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	Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
		Norway was one of the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations, providing its first secretary general – Trygve Lie.
		Norway is bounded for its entire length by seas of the North Atlantic Ocean: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west, and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norway (2356 words)

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		The nearby island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are under Norwegian sovereignty and are considered by Norway as part of the kingdom, while Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are Norwegian dependencies and not considered part of the kingdom.
		Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations.
		Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/n/no/norway.html (1248 words)

	Politics of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Functions of the King of Norway are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity.
		Norway has a modified unicameral Parliament or Storting ("Great Council") with 169 seats; members are elected by popular vote by proportional representation to serve four-year terms.
		June 7, 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved; October 26, 1905 Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Norway (1422 words)

	Wikinfo \| Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norway was a nonbelligerent during World War I, but as a result of the German invasion and occupation during World War II, Norwegians generally became skeptical of the concept of neutrality and turned instead to collective security.
		The landscape is generally rugged and mountainous, topped by glaciers and its coastline of over 20,000 km is punctuated by steep-sloped inlets known as fjords, as well as a multitude of islands and islets.
		Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerak to the south, the Norwegian Sea to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Norway (1105 words)

	Norway - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west on the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Russia, Finland and Sweden, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.
		However, Norway declared her independence, adopted her own constitution and elected the Danish prince Christian Fredrik as king on 17 May 1814.
		Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and at the end of 2004 was valued at 164 billion US dollars.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /norway.htm (1925 words)

	Storting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As Norway became unified as a geopolitical entity in the 10th century the lagtings were established as superior regional assemblies.
		The archaic regional assemblies, the Frostating, the and the were amalgamated and the corpus of law was setdown under the command of King Magnus Lagabøte during the mid 13th century.
		This jurisdiction remained significant until King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway proclaimed absolute monarchy in 1660; this was ratified by the passage of the, and this became the constitution of the Union of Denmark and Norway and remained so until 1814 and the foundation of the Storting.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Storting (458 words)

	Norway - Gurupedia
		Svalbard and Jan Mayen are under Norwegian sovereignty and are considered by Norway as part of the kingdom, while Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are Norwegian dependencies and not considered part of the kingdom.
		Norway has twice voted against joining the European Union (in 1972 and 1994), but is associated with it via the
		Norway straddles the North Atlantic Ocean for its entire length, bound by three different seas: the North Sea to the southwest and its large inlet the Skagerrak to the south, the
	www.gurupedia.com /n/no/norway.htm (1138 words)

	Progress Party (Norway) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It builds on the Constitution of Norway, Norwegian and western traditions and cultural heritage with a basis in the Christian outlook on life.
		As the party was founded just after the political upheaval that followed the 1972 EU referendum, the party was believed to be an ephemeral phenomenon, and the leader of the Conservative Party Kåre Willoch characterized it as a "may fly party" (Norwegian: døgnflueparti).
		Another criticism is that Frp chairman Carl Ivar Hagen has "instincts for changing the party's political views according to popular opinion", that "this has helped increase Frp's standing in the polls" and that "this this has caused other parties to charge that Frp is a flip-flopping party".
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fremskrittspartiet (1617 words)

	Rulers Of Norway
		The home politics of Norway previous to the middle of the ninth century are so interwoven with fanciful and semi-mythical legends, that they can hardly be stated now with accuracy.
		Norway, on the other hand, was in much better condition as to internal resources, and the old Norwegian desire for national independence grew greater and greater as Denmark's fortunes waned.
		Russia, Prussia, Austria and England united in insistence on the terms of the Peace of Kiel, and the monarch was reluctantly acknowledged ; it was agreed, however, that Norway was to retain her free constitution, and in all respects be on an equal footing with Sweden in the dual monarchy.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles24/norway-501.shtml (3078 words)

