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HORRIBLE, MIND NUMBING THINGS JOME'S COUNTRY DOES - EVIL IN NORWAY!!!!!
Trauma-san:
Bust of the painter Edvard Munch stolen
A bust of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch has been stolen from Our Saviour's Cemetery in Oslo.
The bust was mounted on a stone monument in the Memorial Section.
It is a bit uncertain when the bust was stolen, but it was brought to the attention of the police on Thursday, NRK reports.
The bust was made by the Norwegian sculptor Arne Durvan and was donated by the Friends of the Munch Museum and unveiled in 1992.
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"Only in Norway" !
Thirteen:
they gave jome that ticket he bitched about for 2 weeks on here.
take notes from your fellow vikings next time you get pulled over Olaf... brandish an axe
Trauma-san:
OSLO, Norway -- More than 150 members of an alleged paedophile network have been arrested in raids across Norway.
The raids, carried out by Norway's National Crime Police, also seized video tapes, photographs and computer material showing sexual abuse of children.
Police feared some suspects could also have sexually abused children and said more arrests could be made once the seized material had been analysed.
Norwegian police said the arrests could turn out to be the tip of a larger international paedophile network and will continue investigations, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported.
Police said that 90 of those charged on Thursday admitted in questioning to possessing child pornography.
A police statement said: "Large quantities of child pornography material have been seized in what was the largest such coordinated action in the country."
Possession of child pornography can carry a two-year jail sentence in Norway, The Associated Press reported.
UK parliamentary clerk charged
In a separate move a senior office clerk at the UK's House of Commons has been charged with making indecent images of children, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
Philip Lyon, 37, from Basildon, Essex, was charged with 10 counts of making indecent images of children the UK's Press Association said.
Lyon's main duties are arranging Prime Minister's Question Time for Tony Blair on Wednesday afternoons.
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"ONLY IN NORWAY!"
Trauma-san:
By the BBC's Lars Bevanger
Norwegians have a long way to go to rid themselves of racist thoughts and ideas, according to the author of a new book on multi-cultural Norway.
Marianne Gullestad, of the Institute for Social Research, in Oslo, was speaking after two Norwegian neo-Nazis were jailed for killing 15-year-old Benjamin Hermansen, whose father was Ghanaian.
There are employers who simply don't invite people to interviews if they, for instance, have Arab-sounding names
Editor Tor Bach
The killing sparked large anti-racism demonstrations, but Ms Gullestad says it did not turn out to be the beginning of real soul-searching in Norwegian society.
She says many still view non-white immigrants as people with few resources who need help.
"The demonstrations indicated that official Norway was willing to rethink its attitudes to racism, but all that quickly ended," she says.
Her book, Norway Seen Through New Eyes, examines the changes Norwegians face in today's multicultural society.
Surprising resistance
Last year, Norway had a fierce debate on the use of the word "negro".
A high-profile black Norwegian athlete said he wished people would stop using the term, which to him was offensive and racist.
"I was very surprised at how much resistance his comments were met with," Ms Gullestad says.
"There are between 150 and 200 self-declared racists in Norway - everyone else say they are not.
A tiny minority in Norway would call themselves racist
"Those who publicly refused to stop using the term 'negro' were all kinds of people, none of whom would consider themselves racist.
"We still have a long way to go to get rid of racist thoughts and ideas which - more or less - everybody is guilty of using in this country."
Tor Bach, editor of the Oslo-based anti-racist magazine Monitor, says Norwegians from ethnic minorities encounter racism at all levels of society.
"It is virtually impossible for a young Somali to secure his own accommodation in Norway at the moment," he says.
Lack of reaction
Those with an immigrant job also face difficulties finding work.
"There are employers who simply don't invite people to interviews if they, for instance, have Arab-sounding names. I know people who have changed their names because of this," says Mr Bach.
Although Benjamin's death caused widespread outrage, commentators who work closely with immigrants and non-white people in Norway, say there is a lack of public reaction to every-day injustices.
With the conviction of Benjamin Hermansen's killers, a painful period for many in Norway comes to a close.
But as Norwegian society becomes increasingly multi-cultural, the issues of racism and lack of social inclusion will not go away.
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*Jamal*:
LMAO
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