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Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and the subantarctic Bouvet Island.

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Area

  • 385252.0 km2

Population

  • 4996900

Currency

  • Norwegian krone

Form of Government

  • Parliamentary system
  • Constitutional monarchy
  • Unitary state
Panel slams report saying Norway killer sane, experts doubt suicide attack

Forensic scientists have criticized a report that says confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he massacred 77 people last year in a bomb attack and shooting spree.

In a letter published Friday, the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine questioned why that report had not taken into account "important information" provided by the killer's mother, who said that her son's behavior changed dramatically a year before the July 22 attacks.Meanwhile, experts testifying in court threw doubt on Breivik's claim that his lethal rampage was a planned suicide attack.Breivik's mental state is the key issue of his ongoing trial and will determine his sentencing.If found guilty and criminally sane, he would face 21 years in prison, though he could be held longer if deemed dangerous to society. If declared insane, he would be committed to compulsory psychiatric care.Two psychological examinations carried out before Breivik's terror and murder trial started in mid-April reached opposite ...

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  1. Norwegian mass killer's ex-friends suspected he was depressed, possibly gay

    Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said that some years before the massacre he came across as depressed, expressed feminine ten...

  2. Police say Norwegian mass killer acted alone, refute existence of 'Knights Templar' network

    Norwegian police said Wednesday they are confident that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted on his own in terror attacks last year that killed 77 peop...

  3. Witness testifies how Breivik first spared him, then shot him during his rampage in Norway

    A Norwegian who survived Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage on Utoya island capped two weeks of chilling witness statements from survivors on Friday, describi...

  4. Does Norway's respect for confessed mass killer Breivik go too far?

    You would have forgiven Norwegians for showing more outrage against confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.When he walks in to court flashing a right-wing salu...

  5. Norway killer hears witnesses recall turmoil after explosion in Oslo

    After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene ...

  6. U2's Bono to present Amnesty's top award to Suu Kyi during tribute concert June 18 in Dublin

    Bono will present Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International's highest honor when she visits Dublin next month as part of her first intern...

  7. On first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years, Suu Kyi visits impoverished migrants in Thailand

    Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first foreign trip in nearly a quarter-century, offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose fli...

  8. Man sets himself on fire outside trial of confessed Norway killer

    An unidentified man was seriously injured in a self-immolation Tuesday outside the courthouse where right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik is being tried on ter...

  9. Norwegian gunman Breivik says he won't appeal massacre verdict if he is deemed sane

    Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in a massacre last July, says he won't appeal the court's verdict if he is deem...

  10. Aung San Suu Kyi to give Nobel acceptance speech in Norway 2 decades after winning peace prize

    Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will finally get a chance to deliver her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, nearly 21 years after winning the pr...

  11. Shoe-thrower interrupts trial of confessed Norway mass killer

    The trial of Anders Behring Breivik was interrupted briefly Friday when the brother one of his 77 victims hurled a shoe at the confessed mass killer and yelled, "Go ...

  12. Norwegian says 4 foreigners held in Sudan were on a UN mine clearing mission

    Four foreigners who were arrested by Sudanese authorities and held for three weeks were on a U.N. mine clearing mission along the disputed border with South Sudan, a...

  1. Panel slams report finding confessed Norway killer sane

    Forensic scientists have criticized a report that found that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he massacred 77 people last year in a bomb at...

  2. Clinton: US will know by Moscow talks this month if Iran is taking action on nuclear program

    The United States appeared to set a deadline Friday for Iran to ease world concern over its disputed nuclear program, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sa...

  3. Clinton brings message of cooperation to Arctic amid competing claims in resource-rich region

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trekking north of the Arctic Circle, a region that could become a new international battleground for resources.Clin...

  4. Public sector strike in Norway shuts down hundreds of schools, kindergartens

    Thousands of teachers, carers and policemen have gone on strike in Norway in a protest over wages, shutting down hundreds of kindergartens and schools in the middle ...

  5. Suu Kyi urges 'skepticism' on Myanmar reforms, receives ovation at first international speech

    Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi basked in a long-overdue standing ovation at her first speech before an international audience Friday, but quickly shifted the focus ...

  6. On first trip abroad in 24 years, Suu Kyi visits Myanmar refugees in Thailand who fled war

    Aung San Suu Kyi turned her attention to Myanmar's long-standing refugee crisis Saturday with a visit to a sprawling camp on Thailand's border to get her first glimp...

  7. Request to define what is a Palestinian refugee creates big diplomatic complication for US

    A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendant...

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