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| | CANOE -- CNEWS - Weird News: New Norwegian finance minister hit in head with cake; man detained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway's new finance minister, Kristin Halvorsen, was hit in the head with a cake Tuesday at the start of her first full day as a member of government, police said. |
 | | Halvorsen, the 45-year-old leader of the Socialist Left Party, was not injured and declined comment. |
 | | Upon arriving at her ministry, Halvorsen entered the building but returned to the street when told that a well-wisher wanted to give her a cake. |
| cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/10/18/pf-1267870.html (240 words) |
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