Awwal 05, 1432 / April 09, 2011, SPA -- A gas leak on an oil platform off Norway's west coast forced the evacuation of 63 workers Saturday, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Rig operator Statoil said the leak at the Visund platform was (...)
Akhir 25, 1432 H/March 30, 2011, SPA -- People evacuated from a danger zone around Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant may need to stay away for many months, but experts said that there are ways to make their return swifter and easier, according (...)
Awwal 29, 1432 H/March 4, 2011, SPA -- One man died and two others were missing when a group of nine snowmobilers were lost in bad weather during a tour in northern Norway, police said Friday.
According to dpa, a search operation was launched on (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H/Feb 21, 2011, SPA -- A tougher European Union goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could create jobs and boost economic growth by 2020, rather than slow it down as many EU governments fear, a study said on Monday, according to (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- Oil from an Icelandic container ship that ran aground on Thursday night has come ashore on the coast of southern Norway, Norwegian authorities said Friday, according to Reuters.
"It is confirmed that oil has (...)
Awwal 12, 1432 H/Feb15, 2011, SPA -- Peace talks between the Philippine government
and the leftist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF)
opened Tuesday in Norway - amid calls for the release of a rebel
leader arrested on the eve of (...)
Awwal 05, 1432 H/Feb 08, 2011, SPA -- Norway aims to recognize Southern Sudan as a
"sovereign, independent state" in July, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr
Store said Tuesday, the day after the official results of last
month's independence referendum (...)
