.
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Aug 6th 2013, 2:30 PM
# hate
Concern about right wing websites with Irish contributions
Online hate speech accounts for about 10 per cent of all cases of racism reported to the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 6:15 AM
# Norway
Breivik gives up his inheritance - to stop Norway giving it to his victims
Anders Behring Breivik would have inherited money from his late mother, but doesn’t want it to go towards his victims.
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Jun 11th 2013, 2:50 PM
# Airtricity League
PFAI names squad for Norway tournament
The annual FIFPro tournament for out-of-contract footballers takes place in Oslo on Thursday.
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Jan 7th 2013, 6:06 PM
# Winning
Pics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.
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Dec 10th 2012, 7:59 PM
# Nobel Peace Prize
Enda Kenny to accept Nobel Peace Prize today
The Taoiseach will be present at the prize-giving ceremony in Oslo.
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Dec 10th 2012, 7:32 AM
# Norway
CCTV footage shows Anders Breivik parking van at explosion scene
The video footage also shows the damage done by the bomb which killed eight people.
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Nov 27th 2012, 1:45 PM
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