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NORWAY News:
20051212
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Norway
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 Animals
-  Science
- "Arctic
orcas highly contaminated: Killer whales have become
the most contaminated mammals in the Arctic, new research indicates." ...
"Norwegian scientists have found that killer whales - or orcas, as they
are sometimes known - have overtaken polar bears at the head of the toxic
table." ... "The Norwegian Polar Institute tested blubber samples taken
from creatures in Tysfjord in the Norwegian Arctic." ... "The chemicals
they found included pesticides, flame retardants and PCBs - which used
to be used in many industrial processes." -By Paddy
Clark -BBC
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20040420
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- "Powell
urges coalition leaders to keep troops in Iraq."
... "Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition
in Iraq remains strong despite decisions by Spain and Honduras to pull
out their troops. Later, the Dominican Republic announced that it also
would withdraw its troops." ... "Powell told reporters that leaders of
13 coalition countries with whom he spoke by telephone Monday and Tuesday
"all expressed steadfast support" for their respective troop commitments."
... "Among the leaders Powell spoke with was Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart
Sathirathai." ... "In addition to Surakiart, Powell spoke with leaders
of El Salvador, Dominica, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria,
Holland, Romania, the Philippines and Ukraine." -By
George Gedda -AP
via -SFGate.com
20030108
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- "Norwegian
Hacker, 19, Is Acquitted in DVD Piracy Case." ...
"A three-member panel of the Oslo City Court, including a judge and two
technical experts, ruled that Mr. Johansen had not broken any laws by using
and distributing the software and that he was free to view DVD's he bought
in any fashion he chose. Mr. Johansen has said that the software was intended
to help him play DVD's he already owned on a Linux-based computer, for
which DVD software had not yet been written." -By
Timothy L. O'Brien -NYTimes
via -Google-News
20020724
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"Norway
'best place to live'." ... "For the second year running,
Norway has been named as the best place in the world to live, according
to an annual report from the United Nations." The U.S. was rated sixth,
after Sweden, Canada, Belgium, and Australia. ... "Sierra Leone was placed
last, and the bottom 24 countries are all in Africa."
-BBC /News
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