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Preaching in public gets minister fined

The conviction and $1,500 fine for a street preacher who feels his calling is to share the Gospel on the streets of Oslo, Norway, has been upheld by an intermediate court, and an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights is likely, according to the International Human Rights Group.

Source: WorldNetDaily, August 10, 2007

Boys told no standing to urinate

It's an entirely new definition of "Standing Room Only." Or perhaps a new measure of "equality" has arrived.

WorldNetDaily, September 28, 2006

In Norway, a woman's place is in the boardroom

The 500 companies listed on Norway's stock exchange face being shut down unless they install women on their boards over the next two years in a radical initiative imposed by a government determined to help women break through the "glass ceiling".

Source: The Guardian (online), January 9, 2006