Topic: Nordic Countries

Political camp tradition resumes after Norway attack

TROMOEY, Norway (Reuters) - Record numbers of Young Liberals held Norway's first summer youth camp since last week's slaughter of 69 campers and the Oslo bomb that killed eight, but police were posted to guard the gathering.It is the first political party ...

Obama signs condolence book at Norwegian embassy

US President Barack Obama visited the residence of the Norwegian ambassador on Tuesday to personally offer his condolences after 76 people died in twin attacks.Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited the ambassador's residence to sign a condolence registry after the killings ...

Norway PM Stoltenberg says attacker turned paradise into hell

OSLO (Reuters) An assailant who shot dead at least 84 people at a youth camp of Norway's ruling party turned a "youth paradise into a hell," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday."Many of those who lost their lives were persons ...

Norway PM Stoltenberg says cannot speculate on attack motive

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday he did not want to speculate on the motives for a bomb blast and a shooting that killed at least 87 people, mostly teenagers."Compared to other countries I wouldn't say we ...

Man held after Norway attacks right-wing extremist: report

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian man detained after twin attacks in Norway on Friday that killed at least 17 people has links to right-wing extremism, independent Norwegian television TV2 reported on Saturday, without disclosing its sources.Police were searching a flat in west ...
Since the death of Heath Ledger there has been a lot of controversy as to who would star in the next Bat Man, Revenge of the Tea Baggersmovie, scheduled to start filming by Christmas 2009. President Obama, seen here in a photo ...

Is This All a Dream? No, It's Political Reality

We had a very popular, newly elected president demanding that a comprehensive energy bill be passed before Copenhagen; we had a bi-partisan group of congressional leaders pushing for a cap and trade bill; and we an American public generally supportive of it ...

'Empty' climate deal worse than no deal: White House

An "empty" climate deal at UN talks in Copenhagen would be worse than reaching no deal at all, a White House spokesman said Thursday. "Coming back with an empty agreement would be far worse than coming back empty handed," said spokesman Robert ...

EU's Barroso expects U.S. to offer deeper CO2 cuts

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday he expected the United States would raise its offer to cut climate-warming emissions at U.N. talks in Copenhagen. "I really expect them to announce something more," Barroso told reporters. "President ...

US lawmakers rush to end votes to fly to Copenhagen

Leading US lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were poised to make a dash for the Copenhagen climate talks as they rushed to try to complete key votes Wednesday.As the clock ticked down, Democratic and Republican lawmakers were hoping to polish off ...
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