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Celine Monrad-Haslum, a competitor taking part in an uphill race, lays injured after being attacked by a moose (background) in Nittedal, some 18 miles north of Oslo, Norway, on September 5. Monrad-Haslum was evacuated on a helicopter to a nearby hospital to be treated for the injuries sustained during the attack.
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Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre walk on the shore of Utoeya island, 25 miles northwest of Oslo, Norway, Aug. 20. Some 1,000 people are expected to visit the island on Saturday when survivors and their relatives go back ahead of a national day of remembrance on Sunday. Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has admitted killing 77 people last month, including eight in a bombing in central Oslo.
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The AP reports:
Restrained by a harness, Anders Behring Breivik reconstructed his actions for police in a secret daylong trip back to the crime scene where he killed 69 people at Utoya island near Oslo.
The 32-year-old Breivik described the shootings in close detail during an eight-hour tour on the island with up to a dozen police, prosecutor Paal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby told a news conference in Oslo.
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Under heavily armored police guard, Anders Behring Breivik (left, in red T-shirt) returns to Utoya island on August 13 to reconstruct his actions during a shooting spree on the island.
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Breivik travels on the ferry under police guard.
The reconstruction took place amid a massive security operation that aimed to avoid escape attempts by Breivik and protect him against potential avengers. Breivik walked roughly the same route as the one he took during the shooting spree and explained what happened with as little interference as possible from police, Hjort Kraby said.
The entire hearing was filmed by police and may later be used in court, he added.
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Trond Solberg / VG - Scanpix Norway via SIPA
Breivik (top left, in red) leads police around the island.
Video images of the reconstruction published by Norwegian daily VG show Breivik arriving at Utoya with the same ferry he used to get to the island last month. Breivik wore a bulletproof vest and a harness connected to a leash over a red T-shirt and jeans as he casually led police around the island.
Breivik is seen pointing out locations along the way and simulating shots into the water, where panicked teenagers dove in to try to escape from him.
"The suspect showed he wasn't emotionally unaffected by being back at Utoya ... but didn't show any remorse," Hjort Kraby told reporters. Read the full story.
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Confessed killer Anders Breivik returned to the Norwegian youth camp where he killed 69 people to reenact his bloodbath for police. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
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Anders Behring Breivik, partially visible at center, is transported in a police vehicle from prison to police headquarters for a second session of questioning, in Oslo, Norway, on July 29.
Read more about developments in Norway today and see more images in our slideshow.
Reuters
A combination photo shows 20 of the 76 victims killed in the July 22 bomb attack in central Oslo and shooting rampage in Utoya island. First row from left are: Silje Merete Fjellbu (17) from Tinn, Birgitte Smetbak (15) from Noetteroey, Margrethe Boeyum Kloeven (16) from Baerum, Bano Abobakar Rashid (18) from Nesodden, Hanne Fjalestad (43) from Lunner, Diderik Aamodt Olsen (19) from Nesodden and Kjersti Berg Sand (26) from Nord-Oda. Second row from left are: Sharidyn Meegan Ngahiwi Svebakk-Boehn, Guro Vartdal Haavoll (18) from Oersta, Syvert Knudsen (17) from Lyngdal, Simon Saeboe (18) from Salangen, Haakon Oedegaard (17) from Trondheim, Johannes Buoe (14) from Mandal and Eivind Hovden (15) from Tokke. Third row from left are: Sondre Furseth Dale (17) from Haugesund, Sverre Flaate Bjoerkavaag (28) from Sula, Gizem Dogan (17) from Trondheim, Modupe Ellen Awoyemi (15) from Drammen, Silje Stamneshagen (18) from Askoey, Tove Aashill Knutsen (56) from Oslo.
These composites, like the ones of the September 11 victims, carry a great deal of emotional power.
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A victim's account.
Johan Cristian Tandberg / Scanpix Norway via Reuters
Shattered glass and debris are seen in a still image taken from a video shot in the first few minutes after an explosion outside the main government office building in Oslo, Norway, on July 22. The crater in the ground was the spot where a car with a bomb was at when it went off at around 1522 hours local time last Friday, killing eight people.
