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| Tobacco Morris takes Norway to court |
| [Norwaynews] [10.03.2010, 09:40am, Wed. GMT] |
 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.
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| Norway: pig herds got H1N1 from infected people |
| [Norwaynews] [21.11.2009, 07:48am, Sat. GMT] |
| Norwegian researchers suspect that the high number of pig herds infected with the pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) is related to contact with humans. In their online paper, Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1)V: Human To Pig Transmission in Norway?, published by Eurosurveillance, the researchers tried to find clarity as to the origins of the virus as found on 23 herds throughout Norway by October 26th. Human viruses ;- Sequence analysis of pig viruses from the indexed farms now shows that these are identical or virtually identical to human viruses from the same geographical region. |
| | | | Burping moose bad for the environment |
| [Norwaynews] [31.08.2007, 12:21am, Fri. GMT] |
| Amidst all the talk about carbon dioxide emissions and global warming comes news that Norway's national mascot may be contributing to the destruction of the environment, through burping and other bodily functions. The country's so-called "King of the Forest" hasn't been widely viewed as having any really nasty personal habits, surely none that could be considered an environmental threat. But now some researchers linked to Norway's technical university (NTNU) in Trondheim contend that moose are responsible for tons of gas emissions a year through their frequent burping and, well, farting. |
| | | | Opera House criticised for being ’dangerous for public' |
| [Norwaynews] [30.08.2007, 11:27pm, Thu. GMT] |
Several people were injured during their stroll on the roof of Oslo's new Opera House Sunday. Arild Kristoffersen, who suffered a fractured arm falling on the brand new marble, says the roof is 'dangerous for the public.'When ordinary Norwegians finally entered the public space on the roof of Oslo’s new Opera House on Sunday, Arild Kristoffersen, age 63, was one of at least three people who were injured.
Blinded by the white and shiny Italian marble covering the roof, Kristoffersen failed to see where he set foot, fell down a step, fractured his arm and strained his foot. With its blinding marble and many unmarked steps, the roof is dangerous for the public, Kristoffersen argued. |
| | | | Norway: Interest in interest-free banks |
| [Norwaynews] [26.08.2007, 10:41am, Sun. GMT] |
Muslims groups in Norway are currently working to set up an interest-free bank. Close to 100 people registered at the website of amanah.no within a few days. Mhammad Answar, the initiator of amanah.no says that many Muslims don't take a house loan because it is forbidden by Islam and therefore they rent their whole lives. Many Muslims have wanted an interest free bank for years. More and more European banks have been adding Sharia services. |
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| School Girl hit by car, seriously injured. |
| [Norwaynews] [20.12.2008, 10:59am, Sat. GMT] |
School Girl (13) has serious head injuries after being hit by cars. The girl was hit by a car just after she had left the school bus on Salsnes in Fosnes municipality. - She was first transported to the hospital Mudgee, before transferred to St. Olav Hospital in Trondheim. According to the hospital, she has serious head injuries, 'said operational leader Stig Fredriksen in Nord-Trondelag police. He said that the female driver of the car will be arrested, and that the cause of the accident is currently unknown. The police received notice of the accident at 15.35.
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| | | | Millionaire used helicopter to search for missing dogs |
| [Norwaynews] [30.08.2007, 11:53pm, Thu. GMT] |
| A wealthy Norwegian financier contacted a psychic and received special permission to fly low over the mountains in his desperate search for two beloved pets. Multi-millionaire Ole T Bjørnevik was out with his two English Setters, Perdita and her puppy Mira, on Friday counting grouse for the upcoming hunting season when the dogs disappeared. Bjørnevik has spent every day since then flying low in his own private helicopter over the mountains of Meråker, in Nord-Trondelag County, searching for the dogs. He also contacted psychics, seeking their views on where the dogs might be. |
| | | | Autumn to arrive on Sunday |
| [Norwaynews] [30.08.2007, 11:00pm, Thu. GMT] |
| Most of southern Norway was finally basking this week in the sunshine that never came during the traditional summer holidays in June and July. The good weather wasn't expected to last long, though. After state meteorologists had sifted through new data on Thursday afternoon, their forecast was clear: Sunday would bring colder temperatures and rain over most of the country. The rain was even predicted to fall as snow at elevations over 800 meters, according to meteorologist Haakon Melhuus. |
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