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Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Norway: Muslims need a state of their own, says Krekar Interestingly enough, in his book Krekar, who considers himself a true Muslim scholar, is very dismissive of Osama bin Laden and most other 'leaders' whom he thinks do not really know Islamic law. And yet, here he suggest Bin Laden as the next Caliph [ie, Mohammed's stand-in]. The entire interview is available on YouTube (in Arabic). -----------...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Oslo - Oil and gas rich Norway on Tuesday inaugurated a prototype power plant to produce energy based on the principle of osmosis. This new technology generates electricity simply by mixing water, said Bard Mikkelsen, the chief executive of Statkraf...
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Wandering the World (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Before I met Hubby, the closest I had ever come to moving was my trek to and from Halifax, Nova Scotia for university every year. Hubby, on the other hand, was a Navy Brat, and moved around quite a bit until he started high school. When we married he promised me we would not move around a lot. In fact, he even put a number on it: five. His promise that we would move no more than five times never came...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater. Taking a step further in the planet's hunt for clean power, Norway is to unveil on Tuesday the world's first prototype of an osmotic power plant on the banks of the Oslo fjord. The project is small-scale but could...
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A Good Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Last week there was a bit of a burst of blog posts about innovation and value . Mr. B. even expanded on his views with a follow up post. All good. People are thinking about what is in the glass. One small point I would like to add. It's not really up to a brewer to call a special brew an "innovation" as that is defined by the greater marketplace and the greater context. It is also defined...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A mixture of cultures in every sense. That was the wedding of Shanu Rajput, a Rajasthani girl staying in Maharashtra, and Raitis Vaivods, a Russian guy staying in Oslo, Norway, which took place on the seaside in Alappuzha on Thursday. The ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Oslo - 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...
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Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Norway is up to appease Colombo as the Tamil Tigers are out of the picture and the only way to do this is abetting Colombo's discrimination of Tamils in the line of Iran, Burma and China, writes Professor Øivind Fuglerud of the University of Oslo adding that a revealing cue comes from Norway insensitively sponsoring a Buddhist organisation to conduct a music festival on 27th November in Galle,...
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American Presidents Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
After Teddy Roosevelt , the next US President to win a Nobel Peace Prize was Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Wilson received his Nobel Peace Prize for his work ending the First World War and creating the League of Nations : On this day in 1920, the Nobel Prize for Peace is awarded to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson for his work in ending the First World War and creating the League of Nations. Although Wilson...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Thieves stole a valuable artwork by Edvard Munch from an Oslo art dealer in the latest of a string of art heists targeting work by the famous Norwegian expressionist, police said Friday.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
OSLO -- Norway's Foreign Ministry says that a Norwegian journalist who was kidnapped last week in eastern Afghanistan has been released.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Oslo - Norway's government pension fund has seen a third-quarter gain of 13.5 per cent to 325 billion kroner (57 billion dollars) on the back of rising share prices, fund managers Norges Bank said Tuesday. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Glob...
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Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Guyana and Norway yesterday signed an agreement that will see Oslo paying US$30 million ($6.2 billion) next year and potentially up to US$250 million ($51.7 ...
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