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Tens of thousands take to Norway’s streets, sing a song Anders Behring Breivik hates
Up to 40,000 Norwegians staged an emotionally-charged sing-along in Oslo on Thursday near the court house where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the murder of 77 people in a protest organizers said showed he had not broken their tolerant society.
The crowd chose to sing a song – “Children of the Rainbow” – that extols the type of multicultural society Breivik has said he despised and one that he specifically dismissed during the trial as Marxist propaganda. (Photo: Kyrre Lien/NTB Scanpix/Reuters)
Norway mass killer Anders Behring Breivik tells terror trial he was a ‘normal,’ ‘nice person’
The Norwegian anti-Muslim fanatic who killed 77 people in a shooting and bombing rampage last July told a court on Friday he was basically a “nice person” who had trained himself to stifle his emotions so he could carry out the attacks.
Anders Behring Breivik, 33, admits killing eight people with a car bomb at government headquarters in Oslo, then gunning down 69 people, most of them teenagers, at a Labour Party summer camp on Utoeya island.
But he has pleaded not guilty, insisting he was defending the country against waves of Muslim immigration facilitated by the political left.
“One might say that I was quite normal until 2006 when I started training, when I commenced de-emotionalizing,” he told the court. “And many people will describe me as a nice person or a sympathetic, caring person to friends and anyone.” (Photo: Heiko Junge/Scanpix/Pool/Reuters)
Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik pleads not guilty to terror charges, claims ‘self defence’
The Norwegian far-right militant who massacred 77 people last summer gave a clenched-fist salute, smirked at the court and pleaded not guilty on the first day of a trial that threatens to turn into a “circus” showcasing his anti-Islamic views.
Anders Behring Breivik, 33, has said he acted in defense of his country by setting off a car bomb that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo last July, then killing another 69 people in a shooting spree at a summer youth camp organized by the ruling Labour Party.
“I do not recognize the Norwegian courts. You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism,” Breivik told the Oslo court after refusing to stand when judges entered.
“I acknowledge the acts but not criminal guilt as I claim self defense,” he added, seated in front of a bullet-proof glass wall. (Photo: Heiko Junge/Pool/Reuters)
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![Flights rerouted as a precaution after massive solar stormSolar radiation from a massive sun storm — the largest in nearly a decade — collided with the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, prompting airlines including Air Canada to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays.Air Canada had rerouted its flights over the Arctic, including those to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, as a safety precaution.“They decided to fly a little further south. No further north than 70 degrees,” said Peter Fitzpatrick, Air Canada spokesman. “It added a bit [of time to the flights]. But it was purely a precautionary measure.”Delta Air Lines Inc. rerouted as many as eight transpolar flights between the U.S. and Asia. Jets were sent farther south, lengthening trips by about 15 minutes, to avoid potential radio disruptions, Anthony Black, a Delta spokesman, said on Tuesday. He told AFP that “a handful” of routes had their journey adjusted “based on potential impact” of the solar storm on communications.Routes from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul took a more southerly route after the solar flare erupted on Sunday.Photo: The aurora borealis near the city of Tromsoe in northern Norway January 25, 2012. (Reuters/Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/Scanpix)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydchjaYlG1qze0z6o1_1280.jpg)
Flights rerouted as a precaution after massive solar storm
Solar radiation from a massive sun storm — the largest in nearly a decade — collided with the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, prompting airlines including Air Canada to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays.
Air Canada had rerouted its flights over the Arctic, including those to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, as a safety precaution.
“They decided to fly a little further south. No further north than 70 degrees,” said Peter Fitzpatrick, Air Canada spokesman. “It added a bit [of time to the flights]. But it was purely a precautionary measure.”
Delta Air Lines Inc. rerouted as many as eight transpolar flights between the U.S. and Asia. Jets were sent farther south, lengthening trips by about 15 minutes, to avoid potential radio disruptions, Anthony Black, a Delta spokesman, said on Tuesday. He told AFP that “a handful” of routes had their journey adjusted “based on potential impact” of the solar storm on communications.
Routes from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul took a more southerly route after the solar flare erupted on Sunday.
Photo: The aurora borealis near the city of Tromsoe in northern Norway January 25, 2012. (Reuters/Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/Scanpix)
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Aurora borealis, or northern lights, fill the sky on March 13, 2011 over Finnmark, Norway. (Photo: Tore Meek/AFP/Getty Images)
Norway mass-killer Breivik found criminally insane, may avoid prison
The right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway four months ago may avoid prison after being found criminally insane.
Psychiatrists tasked with determining the mental state of Anders Behring Breivik when he carried out the twin attacks concluded that he was suffering from “psychosis” — a mental state that could alter his judgement leading up to and at the time of the killings.
The two psychiatrists, Synne Serheim and Torgeir Husby, delivered their 243-page finding to the Oslo district court Tuesday morning.
The ruling would mean that Breivik cannot be sentenced to prison but must undergo psychiatric care in a closed mental institution. (Photo: Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man helps a wounded woman evacuating a building after an explosion near government buildings in Norway’s capital, Oslo, on July 22, 2011. A powerful bomb blast rocked government and media buildings, killing at least 7 people and dealing heavy damage, police said. (MORTEN HOLM/AFP/Getty Images)
Photos: Latest images from the deadly explosion in Oslo
A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s office, killing at least two people and injuring several. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-storey building housing Stoltenberg’s office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire. LIVE UPDATES »
BREAKING: At least two dead after massive bomb blast rocks central Oslo
BREAKING: At least two dead after massive bomb blast rocks central Oslo
A massive bomb shattered Norway’s main government building in Oslo on Friday, killing two people police were quoted as saying by local news agency NTB. LIVE UPDATES »
Canada among most peaceful nations in the world: report
Canada is once again among the Top 10 most peaceful countries in the world, according to a global survey.
The Institute for Economics and Peace, an international research body, says in its 2011 Global Peace Index that Canada is the eighth most peaceful country in the world in which to live, out of 153 countries measured.
Warmer foreign relations and a decrease to the lowest possible level on what the institute calls the “political terror scale”— a measure of a nation’s respect for human rights — all contributed to Canada’s position in the survey.
