The Vietnamese Revolution of 1945: Roosevelt, Ho Chi Minh and de Gaulle in a World at War (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO))
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
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...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
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 ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
OSLO -- Norway has joined Canada in asking the World Trade Organization to settle its seal hunt dispute with the European Union.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Copenhagen/Oslo - Danish side FC Copenhagen is to begin the search for a new coach after it was announced Tuesday that Stale Solbakken has agreed to coach Norway's national team from 2012. Solbakken was to replace Egil Drillo Olsen as of January 20...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Oslo/Belgrade - Cooperation between authorities in Serbia and Norway has resulted in the recent arrest of several suspects in the Scandinavian country, Norwegian police said Tuesday. Norwegian police have cooperated extremely well with Serbian poli...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Oslo - Norway had as of Thursday registered a higher number of swine flu cases and fatalities than its Nordic neighbours, sparking speculation of a possible mutation of the A(H1N1) virus. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health reported Norway has r...
The Skeptical Speculator (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
This was widely expected. From Bloomberg on Wednesday: Norges Bank raised its key interest rate a quarter point from a record low and signaled steeper increases than it previously forecast over the next three years as inflation accelerates and unemployment remains low. The Oslo-based bank raised the overnight deposit rate to 1.5 percent, becoming the first European central bank to reverse its easing...
Two Gators Crossing the Pond - Our Life in the UK (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Brian and I love traveling and experiencing different parts of Europe, but I don't think either of us ever thought we would see the real Norway (we've been to the fake one in Epcot a lot though)! =) However, when we found two round-trip plane tickets to Oslo for less than $100, we decided to go for it and experience Oslo. Oslo is where the Nobel Peace Prize is from, and since we went not long after...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
DAYTON, OH.- A fledging museum devoted to the pursuit of peace is hoping its mission is just what President Barack Obama is looking for when he decides what to do with the $1.4 million cash award that comes with his Nobel Peace Prize. Volunteers and supporters of the Dayton International Peace Museum are writing letters to Obama in hopes of swaying him to make a donation. Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
The Reference Frame: 350 day: a failing struggle for an unattractive utopia A few stupid hippies can easily get into the national TV news if they're on the "right side" (i.e. the far-left side) of the political correctness. Barack Obama Blows Off Copenhagen Conference on Global Warming to Accept Bogus Nobel Peace Prize | Scared Monkeys Barack Obama thinks his BS Nobel Peace Prize is more...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Oslo - All citizens of Norway were urged Friday to vaccinate themselves against theA(H1N1) virus, or swine flu. The Nordic country of 4.8 million people has registered 10 deaths among more than 2,000 cases reported. ...
UruK---Wonderful World & metakrisis (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
An official announcement by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life is imminent. For several months, senior administration officials have been quietly deliberating behind closed doors how much to disclose to the world about extraterrestrial life. Dissatisfaction among powerful institutions such as the U.S. Navy over the decades-long secrecy policy has given a boost...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
OSLO - A Somali-born Norwegian citizen accused of funding a Somali militant group has become the first person to be charged under the Nordic country's 2002 terror financing...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Bookeristas have critical words, in Obama-related posts: Sandra Rose: "President Obama Refuses To Celebrate The Fall Of The Berlin Wall" The conservative blogger in Atlanta metro, Ga., writes : "Some of you are old enough to remember then-president Ronald Reagan’s famous line 'Tear down this wall!' It was a challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
David Isenberg, an adviser to the Straus Military Reform Project, has written an important new report about the use of contractors "to circumvent ... public skepticism about the United States' self-appointed role as global policeman." The report addresses issues that Americans clearly prefer not to think about, but need to. Indeed, there are many in and out of government who would prefer...
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