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Aug 27 2008, Nithya N

Here’s a two-seated car that is able to lie flat on the highway, along with the knack of shrinking down on busy roads to give away space, offering better parking. Purely ingenious, I say! Designed by Oskar Johansen from Norway, this vehicle makes...

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Sep 4 2008 by AP0 Comments

A Norwegian BASE jumper said he learned a hard lesson about tempting fate after surviving a spine-chilling crash from a mile-high mountain.

 
 
Aug 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway has successfully defended his Olympic javelin title in a games record.

 
 
Aug 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

Norway’s women’s handball team has won its first Olympic gold medal, beating Russia 34-27.

 
 
Aug 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

Four horses in the Olympic equestrian team jumping competition, including one from Norway’s bronze-medal team, have been provisionally suspended for doping.

 
 
Aug 20 2008 by AP0 Comments

Norway’s Defense Ministry says Russia has informed it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO.

 
 
Aug 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

Olaf Tufte of Norway has won the Olympic gold medal in men’s single sculls, successfully defending his first-place finish four years ago in Athens.

 
 
Aug 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor wrapped up the beach volleyball round-robin with a perfect record on Thursday, beating Norway in straight sets to head into the medal round with a 3-0 record.

 
 
Aug 6 2008 by AP0 Comments

Norway jumped on the United States from the opening whistle, getting two goals in the first four minutes Wednesday to beat the U.S. women’s soccer team 2-0 at the Beijing Olympics.

 
 
Aug 3 2008 by AP0 Comments

A lightning bolt struck 91 auto racing fans at a racetrack in Norway Sunday, and 45 people were taken to hospital with minor burns, police said.

 
 
Jul 25 2008 by AP1 Comments

A group of men wielding knives, machetes and iron bars stormed into a center for asylum-seekers in a nighttime attack that left more than 20 people hurt, police said Friday.Five Chechen immigrants were arrested after the violence late Thursday, which...

 
 
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Aug 27 2008 by Nithya N1 Comments

Here’s a two-seated car that is able to lie flat on the highway, along with the knack of shrinking down on busy roads to give away space, offering better parking. Purely ingenious, I say! Designed by Oskar Johansen from Norway, this vehicle makes...

 
 
Aug 12 2008 by Nithya N0 Comments

At the first glance the pictures will certainly give you a deathly look and light up the faces of all those daredevils, but pictures can be misleading can’t they? This Grand Canyon Skywalk look alike is more deceiving than you think it is. The...

 
 
Jul 31 2008 by Sameer Kumar0 Comments

Today’s world is a place where one can communicate without any barriers and can voice their thoughts with freedom that is provided by uncensored modern media (At least to a very large extent). The amazing little idea of letting any caller an access...

 
 
Jun 2 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

Although criminals have been fond guilty for some horrendous crimes against humanity and put behind bars, there still lies a chance for ’em to show their goodness for our planet at the world’s first ecological prison. Although the idea of a...

 
 
May 12 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

Many a times it happens so that we overlook our own gold mines and desire to look into other’s resources. The same hold true for Norway too. This beautiful Scandinavian country is no doubt one of the world’s leading oil and gas exporters, but is...

 
 
Feb 26 2008 by Naveen0 Comments

Christopher Conte, who began drawing at age 3, started offering his unique sculptures for sale to the public for the first time last year. His amazing sculptures are more like old-fashioned studies depicted with contemporary materials. All of his...

 
 
Jan 25 2008 by Asmita0 Comments

Remember the super-cool wall PC interface that Tom Cruise manipulates with his hands in the sci-fi flick Minority Report? A team of PhD students led by Daniel Stoldle at the University of Tromso, Norway, have developed a display based on the same...

 
 
Jan 11 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

In an unprecedented move, Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday have announced their intentions to strictly follow a Norway-brokered ceasefire that the Sri Lankan government withdrew from last week. Serious violence has erupted since the collapse of the 2002...

 
 
Dec 12 2007 by Apabrita0 Comments

Everyone is worried about the climate change issues that the globe is facing right now. Through out the world the nations are coming up with new ways of battling this environmental disaster. Norway’s finance minister came up with a plan that will...

 
 
Nov 18 2007 by Ritu0 Comments

This is one of the most interesting usages of mobile phones I have ever heard as Norwegians will soon be able to use their mobile phones to track the freshness of their seafood.

Norway based Food chain coop, called Norwegian Seafood Association has...

 
 
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Professeor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, of Grameenphone in Bangladesh explains during a press conference in Oslo Friday Sept 5, 2008 why his company is considering a lawsuit against their major shareholder, Telenor of Norway.(AP ...