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To Prep, Breivik Studied al-Qaeda, Played Call of Duty

He also read more than 600 bomb-making guides

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik "trained" for his shooting massacre by playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, studying al-Qaeda, and reading bomb-making guides. The best-selling military game let him practice his shot using a "holographic aiming device," much like the one he used when slaughtering 69 people at a...

Breivik to US Pen Pal: How Can We Work Together?

Mass. man hails gunman's 'moral conscience'

(Newser) - A Massachusetts "pen pal" of Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik has stepped forward to publicly declare his esteem for the gunman and his battle against "cultural Marxism and the Islamization of Norway." Kevin Forts, 23, made the front page of Norway newspaper VG, which printed excerpts from...

Anders Breivik Thinks He's Being Mocked

Mass murderer insists prosecutors trying to 'detract credibility from me'

(Newser) - Pity poor Anders Breivik; the confessed Norway mass-murderer thinks prosecutors are making fun of him. Prosecutors questioned Breivik for a second day today, asking about sections of his 1,500-page manifesto that describe his "Knights Templar" terrorist group, and boast that he was selected over "several hundred" applicants....

Breivik: Mass Slaughter Was 'Self-Defense'

He smiles, salutes, and cries in court

(Newser) - As his trial began in Oslo today, Anders Behring Breivik told the court that the slaughter of 77 people in Norway was a matter of ... self-defense. "I acknowledge the acts but do not plead guilty, and I claim I was doing it in self-defense," he said. Upon entering...

In Reversal, Breivik Declared Sane

Norway mass killer starts trial in 6 days

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik got his wish : A second evaluation of the extremist who killed 77 people in Norway found he was "not psychotic during the time of his actions on July 22, 2011." That's a reverse of the first evaluation's findings , and means that Breivik can...

Breivik: I'd Rather Die Than Be Ruled Crazy

Norway shooter says psychiatric care would be 'ultimate humiliation'

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik insists he's not crazy, and that being declared criminally insane would be "a fate worse than death." The man who killed 77 people in Norway last summer has written a 38-page letter, in which he attempts to discredit the psychiatric report that deemed him...

Anders Breivik 'Planned Car Bomb' for Obama

Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was his target

(Newser) - Killing 77 innocent people apparently wasn't enough for Anders Behring Breivik. The Norwegian far-right extremist also planned to car bomb President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony back in 2009, the Telegraph reports. Breivik admitted to police that it would have been a symbolic attack—security was too...

5 Dead in Norway Avalanche
 5 Dead in Norway Avalanche 
Mar 19, 2012 3:00 PM CDT

5 Dead in Norway Avalanche

One survivor pulled from snow that buried skiers

(Newser) - Police say four Swiss and one French citizen have been confirmed killed by a massive avalanche in northern Norway. A police spokesman said a sixth person, also Swiss, was dug out alive and taken to a local hospital after today's snowslide near Tromsoe on Norway's Arctic coast.

Norway Military Plane Lost During Exercise

C-130 presumed crashed; 5 missing

(Newser) - A Norwegian military transport plane with five people on board went missing today during an exercise and was feared to have crashed in northern Sweden, officials said. The C-130 was heading from Evenes in northern Norway to the Swedish city of Kiruna where it was supposed to pick up personnel....

Breivik Indicted on Terror Charges

Confessed Norway killer could be committed

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik was formally indicted on terror charges today, more than seven months after admitting to killing 77 people in two Norwegian terror attacks July 22. The 33-year-old was charged under Norway's anti-terror law for violent acts meant to disrupt the government or spread fear, the AP reports....

Best, Worst Places to Be Female

Iceland, Rwanda, and Norway top the Independent's 'best' list

(Newser) - With International Women's Day coming up Thursday, should we weep or rejoice? While British women will likely face 14 more elections before women equal men in Parliament, women in Qatar are far more likely to attend university than men. That said, the Independent picked its best and worse nations...

Anders Breivik: I Want a Medal for Shootings

Says victims were ' committing cultural destruction of Norwegian culture'

(Newser) - A smirking Anders Behring Breivik appeared in court in Oslo today and demanded a medal for the shooting rampage that killed 77 people. Breivik called the people he'd killed at the Labor Party youth camp "traitors" and demanded to be released, the AP reports. The attacks "were...

Dead Fish Blanket Norwegian Beach— Then Disappear

Herring appear on New Year's Eve then vanish

(Newser) - First more dead blackbirds in Arkansas, now dead herring in Norway. Tens of thousands of fish blanketed the beach in Kvaenes, a town located north of the Arctic Circle, on New Year's Eve, reports the AP . A marine researcher speculates that they were forced ashore in a bid to...

Norway Busts Butter Smugglers
 Norway Busts Butter Smugglers
Dec 20, 2011 5:00 AM CST

Norway Busts Butter Smugglers

Bootlegged butter selling for $40 a packet

(Newser) - Norwegian authorities are cracking down on Swedes churning cash out of Norway's butter shortage . Enterprising bootleggers have been selling cross-border butter to Norwegians desperate to do their Christmas baking. The going rate? More than $40 per packet, the Telegraph reports. Two men with more than 500 pounds of butter...

Big Crisis in Norway: Butter Shortage

Country's people are gobbling it up as part of low-carb diet

(Newser) - It only sounds like an Onion article: Norway is dealing with a serious butter shortage because its people have been swept up by the latest diet craze, which involves eating lots of it. Reuters reports that a low-carb, high-fat diet has taken the country by storm. According to a rep...

Psychiatrists Rule Breivik Insane

That could mean he avoids prison

(Newser) - Psychiatrists today found Anders Behring Breivik insane, and ruled in their report that the Norway killer should not be sent to prison. If the conclusion is upheld when the courts rule on the report, Breivik will instead undergo psychiatric care and could later be released if he’s deemed not...

Norway Shooter: I'm a Resistance Leader

Anders Behring Breivik makes first public court appearance

(Newser) - In his first public court appearance since allegedly killing 77 people in twin terror attacks in July, Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik declared himself “a military commander in the Norwegian resistance movement” but was soon silenced by the judge, the AP reports. The hearing’s purpose was to...

Norway Killer: Isolation Is Torture

He's given four more weeks in solitary at hearing today

(Newser) - Anders Behring Breivik's two months in solitary confinement have turned him into quite the whiner. During a court hearing in Oslo today, the killer complained that being kept in isolation was a kind of "torture"—after he was slapped with four more weeks in solitary. The judge...

Norway Killer Captured on Video

Anders Breivik spotted on security camera after planting bombs

(Newser) - A video of Anders Breivik minutes before he became a mass murderer has emerged. In chilling footage taken by security cameras in Oslo's government district, the Norwegian gunman can be seen walking away from a spot where he had planted bombs, clad in a police uniform and carrying a...

Norway Cruise Ship Catches Fire; 2 Dead

All 262 passengers evacuated

(Newser) - Rescue crews evacuated a cruise ship carrying 262 passengers off the coast of Norway today, after a fire broke out on board. At least two people are dead, police tell the AP, and four others are missing. The first 106 evacuees were taken to shore on lifeboats, but the rest...

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