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Doomsday Vault Will Protect Millions Of SeedsOslo, Norway - An Arctic "doomsday vault" aimed at providing mankind with food in case of a global catastrophe will be designed to sustain the effects of climate change, the project's builders said Friday as they unveiled the architectural plans. |
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New Viking treasures foundFroyland, Rogaland County, Norway - The Viking treasures were found at Fryland in Rogaland County. |
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‘Monster’ fossil found in Arctic graveyardSpitsbergen Island, off Norway - The Norwegian researchers discovered remains of a total of 28 plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs - top marine predators when dinosaurs dominated on land - at a site on the island of Spitsbergen, about 1300km from the North Pole. |
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Norway Plans Three-Billion-Dollar Fund For RenewablesOlso - Norway, the world's third largest oil producer, said Thursday it would create a 20-billion-kroner (3-billion-dollar, 2.4-billion-euro) fund to promote renewable energy. The government's 2007 budget proposal, to be presented on Friday, includes the provision of 10 billion kroner for the fund and a further 10 billion in 2009. |
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Fans flock to Munch Museum to see damaged Scream, MadonnaOslo, Norway - Oslo's Munch Museum saw a massive spike in attendance over the past five days as it displayed the recently recovered paintings The Scream and Madonna. |
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Norway’s First Hydrogen Fueling Station OpensOslo, Norway - Norway's first hydrogen filling station for motor vehicles opened Tuesday as a step in creating a clean-air highway in southern Norway. |
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Manure, Buses Seen Helping Curb Global WarmingOslo, Norway - Manure and buses are among promising areas for investment under a U.N. project in the Third World aimed at combating global warming, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. |
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Norway still the world’s best place to liveOlso, Norway - For the fourth year in a row, the United Nations has ranked Norway as having the highest standard of living in the world. |
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From World Cup to World Bank, Climate Actions RiseOslo, Norway - The World Cup, a movie by former US Vice President Al Gore and the World Bank are all doing their bit to fight global warming by using the burgeoning but barely regulated business of "carbon neutrality." |
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Work begins on global seed bank on Arctic islandLongyearbyen, Norway - Work began in the Arctic on Monday on building a global bank of crop seeds that scientists hope will prevent the extinction of unique species such as those lost in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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