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| Norwegian girls drowned in sea |
| [Norwaynews] [08.03.2010, 09:26am, Mon. GMT] |
 Two nine-year-old Norwegian girls playing on slippery coastal rocks near Kristiansund in Norway fell into the sea on Sunday. Both were found, but died later at the local hospital. Hospital officials tried to resuscitate the girls, one of whom was believed to have been in the ice-cold water for around an hour, but gave up efforts late Sunday night. The girls reportedly were playing on the large rocks, called svaberg, that slope into the sea at a park area at Karihola, north of the city on Norway’s northwest coast.
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 | | | | Norwegian Dies in Room After Motorbike Accident in Pattaya |
| [Norwaynews] [29.01.2010, 08:32pm, Fri. GMT] |
| A middle aged Norwegian national has been found dead in his room shortly after having been involved in a motorbike accident. At approximately 6:00pm, police Lieutenant Colonel Warayut Milai (Pattaya Police Investigator) was notified that a foreign man had been found dead in the Aruno building, Soi Arunothai, Pattaya. A team of police and rescue officers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation went to the scene to investigate. |
| | | | Norwegian soldier killed in Afghanistan |
| [Norwaynews] [25.01.2010, 10:55pm, Mon. GMT] |
 A Norwegian soldier has been killed on a mission in the Ghowrmach District in the north of Afghanistan, when his armored vehicle hit a road mine, according to the Norwegian Defense Command. Two other Norwegian soldiers in the same vehicle were slightly injured, according to NRK. The dead soldier and those injured were evacuated by a helicopter from the Norwegian base at Meymaneh. |
| | | | Norwegian boy found dead in Spain. |
| [Norwaynews] [25.12.2009, 09:06am, Fri. GMT] |
A Norwegian boy was found dead Thursday near the town of Puerto Rico in the Canary Islands. The boy, who was on holiday in Gran Canaria with his family, was found dead near a desalination plant in Puerto Rico, said the newspaper Canarias7. It will not be informed about the age of the boy. Spanish police investigating the case, but most suggest that the boy has been exposed to a fall accident.
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| | | | Norwegian pair sentenced to death for murder and spying |
| [Norwaynews] [08.09.2009, 07:43pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A military court in Congo sentenced two Norwegians to death yesterday and ordered them and their government to pay over $60m in damages after the pair were convicted of murder and espionage. Norway immediately rejected the central African nation’s accusations of spying and said it would seek to block any executions. The men, Joshua French, 27, and Tjostolv Moland, 28, have said they would appeal against any conviction. The two Norwegians had been charged with murder, espionage and arms smuggling after their driver was found dead in May this year with a gunshot wound to his head near the city of Kisangani, in Democratic Republic of Congo’s lawless east. |
| | | | Congolese prosecutor wants death penalty for two Norwegians |
| [Norwaynews] [31.08.2009, 08:33pm, Mon. GMT] |
A military prosecutor in Congo asked a court to sentence to death two Norwegians accused of killing their driver in the lawless east of the country in May this year. The Norwegians, Joshua French, 27, and Tjostolv Moland, 28, were charged with murder, attempted murder, espionage, conspiracy and armed robbery after their driver was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head east of the city of Kisangani.
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| | | | Three StatoilHydro employees on missing flight |
| [Norwaynews] [02.06.2009, 05:42pm, Tue. GMT] |
StatoilHydro employees Marcela Pellizon (29), Gustavo Peretti (30) and Kristian Berg Andersen (37) were on the Air France flight which has gone missing en route to Paris. The three personnel confirmed to be on the plane worked at the group’s office in Rio de Janeiro and were on their way to Norway. Mr Berg Andersen is a Norwegian citizen and the others are Brazilian. “We have learned that three of our people were on the flight with great sadness,” says chief executive Helge Lund.
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| | | | Fallen officer’s body back in Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [21.04.2009, 06:36pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The body of the Norwegian officer, Trond Petter Kolset (30) from Steinkjer killed in Afghanistan last Friday has been flown back to Norway. The plane landed at the Gardermoen military airfield Tuesday afternoon. The bier was received with full military honors, followed by a closed ceremony, in part to protect the identity of intelligence personnel present, according to Aftenposten. Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen participated in the ceremony. This is the first time a Norwegian intelligence officer has been lost while on a peacekeeping mission. |
| | | | Norwegians die in Italy. |
| [Norwaynews] [11.08.2008, 08:12pm, Mon. GMT] |
A Norwegian man and his three-year-old son perished when a large tree fell on their tent during a freak storm in the northern Italian holiday resort Grado early Saturday morning. The mother and three other children are in hospital with minor injuries. The freak storm caused major damage also to many buildings in the town, which is located close to Trieste. |
| | | | 2 people found dead at music festival in southern Norway, 6 others hospitalized. |
| [Norwaynews] [12.07.2008, 10:33pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Two people were found dead Saturday at a music festival in southern Norway, and six others were hospitalized, police said. The victims were found in and near a bus at the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal village, 270 miles (430 kilometers) southwest of Oslo, Agder Police District chief Asbjoern Enoksen said. Preliminary hospital reports indicated carbon monoxide poisoning could have been a cause, Enoksen said. |
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| Norwegian found murdered in Denmark |
| [Norwaynews] [02.03.2010, 08:06pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A Norwegian 42 year flight attendant was found dead at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Copenhagen, which says that she works for SAS flight. It is now apparently also now been confirmed by the police that the Norwegian woman was murdered and crime experts also examine the subsequent scene to find out tracks on here death. |
| | | | Norwegian died on Gran Canaria |
| [Norwaynews] [29.01.2010, 08:28pm, Fri. GMT] |
A Norwegian born 1987, died in Playa The family is notified, "said press officer and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry, Ragnhild Imerslund, to Dagbladet. Playa des Ingles is a city on the east coast of Gran Canaria and a popular destination.
