A new study suggests awareness and treatments are the main force in reducing the breast cancer death rate. Read more CompleteMammograms’ Value in Cancer Fight […]
Month: April 2011
19 Countries to Skip Nobel Ceremony for Liu Xiaobo, While China Inaugurates Confucius Peace Prize.
The number of countries declining to attend the Nobel ceremony on Friday has tripled; China schedules its own prize for Thursday. Read more Complete19 Countries […]
Norway Questions U.S. on Reports of Surveillance
Norway demanded an explanation from the United States of reports that its embassy in Oslo has conducted illegal surveillance of Norwegian residents for more than […]
Norway Announces 3 Arrests in Terror Plot Linked to U.S. and Britain
The three men were suspected of having links to Al Qaeda in a terrorism conspiracy tied to plots in the United States and Britain, police […]
Norwegian Newspaper Taps Into Web’s Efficiencies
Edda, a publisher in Norway, now makes employees at its newspapers work for both the paper and Web versions. It’s a strategy that has helped […]
Norway Says July Detainees Planned Reprisal for Muhammad Cartoons
The three men, detained in July, had been planning an attack on the Danish newspaper that first published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad. Read more […]
The Stigma of Being a Housewife
When the Swedish journalist Peter Letmark tried to track down a housewife for a series on 21st-century parents in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter recently, he […]
Icelanders Challenge Thinking on Ancient Lewis Chessmen
Two Icelanders have challenged traditional scholarly thinking about the 800-year-old Norse Lewis Chessmen, suggesting they were made not in Norway, but in Iceland. Read more […]
Iranian Lawyer Says He Fled to Norway
A lawyer who defended a woman facing death by stoning in Iran said he fled to seek protection from his country’s authorities. Read more CompleteIranian […]
‘I Curse the River of Time,’ Per Petterson’s Lost Soul
The Norwegian novelist Per Petterson’s new novel doesn’t have the same historical sweep as his best seller “Out Stealing Horses,” but it is just as […]