After meeting in Oslo, Norway, almost one-hundred countries have signed the cluster bomb ban. Neither Russia nor the United States agreed to sign the ban.

Can you fathom the idea of a vagabond, make the transition to a multi-lingual bird guide - in the rarest of rare cases that happens - and that holds true for thirty-nine year old Shiva Mandre, who speaks an astonishing twenty-five languages.

A.P. Moller-Maersk will no longer send part of its huge merchant fleet through the Suez Canal because of rampant piracy off Somalia's coast.

Iceland has held talks with Russia over a possible loan in order to stave off a crisis that has left its economy near collapse.

We would, after fashion, cast an eye over the horoscopes perhaps to pass the time, but one politician in Norway has certainly taken the "advice" from the fortune tellers perhaps a little too far. So much that a re-election has been called off

Former President and current UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari has been announced as this year's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He's known for his negotiation efforts over Kosovo and Aceh.

A woman moving to Norway was in a precarious situation recently: she needed emergency funds to pay for her suitcases at Miami International Airport and a stranger saved her trip.

Transparency International’s 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores show Somalia and Iraq are the most corrupt countries in the world, with Denmark being the least corrupt.

Nils Olav, a 3-foot tall king penguin, was knighted on Friday. This is in addition to his medals for good conduct and long service. In 2005, he made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King’s Guard.

The Colonel in Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard happens to be a penguin. He came up through the ranks. As a bird, he’s far more intelligent and better looking than nearly all historical generals, so his career is looking quite promising.