Norway Attacks

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July 29: The first funerals for victims of Norway’s gun and bomb attacks have been held, a week after the attacks. Police now say 77 people, most of them teenagers, were killed in Oslo and on nearby Utøya island. Norwegian leaders also joined relatives in Oslo for a memorial service for victims of the Utøya shootings. Killer Anders Behring Breivik was meanwhile questioned again by police. The names of the remaining victims, 36 in total, have now been released.

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A Survivor’s Story

Text conversation between a mother and daughter during Utøya shooting

On The World:

Tragedy Transforms Arts Festival

July 29, 2011

Norway Mela Festival. (Photo: Clark Boyd)

An international arts and culture festival scheduled for Friday has been scaled back to remember the victims of the July 22nd attacks. From Oslo, the World’s Clark Boyd reports. More…

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Songs Comforting the Norwegian People

July 29, 2011
Marius Asp is a music journalist for NRK in Norway. For the past week, his station has asked Norwegians to post the songs they have turned to that provide a bit of comfort and hope. He picks three songs for us. More…

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Norway’s Political Youth Camps

July 28, 2011
Dozens of young people died in the shooting attack on Utøya island. For the families and friends who lost loved ones on Utøya, the ordeal has been a shock.
And now, US radio talk show host Glenn Beck has added insult to injury. From Oslo, the World’s Clark Boyd reports. More…

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Impact on Norway’s Muslim Community

July 28, 2011

Usman Rana (courtesy of usmanrana.com)

Lisa Mullins talks with Dr. Usman Rana, a columnist for Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten and a member of Norway’s Muslim community, about repercussions of last week’s attacks for Norwegian Muslims.

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Norway’s History of Dealing With Rightwing Extremism

July 27, 2011

Jens Stoltenberg (BBC Video)

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said his country will “not be intimidated or threatened” by Friday’s bomb and gun attacks. He said the violence had been designed to spread panic, but Norwegians would “stand firm in defending our values”. Stoltenberg added that Norway was a “tolerant and inclusive society” that could never accept violence. The World’s Clark Boyd reports from Oslo on Norway’s history of dealing with right-wing extremism. More…

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Norway Reviews Security After Twin Attacks

July 26, 2011

Remembering the victims of Friday's attacks (Photo: Clark Boyd)

Many in Norway are questioning why it took so long to get to the victims and whether it’s time to rethink the country’s security. The World’s Clark Boyd reports from Oslo.

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Terrorism in Europe

July 26, 2011

Magnus Ranstorp

Lisa Mullins talks to Dr Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism expert based in Sweden, about the threat of violence by extremist groups in Europe.

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Norway Attacker Makes Court Appearance

July 25, 2011

Anders Behring Breivik (Facebook Portrait)

Norwegian police are investigating claims by Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out Friday’s twin attacks in Norway, that he has “two more cells” working with him. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest from Annemarte Moland, a reporter with Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.

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Norwegian Diplomat on Twin Attacks

July 25, 2011

Jan Egeland (Image: Johnppap)

Anchor Lisa Mullins gets reaction to the twin terror attacks in Norway from former diplomat Jan Egeland who is in Oslo. Egeland is a former UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs. More recently, he’s been director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

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The Threat of Far-right Extremism in Europe

July 25, 2011
Following the attacks in Norway, European authorities say they’re now taking a closer look at home-grown, far-right extremist groups. Most European counter-intelligence work has focused on Islamic extremism in the last ten years. But the current economic crisis, combined with a backlash against immigration in recent years, has put governments on alert. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

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Deadly Attacks in Norway

July 22, 2011

Oslo bomb blast (Norwegian TV)

Lisa Mullins talks with Kevin Nordnes, a reporter with Norwegian state broadcaster NRK, about the attacks in Oslo and Utoya. More…

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American Expat Reacts to Oslo Bombing

July 22, 2011

Tressa Skofterud

Blogger and American expat Tressa Skofterud works in an office 300 yards from the blast in Oslo, but worked from home on Friday after just returning from a trip to the US. She talks to host Lisa Mullins about her reaction to the events unfolding in Norway.

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