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| | | | Norwegian beaten to death |
| [Norwaynews] [04.01.2010, 01:18am, Mon. GMT] |
| Tore Wilhelm Karlsen, a 59-year-old Norwegian was found dead, bound hand and foot inside his apartment. Police say the body showed evidence of being beaten with a blunt instrument and had several puncture wounds. Police say it is probable that he died of internal bleeding and lack of immediate medical attention. Neighbors found the body in a pool of blood at 8:00 am on Wednesday morning. The TV had been left at full volume suggesting the attackers used it to cover up any noise. The reason for the murder is not yet determined but police have not ruled out theft. |
| | | | How Norway citizen was treated? |
| [Norwaynews] [07.12.2009, 08:38am, Mon. GMT] |
| Shaid Azim (26) is a Norway citizen raised in Norway, Two years ago he was on holiday in Pakistan, when he was arrested for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl. Now, Norway National was sentenced to death twice for murder and rape. He was also 17 years in prison and ordered to pay a large compensation. The Foreign Ministry has neither visited the condemned man in prison in the past year nor had a Norwegian representative present at the trial. The family of the death row says it has not received any help from the Norway Foreign Ministry during the trial. |
| | | | Norwegian kidnapped in Pakistan |
| [Norwaynews] [02.09.2009, 09:00pm, Wed. GMT] |
The fate of a Norwegian citizen with Baloch background is still uncertain. The energetic journalist of Norway’s TV2, Qazafi Zaman reported on Tuesday, the family of the citizen is concern to know where about of him. It has been three weeks since the Norwegian citizen Ehsan Arjemandi was reportedly kidnapped in Pakistan. It is Uncertainty and we are powerless in the worst situation, "said Mohammed Arjemandi to TV 2 news.
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| | | | Norwegian citizen feared abducted in Pakistan |
| [Norwaynews] [11.08.2009, 06:41pm, Tue. GMT] |
| A Norwegian citizen is missing and has reportedly been abducted in Pakistan, while traveling on a bus. The Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs has contacted has asked Pakistani authorities for information. Eyewitnesses, quoted by the Pakistani newspaper The Natin, say the 38-year old man was abducted while travelling on a bus between Balutsjistan and Karachi. |
| | | | Norwegian national died in Thailand. |
| [Norwaynews] [05.05.2009, 02:26pm, Tue. GMT] |
 A 22 year old woman from Norway died after falling ill at Phi Phi Island in Thailand over the weekend. The cause of death has still not been confirmed, but doctors suspect poisoning. Her friend also became sick over the weekend, but is recovering at a hospital. The Norwegian woman was transported to a hospital in Krabi on Monday, but later died. According to the Thailand Tourist started an investigation in the death, as is common practice, Another female tourist died on Sunday. According to her friend, Jill St. Onge from Seattle was staying at the same guest house as the Norwegian. |
| | | | Norway Man Dies in USA. |
| [Norwaynews] [26.01.2009, 05:57am, Mon. GMT] |
| Norway Man Dies in South Carolina, USA Car Accident, The Highway Patrol says the accident occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Highway 321. The deceased is a 62-year-old man, who was driving a 2000 Toyota 4-door. His name has not been released by the Orange burg County Coroner's Office. Authorities say the victim was traveling north on Highway 321 and drove left of center into the southbound lane and collided with a 1997 Buick 4-door. The driver of a tractor-trailer that was behind the Buick was unable to avoid the accident and also hit the Toyota on the front passenger-side bumper. |
| | | | Norwegian mountain climber lost his life |
| [Norwaynews] [06.08.2008, 08:11am, Wed. GMT] |
 The experienced Norwegian climber Rolf Bae (33) lost his life after an ice fall near the summit of K2 in the Himalayas. At least eight other climbers are reported killed by the same avalanche. Several others are still reported missing. Bae's tragic death has been confirmed by other members of the Norwegian expedition. The accident happened on during the descent, after two of the expedition members had reached the K2 summit earlier in the day, says the expedition press spokesman, Bjoern Sekkesaeter. The rest of the expedition returned to basecamp at 5,000 metres on Sunday.
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| | | | Bicyclists hit by car near Racine, one dies. |
| [Norwaynews] [12.07.2008, 10:30pm, Sat. GMT] |
An avid bicyclist who took part in a cross-country ultra-endurance event last month was fatally injured when she and another biker were hit by a car driven by a suspected drunken driver. Racine County sheriff's officials said Nancy Sellars, 48, of Franklin, died at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in suburban Milwaukee early Thursday as the result of injuries suffered in the accident about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the town of Raymond. |
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The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