	Norwegian EU referendum, 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A referendum on whether Norway should join the European Union was held on 28 November 1994.
		The main themes of the "No" campaign were loss of sovereignty if Norway should join the Union, as well as the fundamental differences in economic structure between Norway and the EU, as Norway has an economy based heavily on natural resources (especially oil and fish), in contrast to the EU's more industrial economy.
		The main arguments of the "Yes" side were that as a European country, Norway belonged in the European Union, and that Norway's economy would benefit greatly from membership.
	bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Norwegian_EU_referendum,_1994 (336 words)

	Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Northern part of the country is also known as the Land of the Midnight Sun because of its northern location, north of the Arctic Circle, where in summer the sun does not set, and in winter much of its land remains dark for long periods.
		Accordingly, Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget surpluses in a Government Petroleum Fund, which is invested abroad and at the end of the first quarter of 2005 was valued at 170 billion US dollars.
		In recent years immigration has accounted for more than half the population growth, and 7.3% of the population are immigrants as of 1 January 2003.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Norway.htm (1866 words)

	Venstre (Norway) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Venstre (the Norwegian word for: Left, sometimes referred to as the Liberal Party in international context) is a liberal party in Norway, subscribing to social-liberalism.
		It is the oldest political party in Norway, founded in 1884 as a critic of the Swedish-Norwegian Union.
		This political party- and liberalism-related article is a stub.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Venstre_(Norway) (157 words)

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		Napoleon, Norway was ceded to the king of Sweden in 1814.
		Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the
		Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called fylker (singular fylke) and 434 kommuner (singular kommune).
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Norway (1244 words)

	Politics of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Functions of the (Click link for more info and facts about King of Norway) King of Norway are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity.
		One governor exercises authority in both (The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast) Oslo and the adjacent county of (Click link for more info and facts about Akershus) Akershus.
		Norway has a modified unicameral Parliament or (Click link for more info and facts about Storting) Storting ("Great Council") with 169 seats; members are elected by popular vote by proportional representation to serve four-year terms.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_norway.htm (1229 words)

	A look at modern Norway: Norwegian women in politics (Norway - the official site in the United States) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Altogether, she served a total of ten years as Norway's Prime Minister (she was appointed Prime Minister again in 1990 and held the position until 1996).
		She added that in addition to the political parties having internal quotas, a number of the parties have also worked actively to encourage, educate and recruit women to politics.
		But even as Norway has made great advances on the political arena, there are still a lot of changes to be made in the private sector.
	www.norway.org /News/199903women.htm (2032 words)

	IWMC - Internal Politics - Honoring Countries Sovereignty / 26 April 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a trade proposal that involves the governments of Norway and Iceland, and makes a lot of sense from a sustainable use perspective.
		An entrepreneur in Norway has stored the blubber from his legal harvest of minke whales, hoping to find a sale for it eventually.
		It appears that the situation may be a test of internal politics in Norway and Iceland, and of the reaction by the United States to the business affairs of the other two nations.
	www.iwmc.org /sustain/Articles/980426.htm (494 words)

	Norway Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals - and is highly dependent on its petroleum production and international oil prices; in 1999, oil and gas accounted for 35% of exports.
		The last 25 years, the Norwegian economy has shown growing signs of the economic phenomenon called Dutch disease.
		Economical overheating is avoided by the funding - rather than spending - of the oil revenues which are of very big importance for a relatively small country.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Norway (2579 words)

	spiked-politics \| Article \| Norway bombs away
		But questions are being asked in Norway about the legitimacy of attacking Hekmatyar's men, as there is little evidence that Hizb-i-Islami has connections with al-Qaeda or that it was involved in the 11 September attacks.
		'Norway is now involving itself in the "sharp end" of war; we don't want this', she says.
		Norway's new taste for military action may be depicted as altruistic rather than self-serving, but the motivation behind today's foreign interventions, and the consequences of them, are no less destructive than in the past.
	www.spiked-online.com /articles/00000006DC71.htm (555 words)

