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Nancy Pelosi: Free Liu Xiaobo

On the stage before us was an empty chair. Blue and white, it has been filled by great champions of peace and justice, nonviolence and human rights: Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Mother Teresa and Elie Wiesel; His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But, on this day, the chair was...

Nobel Peace Ceremony Goes Ahead, With Empty Chair

OSLO, Norway (Dec. 10) - When ambassadors, royalty and other VIPs take their seats in Oslo's modernist City Hall on Friday for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, there will be one chair left empty - for this year's winner. Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, a democracy activist, is serving an 11-year prison sentence in China on...

China Awards Own Peace Prize Before Nobel Boycott

(Dec. 9) -- China awarded its own peace prize today to a Taiwanese politician who couldn't attend the event, just a day before it boycotts the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo where winner Liu Xiaobo will be absent because he's stuck behind bars in China. The first-ever Confucius Peace Prize was bestowed on Lien Chan,...

China, 18 Other Countries to Skip Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

(Dec. 7) -- Nineteen countries, including China, have declined to attend Friday's ceremony honoring Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, an imprisoned Chinese dissident, Nobel officials said. The Norwegian prize committee said the 19 embassies declined to attend to ceremony in Oslo, Norway, "for various reasons." Some 44...

China Takes Steps to Derail Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

(Nov. 19) -- China was enraged when the Norwegian Nobel Committee selected jailed pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo as this year's Peace Prize winner. Now the People's Republic has taken its revenge by effectively blocking the committee from handing out the prestigious award for the first time in 109 years. According to...

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Justin Bieber: Oslo Opera House Concert!

Justin Bieber gets the crowd going as he performs at the Opera House on Wednesday afternoon (May 30) in Oslo, Norway.

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Justin Bieber Concert Causes Massive Mob in Norway

A free Justin Bieber concert featuring four brand new songs caused a massive mob of teenage girls to clog Norway's capital of Oslo. The Canadian pop sensation was to perform at a local opera house yesterday as part of his " Around the World " TV special.

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06/03/12 Australia braced for Bieber frenzy as Oslo wonders... Source: f2 Network AS AUSTRALIA braces for the arrival of Justin Bieber next month, it's worth noting the levels of hysteria we might be in for.
06/03/12 Bieber's coming after causing chaos in Oslo. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia AS AUSTRALIA braces for the arrival of Justin Bieber next month, it's worth noting the levels of hysteria we might be in for.
06/03/12 Metallica Release Oslo Footage Recap Source: antiMusic On Thursday Metallica Release Oslo Footage was a top story.
06/02/12 Pearson confident ahead of Oslo meet Source: Daily Times - Pakistan Australia's world hurdles champion Sally Pearson won both her signature events in Brisbane Saturday before she leaves for major lead up events to next month's London Olympics.
06/01/12 Norway Strikes Update: European Cruise Lines Concerned... Source: Cruise Critic A group representing a number of European cruise lines has expressed concern at the financial impact of the pilot strikes in Norway which closed Oslo Fjord Port and have since spread to ports along the west coast of the country including TromsÃ¸ and Alesund.

Background on oslo

Oslo (, , or ) is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence.

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