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Russia's Sergey Karjakin has won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess tournament after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.Karjakin needed only a draw against Topalov to take the top prize after the world's No. 1 player, Magnus Carlsen, failed to win against Levon Aronian from Armenia, ranked No. 2.Topalov went into the final day of the nine-day round robin event, drawing his eighth game to hand the overall victory to Karjakin.There had been high hopes for Carlsen, playing at home, but he acknowledged that his play was "a little off."The 22-year-old Carlsen hopes to grab the world championship title from India's Viswanathan Anand in November in the holder's hometown of Chennai....
The Norwegian government is proposing to shift the tax burden more to its large oil industry to stimulate growth in other sectors.Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg pre...
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A lawyer for two Norwegians sentenced to death for spying in Congo says his clients are requesting clemency from the country's president.Morten F...
Statoil says that European antitrust officials have inspected its head office on suspicion of the Norwegian oil company's participation in anti-competitive practices...
Norway's governing Labor Party has tightened security at its first convention since a far-right extremist who railed against the party's immigration policies killed ...
The Rockettes are best-known for dancing at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, but they'll be doing their signature kick line on a cruise ship Wednesday.The dance...
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik ended Friday with the confessed mass killer demanding to be set free and vowing that history would exonerate him for a bomb-and-g...
Norway's commitment to face xenophobia with tolerance on the first anniversary of bomb and gun attacks by a confessed right-wing killer is being put to the test by h...
The man blamed for the terrorist attacks on Norway's government headquarters and an island retreat for young people that left at least 93 dead said he was motivated ...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is praying for the victims of Norway's terror attacks and urging Norwegians to unite in a resolve to reject hatred...
European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing.Britain's BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norwa...
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...
Norway's justice minister told reporters Tuesday that employees from his department are still missing after a bombing at government headquarters in Oslo and a shooti...
The Norwegian airline Wideroe says its cabin crew has gone on strike after labor negotiations broke down, grounding all aircraft and stranding 11,000 passengers in N...
I'd been at sea on Norwegian Cruise Line's new ship, Norwegian Breakaway, for more than 14 hours but I didn't feel the ship moving until I tried to do a dance move w...
A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young ...
Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister sai...
The Norwegian government has proposed extending the maximum prison sentence for terrorism to 30 years, in the wake of Anders Behring Breivik's attacks last year that...
Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears.The g...
Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister sai...