Trondheim, Norway - Ola Vigen Hattestad won the men's sprint over 1.6 kilometres in a Norwegian clean sweep of the podium places before home fans in Trondheim on Thursday.

Hattestad finished in 3 minutes 16.7 seconds, edging Petter Northug by 0.5 seconds and Johan Kristian Dahl by 0.7 seconds.

With six races remaining of the World Cup season, Dario Cologna of Switzerland continues to lead on 1,006 points ahead of Northug (952) and Ola Vigen Hattestad (760).

Oslo  - Norwegia

Oslo - Norwegian police said Wednesday they have recovered a painting by German master Lucas Carnach, the elder, stolen over the weekend.

The announcement was made hours after police said they had arrested a man on suspicion of involvement in the theft.

Initial inspection suggested the actual painting was not damaged even though there was some damage to the frame, police spokesman Magne Pedersen told public broadcaster NRK.

Oslo  - A man suspected of war crimes in Kosovo was ordered detained in custody for a month by an Oslo court on Wednesday, the day after he was arrested in central Norway.

The 39-year old man will initially to be held for four weeks, the Norwegian news agency NTB reported.

His defence lawyer said the man, who was not named, denied allegations that he took part in various crimes and set fire to homes in March 1999, as civilian Kosovan Albanians were expelled from their homes and in some cases forced to flee to Albania.

Oslo - Norwegian police have made an arrest in connection with the weekend theft of a painting by German master Lucas Carnach, the elder, news reports said Wednesday.

According to some estimates the painting was worth at least 15 million kroner (2.1 million dollars).

A Norwegian insurance company Tuesday posted a reward worth 500,000 kroner for information securing the safe return of the painting.