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Oslo explosion

Anders Behring Breivik: Homegrown Terrorist or Narcissistic Killer?

While it is clear that Breivik had held radical Christian views and was a confirmed anti-Muslim, there is still no conclusive evidence to suggest that he had sculpted himself into a homegrown terrorist with established agenda. It is possible that the attacker was a demented, narcissistic killer who was misguided by the notion of a single person being able to change the world.
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Man deported from Canada admits crimes: China

China's former fugitive arrested in Beijing

Former Chinese fugitive, Mr Lai was immediately arrested after landing in Beijing on Saturday, he had been put on a Beijing-bound Air Canada flight from Vancouver Friday after a court cleared the way Thursday for his extradition
U.S. Debt Deal Negotiations Resume

Obama, Boehner Back at Debt Deal Table

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, took pains to underscore that not only have the debt deal talks resumed, he says all parties are working toward an agreement. Time certainly is of the essence: the U.S. has less than 10 days to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a default.
Twin Attacks Tore Oslo, Norway Apart

Norway Unprepared for Terror Acts: WikiLeaks

U.S. authorities were apparently so flustered by Norway’s inability to grasp the threat posed by terrorists that they had to “press” their Norwegian counterparts to deal with the topic seriously.
Handout photo of Anders Behring Breivik

Norway Gunman Fired Shots for Hour and a Half

The gunman accused of killing dozens of people on an island near Oslo on Friday shot at a group of people for a period of about an hour and a half, Norwegian police said Saturday.
A photograph of Norwegian attack suspect Anders Behring Breivik is broadcast by Norwegian television

Profile Emerging of Norwegian Mass Murderer

The Norwegian man arrested and charged in connection with the bombing attacks in Oslo has been described by media as a Christian fundamentalist with extreme right-wing views.
Drought Crisis

Islamist Rebels Prevent Aid to Somalia

Islamist extremist group Al-Shabab has said that international agencies it had banned from its territory would not be allowed to return to help the Somali population with aid for the famine.
White House open to short-term debt extension

Obama Says U.S. 'Out of Time' on Debt Deal

President Barack Obama said Friday that time for negotiations had ended after House Speaker John Boehner broke off talks on reaching a deal to raise the federal debt limit and handle the United States' long term debts and deficits.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio

Debt Deal 'Not Close' Boehner says

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Friday there is no agreement in private on a debt deal and that negotiators are not close to an agreement. That left official Washington wondering, on a sweltering 100-degree day, if the talks have reached another impasse, of if Boehner is merely deploying that old beltway tactic of 'rhetoric for dollars'?

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