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Moving on: Youths arrive on Utøya for a ­summer camp

Slowly, Norway reclaims the land where it lost its innocence

For the first time since Breivik murdered 69 people on Utøya, the political youth group he attacked has returned to the Norwegian island to camp.

It was all fun and jubilation at the Mbombela Campus graduations when a total of 477 qualifications were awarded to the students

Complicit in a tide of hate and violence

South Africans are spewing vitriol on a website that is said to be stoking the fires of hate crimes.

Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world

The Oslo World Music Festival paid tribute to the role of music in addressing historical and contemporary struggles for freedom.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.

Europe’s far right shuns Breivik’s acts, but flirts with ideas

Security specialists worry that far-right social media commentary stigmatising Europe’s Muslims may help push enthusiasts towards militancy.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.

Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison

Thirteen months after his killing spree, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to the maximum prison term in Norway.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.
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Verdict expected in Breivik marathon trial

An Oslo court is to hand down its verdict on Friday against Anders Behring Breivik for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead.

The late President Nelson Mandela pledged the government’s commitment to put children first

Ubuntu lifted Norway, so why not South Africa?

Liv Torres reflects on the day that shattered Norway’s image of being the most peaceful country in the world when 77 people were killed in an attack.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.

Norway youths describe being hunted by Breivik

Norwegians wounded in Anders Behring Breivik’s shooting rampage have testified about how he hunted them down and used the trial to taunt the killer.

Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world.

Witnesses describe Breivik’s ruse to get to Utoeya

A guard and a ferry captain have detailed how Anders Behring Breivik tricked them into allowing him to go to Utoeya Island, where he killed 69 people.

Breivik victim: ‘Everything went black’

A man who had his leg amputated after a bomb planted by Anders Behring Breivik tore through his body has spoken about his harrowing ordeal.

Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony

Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony

Anders Behring Breivik has listened silently as others describe the mayhem caused by his bombing, a scene one witness described as a "war zone".

Bangalore coast to victory in IPL

Norwegian mass killer victim of ‘discrediting plot’

Norway’s self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is at pains to convince the court of his sanity when he killed 77 people last year.

Harrowing testimony in Norway killer’s trial

Harrowing testimony in Norway killer’s trial

Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked an Oslo courtroom as he calmly described hunting teenagers on an island summer camp.

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he planned to kidnap and decapitate former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his massacre.

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Norway killer: ‘I have embraced death’

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik says he should be executed or acquitted after killing 77 people in what he said was a battle to defend Europe.

Norwegian mass killer ‘would have done it again’

Norwegian mass killer ‘would have done it again’

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has told the court he was inspired by al-Qaeda, after a judge who wanted him to face the death penalty was dismissed.

Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears

Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has gotten "emotional" at the screening of the propaganda film he made to justify his one-man war.

Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty

Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, has pleaded not guilty in a trial that threatens to become a "circus" over his anti-Islamic views.

Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding

Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane after killing 77 people last year in what he called punishing "traitors" who favoured immigration.

Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again

Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again

A new psychiatric appraisal is to shed more light on whether Anders Behring Breivik can be held accountable for killing 77 people in Norway last year.