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# Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik complains about “sadistic” Norwegian prison conditions
Complaints range from not having a personal light and TV switch, censored phone calls, “screaming” prison mates and cold coffee.
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Nov 9th 2012, 4:03 PM
# Nobel Prize
French and American scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.
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Oct 9th 2012, 2:51 PM
# Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize season kicks off with medicine award
This week, some of the world’s top scholars will look to Stockholm and Oslo as the 2012 Nobel Prizes are announced.
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Oct 8th 2012, 9:11 AM
Voices
Column: Breivik's victims have been largely forgotten during his trial
The 22 July 2011 attacks could have happened here, writes Ciara Galvin, and could still happen.
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Aug 25th 2012, 2:56 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Friday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Aug 24th 2012, 7:53 PM
# Norway
Breivik says he won't appeal 21-year jail term over killings
The man behind the Oslo and Utoya Island attacks says he rejects the court’s legitimacy and therefore can’t appeal.
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Aug 24th 2012, 5:28 PM
# Explainer
21-year-sentence does not mean Breivik will walk free in 2033. Here's why:
There is actually no limit to the number of times the court can extend the sentence.
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Aug 24th 2012, 9:46 AM
# Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik found to be sane, sentenced to 21 years
The verdict was delivered at a court in Norway this morning.
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Aug 24th 2012, 9:04 AM
# Breivik
Verdict in Breivik trial due at 9am this morning
The trial of the man who has admitted killing 77 people in two separate attacks in Norway last year will hear a verdict from the judges this morning.
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Aug 24th 2012, 7:45 AM
# Norway
Breivik will challenge any ruling that declares him insane
The confessed mass killer says won’t appeal if he’s sentenced to prison – as long as he is declared sane.
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Aug 23rd 2012, 7:35 PM
# Czech Republic
'Breivik sympathiser' arrested in Czech Republic
Local media reports that the 29-year-old man was arrested for building up a stash of weapons and explosives.
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Aug 18th 2012, 7:55 PM
# Utoya
Norway's police chief quits after Breivik report
A major report this week found that Norwegian authorities could have stopped Anders Behring Breivik.
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Aug 17th 2012, 10:10 AM
# Norway
Oslo attack 'could have been prevented'
Investigation into official response to double terror attack last summer also found that the attacker could have been arrested much sooner.
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Aug 13th 2012, 6:29 PM
# Norway
Norway to publish report on response to 22 July attacks
Report on how so many people were killed that day is expected to be highly critical of the official response to the attacks.
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Aug 13th 2012, 11:56 AM
# Oslo
Update: US Embassy in Oslo evacuated after discovery of suspicious object
A bomb squad attended the scene after the suspicious package was found under a vehicle. However it’s thought that the object is not dangerous.
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Jul 31st 2012, 12:20 PM
# killing
Defence argues that Breivik was sane when he carried out killings
The prosecution is calling for Breivik to be declared insane, but Breivik has said he will appeal the verdict if he is found criminally insane.
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Jun 22nd 2012, 12:22 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
All the day’s main news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed.
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Jun 16th 2012, 7:58 PM
# Democracy
21 years later: Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel Peace Prize
The Burmese pro-democracy campaigner finally delivered her Nobel Lecture in Oslo this afternoon.
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Jun 16th 2012, 1:04 PM
# Breivik
Verdict of Norway’s Breivik trial expected later this summer
Court says verdict won’t be out for at least a month after the hearings end in late June.
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Jun 5th 2012, 2:05 PM
# Breivik trial
Breivik judge caught playing Solitaire in court during trial
Ernst Henning Eielsen, one of the three ‘lay judges’ handling the trial, was busy during a professor’s testimony yesterday.
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Jun 5th 2012, 7:51 AM
# Breivik
Breivik's friends reveal details of nose job and possible depression
Four of Brievik’s former friends testified yesterday on the killer’s concerns about his appearance, and their thoughts on his sexuality. The computer game World of Warcraft is being mentioned in court today.
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May 30th 2012, 9:56 AM
# Breivik
Breivik 'won't appeal' if found sane
The self-confessed mass killer spoke after court proceedings today.
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May 24th 2012, 2:58 PM
# Breivik
Man seriously injured in self-immolation outside Breivik trial
Norwegian police say they do not believe the man had any connection with the terror trial.
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May 15th 2012, 6:12 PM
# Breivik
Survivors of Breivik gun attack describe shootings
Victims of the Utoya island attack describe their efforts to escape from the gunman.
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May 14th 2012, 2:40 PM
# Peckish?
Considering a holiday? Use the Club Sandwich Index to pick a destination
Dublin is the seventh cheapest of all the cities surveyed by Hotels.com with an average club sandwich price of €12.
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May 9th 2012, 4:33 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Apr 26th 2012, 4:48 PM
# Norway
VIDEO: 40,000 people sing Anders Behring Breivik's most-hated song
Breivik told his trial that the song ‘Children of the Rainbow’ was an effort to brainwash kids. Oslo responded by singing it.
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Apr 26th 2012, 3:09 PM
# Breivik
Breivik blames 'racist' plot for questions over sanity
Confessed killer of 77 people in July 2011 told court he would do what he could to avoid going to an asylum.
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Apr 24th 2012, 8:33 AM
# Breivik
Breivik to give more evidence on details, motives of attacks
Throughout the first week of his trial, the Norwegian has spoken at ease about the killing of 77 people last July.
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Apr 20th 2012, 8:31 AM
# Breivik
Breivik planned to decapitate former Norwegian prime minister
Defendant says he cut social contact for a whole year in preparation for the double attacks of July 2011.
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Apr 19th 2012, 2:20 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
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Apr 18th 2012, 8:00 PM
# Breivik
Prosecutors press Breivik on 'Knights Templar'
The 33-year-old Norwegian admitted today that the network described in his online manifesto is “not an organisation in a conventional sense”.
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Apr 18th 2012, 1:08 PM
# behind the news
Explainer: how the Norwegian courts operate
Why do officials shake hands with the accused? What is a lay judge?
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Apr 17th 2012, 2:00 PM
# Breivik
Breivik says he would carry out "spectacular" attack again
The man who has admitted to killing 77 people last summer said he acted out of “goodness not evil” and claims that he would carry out such an attack agian.
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Apr 17th 2012, 10:49 AM
# Norway
Anders Behring Breivik set to take stand at terror trial
Meanwhile, one of the lay judges has been dismissed over ‘death sentence’ remark.
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Apr 17th 2012, 9:13 AM
# Norway
VIDEO: Breivik cries as he watches his own propaganda video
Anders Behring Breivik was shown one of his own propaganda videos in court earlier today – and cried while watching it.
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Apr 16th 2012, 7:07 PM
# Massacre
Norway killer admits mass murder but claims self-defence
Anders Breivik has pleaded not guilty to the 22 July 2011 massacre in an Oslo court this morning.
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Apr 16th 2012, 12:33 PM
# Massacre
Trial of Norway killer Anders Breivik gets underway in Oslo
Anders Behring Breivik will use his five days of testimony to explain why he murdered 77 people – and to plead not guilty.
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Apr 16th 2012, 8:19 AM
# Norway
Norway killer Anders Breivik found sane in new examination
The new assessment contradicts an earlier one which found Breivik criminally insane after he killed 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage in Norway last year.
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Apr 10th 2012, 1:45 PM
# Norway
Norway formally charges Anders Behring Breivik with terror offences
The man who admitted carrying out two deadly attacks in July is due to go on trial next month.
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Mar 7th 2012, 4:21 PM
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