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New Haven, Conn. - Today Pasko Rakic, professor of neurobiology and neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Kavli Prizes, for his key role in changing ...

A well-known Filipino artist will hold a three-day exhibition at Norway's Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs in Oslo to mark the 110th anniversary of independence of the Philippines, the official ...

By Anne Harding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting adequate amounts of vitamin A during pregnancy may reduce the risk of having a child with cleft palate, Norwegian researchers report.

Infants born to women who consumed the most vitamin A were half as likely to have a cleft palate as children whose mothers consumed the least, Anne Marte W. Johansen of the University of Oslo and her colleagues found.

"This supports other evidence that a healthy and varied diet during pregnancy is important," Johansen told Reuters Health via email.

' Norway's environmental authorities have denied StatoilHydro's application for an unlimited exemption to emissions limits from a gas plant in the Arctic but gave it a two-month extension, officials said on ...

Diplomats from 111 nations formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs on Friday after futile calls for participation by the weapons' biggest makers and users, particularly the United States.

Norwegian consumer credit portfolios investor Aktiv Kapital ASA said on Monday that it has completed the divestment of its Administrative and Financial Services business in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden ...

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK The Associated Press Wednesday, May 28, 2008; 4:22 PM DUBLIN, Ireland -- Diplomats from more than 100 nations agreed on a treaty Wednesday to ban current types of cluster bombs and require ...

Seven "pioneering" scientists have won the first research prizes funded by Norwegian-American multi-millionaire Fred Kavli.

Leading European scientists say that there is an "urgent need" for greater coordination and harmonisation between Europe's biobanks - ' repositories of genetic and other information from large numbers of people ...

Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake BEIJING, May 27 -- The celebrated German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will donate the fees from her Sunday concert in Shanghai to Sichuan earthquake disaster ...

The oil platform Statfjord A in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Oslo * More than 150 workers were evacuated from a North Sea oil platform yesterday amid fears that a leak would spark an explosion, but by ...

President Nguyen Minh Triet will pay state visits to Austria, Norway and Greece from June 2 to 10, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced yesterday.

OSLO, Norway : State-controlled oil company StatoilHydro ASA announced plans Thursday to build what it claims will be the world's first full-scale floating wind-powered electricity turbine next year.

If the subject matter - young men dreaming of fame and glory, talking obsessively about books and movies - doesn't tip you off that "Reprise" is Joachim Trier's first feature, then watching a few minutes of his ...

Banning a military weapon said to inflict a 98 percent civilian casualty rate is seen by many as an open-and-shut case, but for two weeks government representatives and interested parties will be guided by the ...

Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" on display at the Munch Museum in Oslo, Wednesday, May 21, 2008.

Scandinavian airline SAS is flying slower to save on fuel costs and curb emissions of carbon dioxide in a new push to green up its image.

An American and a French citizen accepted the 6 million kroner Abel Prize for mathematics on Tuesday at a ceremony praising their achievements.

Another six Norwegian airports closed on Tuesday as a ground workers' strike escalated and continued to pinch the oil industry relying on airports in western Norway for access to its offshore oil and gas ...

Norwegian floating production, storage and offloading units builder, owner and operator Sevan Marine ASA said on Monday that it has received a letter of intent regarding a front, end, engineering and design ... via M2.com