If you imagine a prison yard, it may not much resemble the one pictured below, from Halden prison near Oslo, Norway.
Alex Masi
A woman trainer (right) is talking to a few inmates after a run in the yard of the luxurious Halden Fengsel, (prison) after the time they regularly spend carrying out physical exercise and learning about the human body in Halden, near Oslo, Norway.
Here's how photographer Alex Masi introduces the project at his gallery on PhotoShelter:
Can luxury prisons and a more humane approach to detention be a deterrent for crime in modern society?
The answer lies in Halden, Norway.
About a 100 Km south of Oslo, a state of-the-art prison considered by many the World's most 'luxurious' has opened in June 2010, in a country already boasting criminal and rehabilitation systems of the highest standards.
Individual cells come with an en-suite bathroom, a flat-screen TV and various comforts. They measure 12 square meters (130 square feet) and are divided up into units (10 to 12) which share a living room and kitchen, similarly to a students' dormitory.
The windows are not fitted with bars, but thick glass is used instead.
The prison - the second-largest in Norway - costs 165m Euro and accommodates 248 male inmates. Some 760,000 Euro were spent just on artworks, some of which commissioned to Norway's most renowned street artist, Dolk.
The inmates can attend a vast range of formative courses at a official high school located inside the prison. Subjects can include languages, IT, science, catering, music, (there is even a professional sound studio) art and handicraft and several sports.
Alex Masi
Inmates are preparing some food in one of the common kitchen and living room areas established to be a meeting point between inmates and guards and to facilitate rehabilitation inside the luxurious Halden Fengsel, (prison) near Oslo, Norway.
Interestingly, statistics show that in Norway only 20% of inmates (1 in 5) commit another crime and return to prison within two years of their release.
Halden Prison is set to push the number to a new low, but is the same care and investment effectively affordable to all?
We first noticed these images in a slideshow at foreignpolicy.com, which noted in accompanying text:
Norway's unrepentant mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, is now under arrest. And he should count himself lucky for -- if entirely undeserving of -- a penal system in that country that is among the cushiest in the world. There's no capital punishment, and the longest jail term allowed is 21 years (a caveat: if a prisoner is deemed to still be a threat, his sentence can be extended in five-year blocks indefinitely, though it's highly unlikely, according to Norwegian officials).
Matt Dunham / AP
People, including relatives of a victim in the center of the picture, gather to observe a minute's silence on a campsite jetty on the Norwegian mainland, across the water from Utoya island, where people have been placing floral tributes in memory of those killed in the shooting massacre on the island in Norway on Monday.
Emilio Morenatti / AP
A boy lights a candle to pay tribute to victims of Friday's twin attacks in central Oslo on Monday, July 25.
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Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn the victims killed in twin terror attacks from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on Sunday in Oslo.
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Amateur video shows the destruction in the streets of Oslo, Norway, following a bombing at a government building.
From all of the stills and video I've seen from Oslo today, I expect this to define "aftermath" in my memory of the downtown blast. As is so often the case in compelling video footage, it's the audio that delivers much of the emotional punch.
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An injured woman is helped by a man at the scene of a powerful explosion that rocked central Oslo July 22. A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters witness said. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-story building housing Stoltenberg's office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire.
For more pictures of the explosion in Oslo, Norway, check out our slideshow.
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Debris is seen on the street after a powerful explosion rocked central Oslo on Friday, July 22. A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters witness said. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-story building housing Stoltenberg's office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire.
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An injured man is treated at the scene after an explosion near the government buildings in Norway's capital Oslo on Friday. At least one person was killed by the powerful explosion which ripped through government and media buildings.
Full story here: Police: At least 2 dead as bomb blast hits Oslo
As NBC's Martin Fletcher reports, an eyewitness described the scene after an explosion rocked Oslo's city center, saying smoke, chaos and injured people fill the streets.
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An audience of around 300 people gather for the outdoor premiere of U.S. director Wes Craven's movie "Scream 4" outside the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway on April, 15, 2011.
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