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OSLO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Norway's central bank said on Thursday that its supply of Norwegian crowns to the interbank market was 'close to normal' but that the money market ...

It is an apt description for the role she has fulfilled during a short but dynamic political career that this week saw her catapulted to the verge of one of ...

Newcastle's ship has sailed ... September 1 saw the last passenger ferry to Scandinavia from Newcastle My grandfather loved ships and working boats. Whenever he disappeared on a day trip ...

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- President of the Norwegian Parliament Thorbjoern Jagland met with Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China in ...

The possibility that Tzipi Livni will become Israel's next prime minister has re-ignited hopes of a breakthrough in the peace process, but chances are we are probably in for yet ...

With peace prospects in poor shape, Israelis might be ready for a new type of leader. Tzipi Livni, who was elected Wednesday to head Israel's ruling party, has led negotiations ...

Politicians like to glorify events in which they starred. And even more so the extroverted people who cooked up the Oslo Accords exactly 15 years ago. But Shimon Peres, Yossi ...

OSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Norway's statistics agency lowered on Thursday its forecast for 2008 investment in the country's oil and gas sector but said investment in the sector, which ...

SPRINT superstar Usain Bolt could have run the 100m at the Beijing Olympics in 9.55 seconds if he hadn't slowed to slap his chest as he won, physicists say. In ...

On top of its efforts in the virtualization arena, Microsoft is also focusing on modeling, when it comes down to transitioning new innovative technologies and platforms out from the niche ...