	MapZones.com : Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norway, officially Kingdom of Norway (in Norwegian, Kongeriket Norge), constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the western and northern portions of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
		Norway's deeply indented and glaciated coastline measures about 21,925 km (13,624 mi) including all the fiords and offshore islands.
		"Norway" means "northern way", which reflects the importance of the sheltered coastal waters in linking the many small fiord and valley communities that are otherwise separated by rugged mountains.
	www.mapzones.com /world/europe/norway (121 words)

	It's All Politics :: Norway's Shipowners plans to expand lockout, government orde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norway's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Dagfinn Hoeybraaten, told both sides to meet late Monday afternoon about the dispute, a move that would effectively avoid any production cuts and preserve the country's main source of revenue.
		The move by the employers to extend the lockout to include 94 oil and gas service vessels by Nov. 8 was in response to the four-month strike by members of the Federation of Oil Workers' Union.
		Norway is the third-largest exporter of crude in the world, with average production of around 3.2 million barrels a day, behind only Saudi Arabia and Russia.
	www.itsallpolitics.com /viewtopic.php?t=821 (609 words)

	Norway - Government and Politics
		Map of public services-- map of Norway that enables you to zoom in on any area and find local government agencies and public service providers.
		Its main objective is to secure easy access for the Norwegian research community to data and to provide various services." Includes (under "data holdings"data on the political system and government, including biographical data from 1814 until present.
		Political Parties - a portal to Norway's political parties.
	www.usa.no /norway/government.html?PHPSESSID=330992fa1d5e79776e846fb16dd66a79 (240 words)

	Norway - the official site in the Azerbaijani Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The relationship between Norway and Azerbaijan has a short history in modern times.
		The Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs has decided that this is to be commemorated as the Henrik Ibsen Year all over the world.
		In 2005 we celebrate the centenary of the peaceful dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
	www.norway.az (261 words)

	Travel to Norway,Norway Travel,Norway Travel Tour,Norway Holidays,Holidays in Norway,Norway Tourism,Tourism in Norway
		This was a hard period for Norway because the Treaty of Kiel presented Norway to Sweden in a 'Union of the Crowns' which was disliked by Norwegians.
		As per the census of 1995 Norway’s population is 4,348,500.
		Denmark and Finland can enter Norway freely with or without a passport and citizens of USA, Ireland, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia do need a valid passport but does not require a visa for stay of less then three months on their visit to Norway.
	www.scantour.com /about-norway.html (650 words)

	Omniseek: /Politics /Norway /
		English - Norway Daily is a daily news bulletin from Norway, based on news, editorials and commentaries from the major Norwegian daily newspapers.
		Norway Daily is compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is published daily on ODIN.
		NEWS FLASH Paul Watson, president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and long-time proponent of direct-action environmentalism, was seized Wednesday, 2nd April, by Netherlands police acting on behalf of the Norwegian government.
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{7986} (396 words)

	Bjørn Stærk blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"As a political party, the Socialist Left feels particularly responsible that noone should be offended by anything we publish." So now we know where to complain, all of us who are offended by socialism.
		New post in Dagbladet's blog, about the anti-climax of NRK Brennpunkt's much hyped documentary about cooperation between the unions and leftist parties, and how the real problem is an overlooked conflict of interest, not the nature of their relationship a such.
		In a follow-up to her classic Krekar lift stunt a year ago, Shabana Rehman kissed Norway's Minister of Culture and mooned an audience this weekend, as the demonstrative part of a speech about freedom of expression and integration problems.
	bearstrong.net /warblog (1668 words)

	Iraqi refugees in Norway to return back home
		Norway announced yesterday that some 3500 Iraq refugees who do not have residency documents are facing expulsion shortly from the kingdom to Iraq.
		Norway's minister of Local Government and Regional Development, who is in charge of refugee affairs, Erna Solberg, called in a statement to the "Aftinposten " daily all the Iraqis who do not have residency document in Norway to leave the country quickly.
		According to the Norway's migration authorities 17,000 Iraqis are living in Norway, 3500 of them do not have residency documents.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/030430/2003043002.html (195 words)

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