Breivik 'hoped to kill hundreds'

Norway's confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he intended hundreds should die in his attack on a Labour Party camp last year.

Breivik, 33, told his trial he planned to behead former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during the rampage, and post a video of it on the internet.

He also hoped his car bomb in Oslo would kill the entire government.

The attacks killed 77 people. Breivik, 33, disputes a report by a psychiatrist describing him as insane.

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Breivik: Jail term 'ridiculous'

Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo he believes there can be only two "just" outcomes to his trial - acquittal or the death penalty.

Breivik, who killed 77 people last July, said he considered a lengthy jail sentence "a pathetic punishment". Norway does not have the death penalty.

He also said he had been "very surprised" to have survived the day of the attacks.

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Killer of 77 goes on trial in Norway

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts Monday amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

After opening statements, Anders Behring Breivik is set to testify for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in downtown Oslo, killing eight, and then shot to death 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside the Norwegian capital.

Since Breivik has confessed to the July 22 attacks — claiming they were necessary to protect Norway from being taken over by Muslims — the key issue that remains unresolved is his mental health.

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Norway killer declared sane

The right-wing extremist who confessed to killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage in Norway is not criminally insane, a psychiatric assessment found on Tuesday, contradicting an earlier examination. 

The new conclusion comes just six days before Anders Behring Breivik is scheduled to go on trial on terror charges for the massacre on July 22, and could prompt prosecutors to seek a prison sentence instead of compulsory commitment to psychiatric care. 

It conflicts with an earlier assessment , which found Breivik psychotic both during and after the attacks, and diagnosed him as a paranoid schizophrenic. The court will take both psychiatric assessments into account during the trial, which starts on Monday and is scheduled to last 10 weeks. 

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Norway Spying on Pakistan: Norway spy chief Kristiansen quits over her disclosure

Norway's head of intelligence Janne Kristiansen has handed in her resignation because she said too much during a parliamentary hearing.

Janne Kristiansen : Norway's head of intelligence 

Justice Minister Grete Faremo told reporters that a "potential breach of confidentiality is a very serious matter".

According to a transcript, Ms Kristiansen told the hearing that Norway had agents working in Pakistan.

Reports say Pakistan has asked Norway to explain her remarks.

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'Shameful' that just 12 women have won Nobel Peace Prize

[ The Telegraph ] 12 Dec

Dame Helen Mirren, hailed it ''an extraordinary moment'' when three women were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize last night, but said it was "shameful" how few women had ever been given the award.

Helen Mirren, left, and US actress Rosario Dawson co-host the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo  (Photo EPA)

The Queen actress hosted the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway with American star Rosario Dawson held in honour of this year's winners - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women's rights activist Leymah Gbowee, from Liberia, and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman, from Yemen.

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Norway mass killer may avoid prison

The Times of India 29 Nov

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last July, may never go to jail after psychiatrists ruled him criminally insane. Instead, the killer could spend the rest of his life in a mental institution, prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh told reporters in Oslo, reports The Times of India Tuesday.

"If the final conclusion is that Breivik is insane, we will request that the court in the upcoming legal proceedings pass sentence by which Breivik is subjected to compulsory mental health care," Bejer Engh said.  

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Norway massacre killer also wanted to kill politicians

Full Story BBC Europe 18 Nov

The man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July planned to kill three leaders of the ruling Labour Party, according to Norwegian tabloid VG.

According to transcripts VG said it had obtained, Breivik had wanted to abduct Ms Brundtland, a former prime minister, as well as Mr Gahr Stoere, the foreign minister, and Mr Pedersen, head of the party's youth wing.

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Norway's Anders Behring Breivik appears in court

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Anders Behring Breivik - the man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July has made his first public appearance in court. But he Pleaded NOT GUILTY as before.

The 32-year-old right-wing extremist has been in custody since the 22 July attacks in Oslo and at a youth camp on the island of Utoeya.

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