World News Today

July 22, 2011.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called on his small Scandinavian nation to stand together after 17 people were killed in two separate attacks and to respond with more democracy and openness without being naïve.

"You will not destroy our democracy," Stoltenberg said in response to the attacks. "No one will ever scare us from being Norway."

At least seven people have been confirmed dead after a bomb blast rocked the center of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, damaging the building that houses the prime minister's offices.

In a separate incident on the island of Utoeya northwest of Oslo, a man dressed as a police officer opened fire on a Labour Party youth camp, killing 10 people.

Norway's Justice Minister, Knut Storberget, said that a caucasian Norwegian man had been apprehended in connection with the youth camp shooting. The news agency Reuters has reported that the suspect has links to right-wing extremists. READ…

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