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Moving on: Youths arrive on Utøya for a ­summer camp

Slowly, Norway reclaims the land where it lost its innocence

For the first time since Breivik murdered 69 people on Utøya, the political youth group he attacked has returned to the Norwegian island to camp.

It was all fun and jubilation at the Mbombela Campus graduations when a total of 477 qualifications were awarded to the students

Complicit in a tide of hate and violence

South Africans are spewing vitriol on a website that is said to be stoking the fires of hate crimes.

Embrace the things we share in this scary, polarised world

The Oslo World Music Festival paid tribute to the role of music in addressing historical and contemporary struggles for freedom.

Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims

Europe’s far right shuns Breivik’s acts, but flirts with ideas

Security specialists worry that far-right social media commentary stigmatising Europe’s Muslims may help push enthusiasts towards militancy.

Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims

Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison

Thirteen months after his killing spree, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to the maximum prison term in Norway.

Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims
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Verdict expected in Breivik marathon trial

An Oslo court is to hand down its verdict on Friday against Anders Behring Breivik for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead.

The late President Nelson Mandela pledged the government’s commitment to put children first

Ubuntu lifted Norway, so why not South Africa?

Liv Torres reflects on the day that shattered Norway’s image of being the most peaceful country in the world when 77 people were killed in an attack.

Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims

Norway youths describe being hunted by Breivik

Norwegians wounded in Anders Behring Breivik’s shooting rampage have testified about how he hunted them down and used the trial to taunt the killer.

Breivik victim: ‘Everything went black’

A man who had his leg amputated after a bomb planted by Anders Behring Breivik tore through his body has spoken about his harrowing ordeal.

Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony

Breivik takes in ‘war zone’ testimony

Anders Behring Breivik has listened silently as others describe the mayhem caused by his bombing, a scene one witness described as a "war zone".

Norwegian mass killer victim of ‘discrediting plot’

Norwegian mass killer victim of ‘discrediting plot’

Norway’s self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is at pains to convince the court of his sanity when he killed 77 people last year.

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Norwegian mass killer’s full plans come to light

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik says he planned to kidnap and decapitate former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his massacre.

Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears

Breivik’s own propaganda film brings him to tears

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has gotten "emotional" at the screening of the propaganda film he made to justify his one-man war.

Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding

Norway’s mass killer declared sane in new finding

Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane after killing 77 people last year in what he called punishing "traitors" who favoured immigration.

Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again

Killer’s mental health in Norway’s spotlight again

A new psychiatric appraisal is to shed more light on whether Anders Behring Breivik can be held accountable for killing 77 people in Norway last year.

Norway massacre suspect charged with acts of terror

Norway massacre suspect charged with acts of terror

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last July, has been charged with committing acts of terror and voluntary homicide.

Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind

Report declaring Norway killer insane given the nod

A Norwegian report concluding that the anti-Islam militant who killed 77 people in July is insane, has been approved by a medical review commission.

Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind

Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind

A medical review panel is split on a report that concluded the Norwegian militant who killed 77 people in July is psychotic and unfit to go to jail.

Norway killer Breivik still feels no regret

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway in July, has no feelings of regret, saying what he did was necessary.

Mixed views on Norway mass killer’s state of mind

‘Insane’ Anders Behring Breivik may escape prison

Norway’s mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in July, may escape a jail sentence as he ‘lives in his own delusional universe’.