Judge caught playing solitaire in Norway court during mass killer Breivik’s trial

A judge at the trial of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was caught playing solitaire on his laptop during Monday’s proceedings, the VG newspaper reported. Ernst Henning Eielsen, one of the five judges for the case, can clearly be seen on court cameras playing the card game. According to VG, Eielsen was playing the [...]

Going Secular: Norway abolishes state-sponsored religion

The Norwegian Parliament has voted to abolish the state-sponsored Church of Norway in a constitutional amendment, ending a 1000 year old tradition. “Svein Harberg, the spokesman for the Church, Education, and Research Committee stated that the decision “is historic both for the Norwegian Church and for the politicians in Parliament.” Source The bipartisan move to [...]

Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik wanted to wipe out the whole government in bombing

The gunman behind Norway’s massacres told a court he had meant to kill the entire government and said he used meditation, video shooting games and steroids to prepare for the slaughter. Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people last July, also said he had planned a far greater bloodbath with three, not one, car bombs [...]

Breivik trial video: ’Norway killer’ claims self-defense, cries in court

Anders Behring Breivik is on trial on terror and murder charges. He’s behind a bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people, he admits to the acts, but pleads not guilty to criminal charges. Anders Breivik showed no emotion as the prosecutor read out the horrific details of his victims’ deaths in Norway. However, when his propaganda [...]

Doomsday Seed Vault has more than 740,000 samples

This week, the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway is scheduled to receive nearly 25,000 samples of seeds from around the world, including those of grains that grow on one of the world’s highest mountain ranges and a plant whose stems redden an Ecuadorean drink on the “Day of the Dead.” With these additions the now [...]

20 tons of herring wash up on Norway coast

An estimated 20 tons of dead herring fish mysteriously washed up on the cost of Norway and then disappeared. The fish remains turned up on Norway’s northern coast on New Year’s Eve, and officials are still looking to explain just how and why they showed up. Read full article on Yahoo         [...]