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Finland's Harri Olli takes World Cup event

Finland's Harri Olli takes World Cup event Lillehammer, Norway  - Finland's Harri Olli on Friday proved too strong for the rest of the field as he won the World Cup event at the Norwegian venue of Lillehammer.

Olli soared to leaps of 135.5 and 142.0 metres, for a total of 288.7 points, beating Dimitry Vassiljev into second place. The Russian, who was leading after the first round of jumps, finished on 275.2 points.

State pension fund drops Chinese company over sales to Myanmar

State pension fund drops Chinese company over sales to Myanmar Oslo - Sales of military trucks to Myanmar was Friday cited as the reason Norway's state pension fund removed Chinese company, Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd, from its list of assets.

"We cannot finance companies that support the military dictatorship in Burma through the sale of military materials," Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen said in a statement.

Six buildings hit by landslide in western Norway

Six buildings hit by landslide in western Norway

Hattestad leads clean sweep for Norway

Hattestad leads clean sweep for NorwayTrondheim, 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).

Computer virus hits Norwegian police computers

Computer virus hits Norwegian police computers Oslo  - Norwegia

ROUNDUP: Police recover painting by German 15th century master

ROUNDUP: Police recover painting by German 15th century master 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.

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