OSLO Top Stories
The Los Angeles Times: MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their homes....
The Inquisitr: Posted: May 18, 2013 Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez’s ‘yes-no-please-it’s-so-on’ relationship is now officially more scrutinized than the national debt. Now, Taylor Swift steps into the heady mix. Hot on the heels of Omg!...
The real struggle2013-05-18
Canberra Times: LETTERSThere is something seriously wrong when an affluent society such as ours has millions living below the poverty line and children going without food ("Poorest children go a day without food", May 12). I was a child in the late-1930s and early-'40s and...
BBC News: The stage is set in Sweden for the 58th Eurovision Song Contest. Some 125 million people around the world will tune in for Saturday night's final to see 26 countries compete for the title, which was won last year by Loreen with her dance track Euphoria...
Huffington Post: PARIS -- French PresidentFrancois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within...
Welcome to Oslo2013-05-18
Norway Today: The Oslo FjordRegion - Exciting experiences in the coastal areas by the...
Jo Benkow is dead2013-05-18
Norway Today: Conservative politician and former parliament president Jo Benkow has died, aged 88. He was former parliamentary president,,, Vimeo Conservative politician and former parliament...
Norway Today: Several priests and lay people are planning to stay in Sofienbergparken in Oslo next week to protest the city's homeless ban. Vimeo It is Kari Veiteberg, a priest in the Church City Mission in Bergen,...
Bac fires for Dagur Kari’s Fúsi2013-05-18
Screen Daily: EXCLUSIVE: Bac reunites with Kormakur’s BlueEyes Productions for sale of Kari’s Fusi (formerly working titled Rocketman). Paris-based Bac Films has picked up international sales on Icelandic director Dagur Kari’s [pictured] Fusi about a fortysomething late...
Live music booking now2013-05-18
The Guardian: Danny Brown | Green Man | Øya festival | Nile Rodgers and Chic Danny Brown. Photograph: J. Dennis Thomas/Corbis Glasgow label/club night Numbers bring hedonistic and dentally challenged...
Newstrack India: Tweet The tiny northeast Indian state of Tripura has turned into the second largest producer of natural rubber in the country largely because several hundred former militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) were rehabilitated a decade ago...
The Guardian: 3306: In this Alexei Troitsky endgame, the obvious 1 Kg5 Kg7 2 Nxf5+ Bxf5 3 Kxf5 Kf7 is only a draw, so how does White (to move) force a win? Illustration: Graphic The form crisis that hit Magnus Carlsen at the end of the London candidates continued at the...
LGBT Discrimination In Europe: Most Gay People Afraid To Hold Hands In Public, Survey Says2013-05-17
Huffington Post: France may have taken a big step forward with parliament's decision to legalize gay marriage, but according to the results of a European Union survey, discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is still widespread in...
Huffington Post: WASHINGTON -- Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst says President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade. The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that after four straight years of annual...
