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Norwegian scientists working with H1N1 swine flu samples have discovered a mutated form of the virus and have expressed concerns over the highly virulent nature of the newly discovered strain.
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Stem cell research has recently headed in innovative directions. Earlier this month scientists announced they had grown rabbit replacement penile erectile tissue. Now the idea of growing meat in the laboratory without animals is being proposed.
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Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom found that mortality rates for people suffering from depression are similar to those who smoke.
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The string of art thefts targeting the work of the Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch continues with a theft from a gallery last week in Oslo, and another previously unpublicized theft last summer.
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New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are among the top five least corrupt nations, according to a new survey released by Transparency International. Canada is in the top ten. Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan are the most corrupt.
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Archaeologists have surprised a man in Norway, telling him the old abandoned sword he found by the roadside is in fact 3,000 years old.
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Who says beauty is in the eye of the beholder? A website says that British men and women are the ugliest people in the world but then who are the world's most beautiful people?
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Norway has become the first European country to raise its interest rates since the global financial crisis began in earnest, citing better than expected economic growth as the reason for the decision.
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What do Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden have in common, except for cold winters? These Nordic countries, of all nations in the world, have the smallest equality gap between men and women.
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The world champion Monopoly player won the final game at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when his opponent landed on Pacific and North Carolina Avenue and could not afford the rent due.
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