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Ya'alon: Turning the Oslo Approach On Its Head

Former IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon has a thoughtful piece in Azure Magazine: Israel and the Palestinians: A New Strategy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German priest executed by the Nazis, once wrote, “If you board the wrong...

The Checkup: Health in the News and in Your Life

Cancer: Here Today . . . Can breast cancer just disappear on its own? Per-Henrik Zahl of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo and colleagues compared breast cancer rates in two groups of more than 100,000 women ages...

Office for Contemporary Art in Norway shows "Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?"

OSLO.- 'Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?' is a research project that consists of three platforms – an exhibition, a programme of public events and a publication – examining the juncture of the political and the erotic...

Golden Ocean: May need more capital, shares dive

OSLO (Reuters) - Bulk shipping group Golden Ocean warned on Monday that it may need more equity to help it through a strained financial situation, but said it was working to shore up capital by restructuring its $1.6 billion...

Some 100 countries to sign cluster bomb ban in Oslo!

Oslo, Dec 01: Some 100 countries will ban the use of cluster bombs with the signing of a treaty on Wednesday in Oslo but major producers such as China, Russia and the United States are shunning the pact. The treaty, agreed upon...

Petrojack offers Petroprod merger with Det norske

OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian oilfield services company Petrojack has offered to merge its Petroprod unit with Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap in an all-stock deal. 'The transaction should be structured as a...

Norway retail sales dive bolsters rate cut view

By John Acher OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian retail sales dropped by a steeper-than-expected 0.9 percent in October from September as the global economic crisis kept shoppers at home, and economists said the weakness would...

PA Resources sells Norway assets to Bayerngas

OSLO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Swedish independent oil company PA Resources has agreed to sell all its Norwegian assets to Germany's Bayerngas for about $220 million in cash, PA Resources said on Monday. 'The transaction will...

Norwegian crown princess gets award for combating HIV/AIDS

Oslo - Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was Monday awarded the country's Plussprisen prize for her efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. The prize - announced in connection with World AIDS day - was awarded by the Norwegian group...

GOGL - Q3 2008 Presentation

HAMILTON, BERMUDA--(Marketwire - December 1, 2008) - Please find enclosed the presentation of the Preliminary Third Quarter 2008 Results, held in the morning on Monday December 1, 2008. Oslo, December 1, 2008 This announcement...