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| Norwegian ship hijacked off Madagascar |
| [Norwaynews] [06.03.2010, 01:18pm, Sat. GMT] |
 A chemical tanker with 21 crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates near Madagascar, the Norwegian owner said Saturday. It was not clear whether anyone in the crew, all from Myanmar, had been injured in the attack early Friday or whether any ransom had been demanded. Svenn Pedersen, CEO and managing director of Norway's Th. Broevigtank Shipowners, said the UBT Ocean chemical tanker was on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Tanzania when it was hijacked about 300 miles (500 kilometers) from its destination. |
 | | | | Police: Extremists recruiting in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [10.02.2010, 06:59pm, Wed. GMT] |
The Norwegian State Police say Islamic extremists are attempting to find additional members from among Norway's youth population. Norwegian State Police Chief Janne Kristiansen said his agency is aware of ongoing recruitment attempts in Norway by extreme Islamic groups but would not confirm whether any youths have joined such groups, Norway's NRK broadcasting group said Wednesday. Meanwhile, state police in Sweden confirmed an unspecified number of Swedish youths have left Sweden and joined extremist groups.
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| | | | Norway's Kabul embassy damaged in blast |
| [Norwaynews] [15.12.2009, 09:11am, Tue. GMT] |
Norway's embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul was badly damaged in a blast on Tuesday morning. The embassy staff escaped unhurt, but outside eight were killed and 37 injured in the suicide bombing. The explosion in the embassy district went off just before a conference on how to fight corruption was about to begin. There was major damage to the Norwegian embassy, with windows and doors blown out. The 16 who live at the embassy will have to find new quarters. The bomb was set off at the EUPOL Hotel, around 200 metres from the Norwegian embassy, as delegates were gathering for the anti-corruption conference. |
| | | | Terror kingpin escapes retribution |
| [Norway] [07.12.2009, 01:45pm, Mon. GMT] |
IT is almost seven years since Australian cameraman Paul Moran was killed by a suicide bomber in northern Iraq while covering the first days of the 2003 Iraq war. He left behind a grieving widow and a baby daughter, born only seven weeks before his death. In those seven years there has been no investigation into Moran's death. The founder and trainer of the terrorist group responsible for his murder has been living freely in Norway as a political refugee while continuing to advocate the killing of Western infidels, including Australians. He has not been investigated by Australian authorities nor any attempt made to interview him.
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| | | | Shot in Kosovo, Driven in Sri Lanka, Kidnapped in Afghanistan |
| [Norwaynews] [12.11.2009, 11:18am, Thu. GMT] |
| Norway's Foreign Ministry says that a Norwegian journalist who was kidnapped last week in eastern Afghanistan has been released. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund says the Norwegian was abducted along with his Afghan interpreter near the border with Pakistan. She says the men were released Thursday after "Norwegian authorities worked very hard and intensely" to secure their freedom. Imerslund declined to name the men or their abductors. |
| | | | Norway won’t pursue charges of war crimes |
| [Norwaynews] [06.11.2009, 08:58pm, Fri. GMT] |
Norwegian prosecutors announced yesterday they would not pursue war crimes charges against Israeli officials, including former prime minister Ehud Olmert, over the Gaza Strip offensive. Six Norwegian lawyers brought a case against Olmert and nine others in April for alleged offences during the conflict in December-January. The Scandinavian country’s courts were recently given universal jurisdiction in human rights matters, but prosecutors said the Gaza case had nothing to do with Norway. “We are not saying there were no war crimes. We are simply saying there is no reason to open an investigation in this case,” Norwegian chief prosecutor Siri Frigaard said.
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| | | | Norway condemns terrorist attack in Iran |
| [Norwaynews] [21.10.2009, 10:53pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Norway on Wednesday condemned the suicide attack in Sistan-Baluchistan province of south-eastern Iran, in which 57 people lost their lives, according to reports reaching here from Oslo. A total of 57 people were killed and more than 150 injured in the suicide attack, which took place on Oct. 18. The UN Security Council, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and the EU have all condemned the attack, said a statement released by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "This is a very tragic situation," said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store. |
| | | | Norway has no plans to accept Guantanamo inmates |
| [Norwaynews] [19.10.2009, 12:40pm, Mon. GMT] |
Norway has no plans to accept any inmates held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in an interview published Monday. 'At present it is not on the cards,' Store told the Oslo daily Verdens Gang, noting that Norway's asylum system was under great pressure. In the interview, Store said the US had not raised the names of any specific inmates with Oslo or put any pressure on Norway to accept any inmates. Store said Norway supported US President Barack Obama's plans to close the controversial prison camp.
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| | | | {Theatre of Terror} Tamil Tiger meet in Oslo to discuss Tamil Eelam election in Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [12.10.2009, 09:36pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A group of LTTE have met in Oslo, Norway to discuss conducting an election in Norway to form the Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils. A press statement released today by the Advisory Committee for the formation of the Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils said it met in Oslo, Norway and discussed in detail the procedural matters relating to the conduct of elections for the NCET. The statement said that the Advisory Committee discussed a number of proposals made in this regard by the Tamil Diaspora and also met with the Tamil community in Oslo at a public forum and also held individual consultations. The first step in the formation of the NCET will be the election of a constituent assembly. The constituent assembly allows for broad participation and inclusion of diverse points of view. |
| | | | Former Iraqi separatist leader questioned by Swiss authorities |
| [Norwaynews] [13.09.2009, 07:33am, Sun. GMT] |
Former Iraqi separatist leader Mullah Krekar who has been declared unwanted in Norway, has this week been questioned by the Swiss prosecution authority, in connection with a case of possible financing of terrorism from Switzerland. According to Aftenposten, two persons have already been detained in Switzerland in connection with the investigations into the case, investigations which according to the newspaper led to Norway and Mullah Krekar.
