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Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are a couple of notable things about this news story from Norway. The first is that the Norwegian authorities have (so far) behaved in a non-dhimmi fashion about all this. The “no special treatment for Muslim prisoners” policy is refreshingly different — compare the state of Wyoming , for example — and should stand as a model for the rest of the West The other significant fact is that “[m]ore...
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A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
At Harry’s Place, guest blogger Ben Cohen examines the claim, documented by the scholar Manfred Gerstenfeld and others, that antisemitism, frequently blended with anti-Zionist tropes, is alarmingly prominent in Norway and the other Nordic countries.
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DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Read it. MP, Solveig Horne, who is a member of the Justice Committee, says on the party’s home page that special diets behind bars should be refused. “There are already limited resources in the prison unit. We shouldn’t use time, money and energy on making room for special diets for some prisoners, based on religious convictions, culture, [...]
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Despite over a hundred countries signing a treaty to ban cluster bombs, the United States refuses to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Norway . "Although we share the humanitarian concerns of states signing the CCM, we will not be joining them," the State Department said in a statement. "The CCM constitutes a ban on most types of cluster munitions; such a general ban on cluster
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
# 2514 Østfold County, Norway The indefatigable Dutchy on Flutrackers has a translated report this morning of ducks and geese in Norway, in apparent routine testing, have tested positive for antibodies to a bird flu virus. The strain of bird flu was not mentioned, and may very well be one of the low pathogenic strains. Antibodies indicate that the birds have been exposed to the virus at some time in...
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YID With LID (Free subscription) | yesterday
At midnight on May 14, 1948 the Provisional Government Proclaimed a new State of Israel. On that same date the United States, in the person of President Harry Truman (against the state department's advice) recognized the provisional Jewish Government as de facto authority of the Jewish State. Six months later Norway did the same. But when the Hamas and Fatah had their short truce and the two terrorist...
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WinkyDog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Norwegian Justice Committee Member, MP, Solveig Horne, to Muslim prisoners: "You do no crime, you'll eat no pork."
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To the People (Free subscription) | yesterday
NYT: Representatives of about 100 nations began signing the ambitious treaty Wednesday morning formally renouncing the use of the bombs, typically anti-personnel weapons that eject dozens of explosive bomblets when detonated. But some of the world’s biggest military powers, including the United States, China and Russia, reject the pact and many of the signatories expressed concern that the treaty they...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are large health differences between groups of immigrants in Oslo. Compared with Norwegians, the differences are also great. The differences are seen for risk factors and actual diseases. This is shown in a new report from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Five of the largest immigrant groups were compared with each other and the ethnic Norwegian population.
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
In an article in Aftenposten [Norwegian daily] recently it was claimed by a Norwegian school pupil in Oslo that “Jew” was among the worst slurs in the social circle.A heated discussion has emerged recently in Norway about the strength of anti-Semitism in that country and other parts of Scandinavia. Rolf Krake has translated a couple of articles on the topic from the Norwegian and the Baron posted them...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
[JURIST] A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced Bosnian immigrant Mirsad Repak to five years in prison for committing war crimes against 11 Serbian citizens imprisoned during the Bosnian War. Repak, who has lived Norway for more than 10 years, was also ordered to pay damages to the families of eight Serbian victims, but was acquitted on the charges of rape and crimes against humanity. Repak was the...
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Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Representatives from 100 countries have gathered in Oslo, Norway to sign an international treaty banning cluster bombs that kill and maim tens of thousands of people. Yet major suppliers and producers of cluster bombs like the United States, Russia and China have refused to sign the
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Oslo - More than 100 countries were Wednesday expected to sign a ban against cluster bombs at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. On the eve of the signing ceremony, Norwegian Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen met on Tuesday with her ...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
SA WAS one of 100 countries yesterday that endorsed a new treaty to ban cluster munitions, with Defence Minister Charles Nqakula announcing in Oslo, Norway, that SA's relatively small stockpile of outdated weapons would be destroyed.
