Norway rated most peaceful nation
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A study ranks Norway as the most peaceful country and Iraq as the least in a survey of 121 countries.
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The latest attempt by Norway to kick start the stalled peace process in Sri Lanka has ended without any sign of progress. Norwegian envoy, Erik Solheim, failed to make a breakthrough in meetings with the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey are to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Saturday. Joss Stone and Andrea Bocelli will sing at the event in honour of this year&#39;s peace prize winner, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, 64.
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OSLO, Dec. 6 (IPS) - Many of the weapons that give Brazil the  world's highest gun death rate outside of conflict are  foreign made and traceable, reveals a new report by Norwegian and  Brazilian organisations.
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The UN Operation in Ivory Coast says the commercial capital of Abidjan and other major cities were calm Tuesday with life returning to normal.
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Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. VIENNA, Austria  - More than 40 countries with peaceful nuclear programs
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Schibsted, which owns the biggest-selling tabloid in Norway, is now the biggest player on the Internet in Norway and neighboring Sweden.
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The annual survey of education by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that among persons aged 25-34 Norway now has the highest percentage with an education comparable with a four-year college education or more.
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OSLO, Norway Aug. 23, 2004 - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s renowned masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; left Norway&#39;s police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect
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Silhouettes, representing the 2,982 children confirmed killed by by cluster bombs, crowd a snowy square outside the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday.Comment
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Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has labeled North Korea and Cuba the worst countries in terms of press freedom, with Denmark being the best.
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India was 1 of only 3 nations where a majority said the world was safer because of his reelection, according to a new poll.
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The Government insists the material will be used for peaceful purposes and it has approval from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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JERUSALEM -- Ending 12 turbulent years of trying to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, UN mediator Terje Roed-Larsen said yesterday the solution remains simple: two states side by side.
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According to the Third Annual Worldwide Index of Press Freedom released in Paris yesterday by the Reporters Sans Frontiers, Nepal is 160th out of 167 countries, with Denmark at top and North Korea at the bottom.
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Nearly 60 nations pledged Tuesday not to use children to wage war and to disarm and rehabilitate underage soldiers &#151; an agreement seen as a strong moral step against the problem, though it carries no legal weight.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s bid to forge lasting peace with Tamil Tiger rebels after two decades of civil war is at its most critical ebb since a 2002 truce, Norway&#39;s peace envoy to the country said on Wednesday.