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OSLO/BERNE - Switzerland accepted Guantanamo detainees as part of a deal with the US to limit a probe against Swiss banking group UBS, a Norwegian daily reported Thursday, citing leaked US diplomatic cables.
OSLO, Norway - Norway on Tuesday unveiled next year's budget plans aimed at curbing expenditure after the oil-rich country recovers from an economic downturn with a slightly upturned outlook for 2011.
OSLO, Norway - Abdul Ruzibiza, a former captain of a Tutsi rebel group and key witness in a French judge's investigation into a 1994 attack that triggered the Rwandan genocide, has died, Norwegian police said Friday.
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian papermaker Norske Skog said its second-quarter net loss widened 62 percent to 874 million kroner ($146 million) from 538 million kroner in 2009, due to lower paper prices, higher costs and changes in currency values.
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA said second-quarter net profit surged to 3.6 billion kroner ($584 million) from only 77 million kroner a year earlier, as increased production and rising oil prices offset a weak natural gas market.
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