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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.
Published Oct 28, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Business
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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.
Published Oct 27, 2009 by ■ Miriam Mannak in World
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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.
Published Oct 24, 2009 by ■ Jay David Murphy in Entertainment
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Saturday marked the 178th day since demonstrations began in front of the United States Consulate in Toronto and also the 150th day since displacement camps for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka started. Hundreds of protesters walked the streets of Toronto.
Published Oct 17, 2009 by ■ Andrew Moran in World
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Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, says that President Obama shouldn't go to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize. Liz Cheney appeared on Fox News Sunday attacking the president's Nobel win.
Published Oct 11, 2009 by ■ KJ Mullins in World
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Barred from the White House, the Dalai Lama, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner sends Obama a letter with congratulations and some good advice, but his message may be ignored just like an earlier message from Lech Walesa, also a Nobel Prize laureate.
Published Oct 10, 2009 by ■ Ted Lipien in World
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According to the United Nations human development index, Norway takes the number one spot. The UN human development index makes judgments based on the country's life expectancy, literacy, school enrollment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
Published Oct 5, 2009 by ■ Joe Gullo in Lifestyle
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Mohammad Othman, a Palestinian human rights activist, was detained and is being held on administrative detention by Israeli military forces.
Published Oct 5, 2009 by ■ Amanda Mueller in World
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After a variety of different reports, high-ranking United States diplomat Peter Galbraith has been officially removed from the UN mission in Afghanistan after he made fraud allegations in the region.
Published Oct 2, 2009 by ■ Andrew Moran in World
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In a Northern Norway, a new law was enacted that bans the purchasing of sexual services; however, a man used the services but it did not meet his satisfaction so he complained about it to the police.
Published Aug 31, 2009 by ■ Andrew Moran in Crime
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