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Norway charges ‘Mohammed cartoon terrorists’


Norwegian prosecutors have decided to charge three men in connection with a plot against a cartoonist who drew controversial pictures of the Prophet Mohammed for a Danish newspaper in 2005. Read the full story

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Mystic killer released after ‘mental recovery’


An Indian man, who stabbed Finnish mystic Lor Bock to death while working as his personal assistant, has been released from jail after just 10 months due to an apparent recovery from psychotic delusions. Read the full story

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Greenpeace palace gatecrashers spared jail


Three Greenpeace activists, who gatecrashed a dinner of world leaders at the 2009 COP-15 climate conference by passing themselves off as a head of state, his wife and their bodyguard, have been spared jail. Read the full story

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Police seize hedgehog in apartment raid


A Swedish woman could face criminal charges after harbouring a hedgehog in her flat in violation of the country’s hunting laws. Read the full story

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Norway double attacker to appear in court


The man blamed for twin terror attacks in Norway that left almost 100 people dead on Friday is due to appear in court today. Read the full story

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Gunrunner Holck avoids Indian extradition


Notorious Danish gunrunner Niels Holck will not be extradited to India, after Denmark’s Director of Public Prosecutions rejected a call by the Indian government to appeal a Supreme Court ruling. Read the full story

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Attention-seeking serial confessor gets new acquittal


A convicted serial killer has been acquitted of murdering a nine year-old Norwegian girl, as he continues his campaign to prove his numerous previous confessions were merely drug-induced, attention-seeking ramblings. Read the full story

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Iceland immigration authorities under pressure to reform


Iceland’s Directorate of Immigration says it will re-evaluate its work methods after the Reykjavik District Court twice nullified directorate rulings over alleged sham marriages. The rulings were overturned on technical grounds. Read the full story

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Brain scientist sentenced for fraud


A controversial brain scientist from Copenhagen University has been handed a suspended three-month sentence for fraud, forgery and false accusations. Read the full story

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Iceland cleared of unlawful detention


Reykjavik District Court has acquitted the Icelandic state of charges that a man was unlawfully arrested and held in custody for a murder he was later cleared of. Read the full story

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