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Anders Behring Breivik on trial: A roundup of global opinion
A roundup of opinions on the Anders Behring Breivik trial and the attention it has received from Norway and around the globe.
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Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011
In this special section, we look at the year’s biggest stories, and seven staff correspondents reflect on events in hot spots from Latin America to the Libyan front.
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Norway attacks put spotlight on Europe's right-wing parties. Who are they?
Last week's attacks in Norway put Western Europe's far right in the spotlight, despite condemnation of Anders Behring Breivik's actions. These parties share some of the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam opinions that spurred Mr. Breivik.
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Global sympathy for Newtown, antipathy for US gun laws (+video)
Even as observers around the world mourned the teachers and children killed in Newtown, many expressed frustration with a US political system that has left guns so easily accessible.
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Gun control after school shootings: Lessons from around the globe
Australia enacted tougher gun laws and saw a drop in school shootings to zero. After the 1998 hand gun ban, the United Kingdom saw a rise in gun-related crimes. Do gun controls reduce gun-related crime?
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Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption
In 1992, Rostock was tarnished by the worst racist rioting in Germany since the days of Hitler. But current Rostockers, including African immigrants, are trying to change that.
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How does Norway rehabilitate Anders Behring Breivik?
Norway has had extraordinary success with its prison rehabilitation program, with one of the world's lowest recidivism rates. But it's never had to deal with a criminal like Breivik before.
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No clear winners in trial of Anders Behring BreivikBreivik got 21 years, but was found sane as he wanted. Prosecutors saw him jailed, but mishandled the psychiatric findings. And now the prime minister is feeling heat for security's slow response.
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Breivik's acceptance of prison sentence brings relief to Norway (+video)
Anders Behring Breivik, who was convicted of twin terror attacks last summer that killed 77 people, announced he would not appeal his sentence of 21 years in prison.
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Found sane, Norway killer Breivik gets 21 years in prison (+video)
A Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last year in a bombing and shooting rampage, and sentenced him to a maximum of 21 years for 'terrorist acts.'
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Norway: Was Breivik sane? (+video)
On Friday, a Norwegian court must determine whether Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last year. Court-appointed experts have come to opposing conclusions, but most Norwegians believe Breivik must have been mentally sound in order to plan such an attack.
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In Norway, calls for the prime minister to step downThe calls come in the wake of condemnatory findings by the July 22 commission, which investigated last year's Breivik massacre.
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Investigation: Norway police could have stopped Breivik sooner
Norwegian investigators blamed authorities for 'abrogation of responsibility,' but stopped short of blaming specific individuals.
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The Monitor's View: Wisconsin shooting: A call to counter extremist fear
The Wisconsin shootings at a Sikh temple were driven by the fears of Wade Michael Page – and designed to evoke fear. Society's answer to such extremist violence should not be more fear.
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A year after Breivik's massacre, Norway tightens antiterror laws
Norway's prime minister tells the Monitor that, despite the new laws, the country will maintain its open and democratic character.
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British deaths in Afghanistan: How the war has fallen out at homeStephen Lennon explains to Monitor reporter, Ben Arnoldy, how he co-founded the English Defence League in the wake of an Afghan war protest.
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Terrorism & Security
Defense makes final case for acquitting Norwegian mass killer Breivik (+video)Today's closing arguments mark the end of months of testimony focused on whether Anders Behring Breivik was mentally ill when he killed 85 people last July. His lawyer says he was sane.
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Psychiatrists: Breivik was sane during Norway attacks
Two forensic psychiatrists finished their testimony today, arguing that Anders Behring Breivik did not suffer any psychosis when he prepared and launched his terror attacks last July.
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Dueling diagnoses roil trial of Norway killer Breivik
Much hangs on whether Anders Breivik, who confessed to killing 77 people last summer, is ruled to be sane or insane. Psychiatrists who found him insane defended their view in Norway court today.
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Norwegian court gets to heart of Breivik trial: Is he sane?
With the beginning of testimony by a slew of psychiatrists, Norway's trial of Anders Behring Breivik has reached its crux – determining whether he was sane when he killed 77 people last summer.
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Is Breivik sane? Norway can't decide
Anders Behring Breivik's trial hinges on his sanity. Friday, the Norwegian Forensic Board said it's still uncertain about his state of mind after two psychiatric assessments.
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Oslo police refute Breivik's claim of terrorist network, saying he acted alone
Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to last summer's terror attacks in Norway, claims to be part of the Knights Templar, a pan-European militant nationalist group.
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Has Norway given Breivik exactly what he wanted?
Norway's decision to try Anders Behring Breivik, the confessed killer behind the July 2011 terror attacks, is controversial because it gives him a very public platform from which to share his views.
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Man aims shoe at Breivik, marking first outburst in surprisingly calm trial (+video)
The brother of one of Anders Behring Breivik's victims launched a shoe at the confessed killer on a day that was already tense because of a controversial legal proposal.
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Breivik trial turns more confrontational as Utøya witnesses begin testimony
The Labor Party youth camp attendees who were on Utøya island when Anders Behring Breivik went on a shooting rampage, killing 69, began their testimony today.
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Faced with Breivik's unflinching account, Norway surprises world with its civilityA reporter covering Anders Behring Breivik's trial marvels at the degree of civility Norwegians have shown him, considering the brutality of the July 2011 terror attacks and his lack of remorse.
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Breivik slam on 'Rainbow' song an insult too far for Norwegians (+video)
Anders Behring Breivik said in testimony last week that a popular Norwegian song promoting tolerance is a Marxist brainwashing tool, but 40,000 Norwegians turned out today to reject that.
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Breivik says psychiatric report deeming him insane is full of 'fabrications'
Anders Behring Breivik, the man behind Norway's terror attacks last summer, said in court today that the psychiatrists made up 80 percent of the report and don't understand politically motivated violence.
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