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| {Theatre of Terror} Warned another September 11 on Norwegian soil |
| [Norwaynews] [13.02.2010, 10:16am, Sat. GMT] |
One of the organizers of the demonstration against the cartoons in the
newspaper Dagbladet warned that terrorist acts may take place in Norway
about Muslims not being respected. Today we are even more wounded. When
will the Norwegian authorities wake up? Perhaps not until we get a 11
september eller en 7. September or 7 July. This is not a threat. , It
is a warning, calling Mohyelden Mohammed, spokesman for the initiative,
take clean in the group The volunteers in the microphone. His reference
to the terrorist attacks on New York and London.
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| | | | Terror family name Terror suspect in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [27.01.2010, 11:12am, Wed. GMT] |
Mullah Krekar's family have named a Kurdish leader from Northern Iraq who they believe is responsible for the shooting against Krekar's apartment in Oslo early Monday morning. According to the newspaper VG, the police will now try to find out if one of Krekar's enemies from Northern Iraq could have arranged the attack. The man is reported to have been in Norway recently. He is said to be a central leader ofthe Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK). |
| | | | Norway arrests 2 for suspected gun violation before Obama visit |
| [Norwaynews] [08.12.2009, 07:21pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Police arrested two people in Oslo for suspected weapons violations before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit. Police arrested two people in Oslo on Tuesday for suspected weapons violations before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Norwegian capital, police said. Security in Oslo has been ramped up before Obama's arrival on Thursday to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize. A police statement said the security services did not know of any concrete threats made against the Nobel Peace Prize Award and related events. |
| | | | Norway to send suspected Somali pirates to Kenya |
| [Norwaynews] [18.11.2009, 04:58pm, Wed. GMT] |
Suspected Somali pirates arrested by Norwegian naval forces would be sent to Kenya to stand trial, the Norway's Defence Minister Grete Faremo said Wednesday. Faremo told the Bergens Tidende newspaper that even if conditions in Kenyan detention centres were not comparable with those of Norwegian prisons, trials would not be held in Norway. The move was in line with that of the European Union, although Norway is not a member of the 27-nation bloc.
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| | | | Police Security Service (PST) plan closer cooperation with the U.S. federal police FBI. |
| [Norwaynews] [08.11.2009, 07:03pm, Sun. GMT] |
| The terrorist suspects in Norway could easily end up on the so-called terrorist lists in the United States. We have had meetings with the Americans, and the agreement is in final stages, But it is not signed yet, and therefore it is a bit early to say as much, information officer, said Martin Bernsen in PST to Aftenposten. The newspaper writes that the agreement means that the FBI will facilitate access to information about the Norwegians. Norwegian People should therefore easier to end up on the FBI's list of terrorist suspects, which already includes 400,000 people. |
| | | | Norway condemns terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan |
| [Norwaynews] [04.11.2009, 11:41am, Wed. GMT] |
Norway condemned Wednesday terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to reports reaching here from Oslo. "We condemn the terrorist attacks that have killed innocent people in Pakistan and Afghanistan today. It is particularly serious that the UN was once again the target. Our thoughts and sympathy go to the victims and their families," Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Minister Store in a statement.
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| | | | How Mullah Krekar may be deported |
| [Norwaynews] [21.10.2009, 04:36pm, Wed. GMT] |
| Outgoing Securiity Police chief Joern Holme (photo) believes he knows how the Norwegian authorities could solve the problem with former guerilla leader Mullah Krekar and be able to return him to Iraq. Former head of the Kurdish guerrilla group Ansar al-Islam in Northern Iraq, Mullah Krekar, was given refugee status in Norway in 1991, but the Norwegian High Court has since declared that he is a risk to the nation's security, and that he must be expelled. However, up to now the Norwegian authorities have said that the situation in Iraq is not yet such that Krekar can be guaranteed security, and that returning Krekar to Iraq would therefore be a breach of human rights. |
| | | | {Theatre of Terror} Norwegian envoy to SL and Foreign Minister discuss Tiger meeting in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [13.10.2009, 04:34pm, Tue. GMT] |
 Srilankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told to SL media Daily Mirror Online he met the Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Tore Hattrem this afternoon and sought an explanation over LTTE proxies holding meetings in Oslo to discuss the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. Speaking to the Media Daily Mirror on the sidelines of a press briefing today the Foreign Minister said that he met the Norwegian envoy this afternoon and expressed his concerns over the pro-LTTE meeting but added that the matter was now resolved. |
| | | | Norway condemns attack on UN Office |
| [Norwaynews] [06.10.2009, 07:29pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway condemns the attack on the World Food Program (WFP's) office in Islamabad on Monday. - This is an attack on basic humanitarian and humane principles, says Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere. Stoere describes the attack as deeply tragic, and points to the fact that UN's representatives are there to offer help to those in need, and are not part in any conflict. Our thoughts and condolenses go to colleagues of those killed and to the deprived, the Norwegian Foreign Minister says. |
| | | | United Nations must address in the investigation of possible war crimes in Sri Lanka - Erik Solheim |
| [Aftenposten] [28.08.2009, 05:44am, Fri. GMT] |
International Development Erik Solheim requires that the UN investigating charges of war crimes in Sri Lanka. This is something I will discuss with Ban Ki-moon when he comes to Norway, "he told to Aftenposten.no. There are dozens of people have been killed or have disappeared in Sri Lanka in recent years, without that there has been some form of judicial process or verdict. And there is overwhelming evidence of structures within the state apparatus is behind many of these killings, It's something I definitely want to do, even if the purpose of his trip is about climate and environment, "said Solheim.
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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.
