Norway's leftist gov't wins re-election

OSLO—Norway's left-leaning government narrowly won re-election after using oil money to shield the Nordic welfare state from the global recession, official results showed Tuesday. Benefiting from a splintered opposition, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg 's Labor-led coalition became the first Norwegian government to survive an election in 16 years. With 99.9 percent of votes counted, Stoltenberg's three-party bloc had secured 86 seats to keep a slim majority in the 169-seat Parliament. The op

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