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1. TH!NK Cars Returned to Norway (MSNBC News)
   "In what would be a u-turn by Ford Motor Co., Norway is expecting the automaker to return its U.S. fleet of electric cars to Norway where they were built so that they can be resold to Norwegians." 9-04

2. Norway - Map
   Names of locations are in Norwegian.

3. Norway

4. News from Norway (Aftenposten)
   Provides news in English. 02-06

5. Rulers by Country - J-O (Schulz)
   Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People´s Republic), Korea (Republic), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maledives, Mali, Malta, Marshal Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, and Oman. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

6. -10-11-04 Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded (Fox News)
   "Finn E. Kydland, 60, of Norway, teaches at Carnegie Mellon University (search) in Pittsburgh and the University of California at Santa Barbara (search)."
   
   "Edward C. Prescott, 63 — the fifth American to receive the economics award since 2000 — teaches at Arizona State University (search) in Tempe, Ariz., and serves as an adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis"
   
   ."The pair received Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work that showed that driving forces behind business cycle fluctuations and the design of economic policy are key areas in macroeconomic research."
   
   "Kydland and Prescott made fundamental contributions to macroeconomic analysis and the practice of monetary and fiscal policy in many countries, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in its citation." 10-04

7. Hamm, Mia (WomenSoccer.com)
   "First-ever three-time U.S. Soccer athlete of the year, male or female (1994-1996) ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Sprained her ankle against Sweden in the first round of the Olympic Games, but fought through the injury to lead the U.S. To victories over Norway (semifinal) and China (final) ... Named U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years from 1994-96, becoming the first player honored three times ... Generally considered the best all-around woman soccer player in the world...." 12-04

8. -01-12-05 Wealthy Nations Agree to Delay Debt Payments (CNN News)
   "Meanwhile, the world's wealthiest nations have agreed to a moratorium on debt repayment by Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two countries hardest hit by last month's tsunamis." 
   
   "The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations, said it was willing to freeze payments until the end of 2005, depending on assessments from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which would monitor the countries to make sure that the money was being used for tsunami relief."
   
   "The Paris Club comprises Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States."
   
   "Finance ministers from the wealthy G7 nations have already agreed to a debt freeze for all tsunami nations." 
   
   "As for more immediate needs, the United Nations says it has $717 million -- more than 70 percent of the $977 million it requested -- to use immediately for tsunami relief." 01-05

9. -10-20-05 Rat Outsmarts Scientists (USA Today)
   "A cunning rat released on a deserted island off New Zealand outsmarted scientists and evaded traps, baits and sniffer dogs before being captured four months later on a neighbouring island, researchers said on Wednesday."
   
   "Scientists from the University of Auckland in New Zealand released the Norway rat on the 9.5-hectare (23.5-acre) island of Motuhoropapa to find out why rats are so difficult to eradicate."
   
   "They got more than they bargained for." 10-05

10. -06-19-06 A Seed Bank to Save the World (Guardian Unlimited)
    "The new Svalbard International Seed Vault will serve as a repository for crucial seeds in the event of a global catastrophe, said Norway's agriculture minister, Terje Riis-Johansen." 06-06

11. Europe - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, and Wales. 3-02

12. Pictures of Famous Places (PicturesofPlaces.com)
    Provides pictures of many of the tourist spots. 5-02

13. Awesome Library in Norwegian (InterTran)
    Provides the Awesome Library, and the rest of the Web in Norwegian. InterTran also translates Norwegian Web sites to English or other languages. Translations are sometimes very slow. 7-02

14. Norwegian Version of Google Search Engine (Google.com)
    Provides searches of the Web in Norwegian. 7-02

15. Michigan Community Foundations (Foundation Center)
    Includes Albion Community Foundation, Alger Regional Community Foundation, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Baraga County Community Foundation, Barry Community Foundation, Battle Creek Community Foundation, Bay Area Community Foundation, Berrien Community Foundation, Cadillac Area Community Foundation, Capital Region Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Delta County, Community Foundation for Muskegon County, Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Community Foundation of Greater Rochester, The Community Foundation of theHolland / Zeeland Area, Dickinson County Community Foundation, Forest Park Community Fund, Fremont Area Foundation, Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Foundation, and Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation.
    
    Also includes Jackson County Community Foundation, The Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Keweenaw Community Foundation, Les Cheneaux Community Fund, Mackinac Island Community Foundation, M & M Area Community Foundation, Marquette Community Foundation, Norway Area Community Fund, Paradise Area Community Foundation, Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, Saginaw Community Foundation, Sault Area Community Foundation, Southfield Community Foundation, St. Ignace Area Community Fund, and Upper Penninsula Community Foundation. 10-02

16. The Arctic (InfoPlease.com - Encyclopedia)
    "Arctic, the northernmost area of the earth, centered on the North Pole. The arctic regions are not coextensive with the area enclosed by the Arctic Circle (lat. 66°30'N) but are usually defined by the irregular and shifting 50°F (10°C) July isotherm that closely corresponds to the northern limit of tree growth and that varies both N and S of the Arctic Circle. The regions therefore include the Arctic Ocean; the northern reaches of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Norway, and the Atlantic Ocean; Svalbard; most of Iceland; Greenland; and the Bering Sea." 01-06

17. Sweden (Wikipedia.org)
    "Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It is surrounded by Norway (west), Finland (northeast), the Skagerrak, Kattegat and Öresund straits (southwest) and the Baltic Sea (east). It has maritime borders with Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and it is also linked to Denmark (southwest) by the Öresund Bridge. It has been a member of the European Union since 1995. Its capital city is Stockholm."
    
    "At 449,964 km² (173,720 square miles), Sweden is the third largest country in Western Europe." 07-07

18. School Bullying Research (Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - Olweus)
    Provides details of bullying facts found in the research by Olweus. For example, even though 15 percent of students in Norway and Sweden are involved in bullying situations, a higher percent was found in a study in the United States. Olweus reported that "in a recent large-scale study (Melton et al., 1998) of more than 6,000 middle school students from grades 4 through 6 in rural South Carolina, 23 percent reported that they had been bullied by other students 'several times' or more frequently during the past three months. Approximately 20 percent reported that they had bullied other students with the same frequency (see Figures 3 and 4)." 2-02