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More fighter jets join Libyan action

UPDATED: The first Norwegian fighter jets to be sent into combat in the UN-backed military operation against Libya took off from their base on...

Calls rise for journalists’ release

Scores of Norwegian journalists and foreign correspondents working in Norway gathered outside the Norwegian International Press Center in downtown Oslo on Thursday to protest...

Sex scandal threatens Progress Party

Leaders of one of Norway's biggest political parties,  the conservative Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), were huddling in crisis meetings as a sex scandal involving...

Fighter jets put under US command

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the Parliament on Wednesday that Norway's fighter jet fleet assigned to the UN military operation in Libya became...

Ministers disagree on NATO’s role

Two of Norway's leading government ministers don't agree on whether NATO should lead the international coalition that's attacking Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime on...

Splits emerge over Libya operation

Just days after Norwegian politicians displayed rare, unified support for the government's decision to back UN-approved military intervention in Libya, criticism is rising within...

National wage negotiations begin

The annual round of pay-related negotiations between Norway's trade union federations and the national employers' organization begins this week, with both sides hoping to...

Tokyo embassy staff moved south

Norway's foreign ministry heightened its warnings against staying in Japan, as new concerns of nuclear contamination gripped the northern part of the country including...

Jets take off for action over Libya

Six Norwegian fighter jets were taking off from their air bases in central and  northern Norway on Monday, bound for action in Libya. They'll...

Fighter jets to join Libyan assault

Norway was preparing to send six fighter jets and support personnel to join the UN-sanctioned assault against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Prime Minister Jens...
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