Australia announced Monday that it will lift some sanctions against Burma in response to government reforms of the past year. Speaking from London, Foreign Minister Bobb Carr told Australian radio that travel restrictions on President Thein Sein and more than 200 other officials will be lifted. However restrictions on travel and financial dealings will remain […]
No Jail Time Possible for Confessed Norwegian Killer
Posted March 7th, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
The 33-year-old man who confessed to Norway’s worst peacetime massacre may not face time behind bars. Prosecutors Wednesday formally charged Anders Behring Breivik with murder and terrorism for the July 2011 bombing and shooting rampage that left 77 people dead. The murder charges call for a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison, but prosecutors […]
Norway Convicts 2 of Terrorist Plot
Posted January 30th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
A Norwegian court has convicted and sentenced two men for planning to bomb a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The court in Oslo sentenced Norwegian citizen Mikael Davud, a member of China’s Uighur minority and considered the leader of the plot, to seven years in prison. The court also sentenced Shawan […]
Court Orders New Psychiatric Evaluation of Norway Gunman
Posted January 13th, 2012 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
A Norwegian court has ordered a new psychiatric evaluation for the confessed gunman in last year’s shooting massacre. A judge in Oslo called Friday for the evaluation to determine the criminal responsibility of the gunman, Anders Behring Breivik. The judge said two new psychiatrists were named to perform the evaluation. Earlier this month, some victims […]
Norway’s Statoil Discovers Oil in Barents Sea
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Norway’s Statoil has announced a major oil discovery in the Barents Sea that could contain up to 300 million barrels of oil. Statoil, Norway’s largest oil producer, announced the find in a statement Monday. It says the newly discovered deposit is in the Havis prospect , just seven kilometers from the Skrugard prospect, where oil […]
Lawyers Call for New Evaluation of Norway Gunman
Posted January 5th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Lawyers for some of the victims of last year’s shooting massacre in Norway have called for a new evaluation of the gunman, saying doctors monitoring him have seen no signs of paranoid schizophrenia and have not medicated him. A court in Oslo released a letter from the lawyers this week. The court is to decide […]
Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane
Posted November 29th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Court-appointed psychiatrists have declared Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik criminally insane. The psychiatric evaluation found the confessed killer was insane when he set off a car bomb in Oslo, and went on a shooting rampage at a youth summer camp, killing 77 people earlier this year. Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will recommend the […]
Norwegian Film Crew Missing After Big Storm
Posted November 28th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Norwegian rescue teams are searching for members of a film crew, swept away by a giant wave while filming a storm on Sunday. Rescue officials were looking for the pair on Monday off the southwestern coast of Norway. But officials say there is little hope of finding them alive. One member of the film crew […]
Norway Massacre Mastermind Breivik Makes First Open Court Appearance
Posted November 14th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
The trial of confessed Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has been set to begin April 16 of next year. Breivik has confessed to killing 77 people in a pair of deadly attacks in Norway last July. His trial date, announced at a hearing in Oslo Monday, is dependent on a psychiatric evaluation finding Breivik […]
Poland Arrests 19 People in Norway Massacre Case
Posted October 13th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
Polish officials say police have arrested 19 people on suspicion of producing and possessing bomb-making materials and providing them to confessed Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Poland’s Internal Security Agency made the announcement Thursday and said the arrests were part of a wider investigation by Norwegian police. Polish police were able to locate many […]
