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Desecration of bodies in Skien Cooperation on combat aircraft to be extendedFifty per cent of population want conscription for women Election postponed in bitter union feud SAS faces bankruptcyComplete free trade not enough Statkraft asks for NOK 12 billionMinistry demands explanationLet’s get modernToday’s comment from Verdens Gang

Socialist Left Party deeply divided over EU No renaissance for Social Democrats Against the EU200,000 pull the plug on fixed telephonesStoltenberg worried about newspaper closures Must speak Norwegian to get a passportDefence Ministry not well enough prepared, report claims Labour’s Oslo branch refuses to cooperate with new public service super-unionBraathens must save NOK 450 millionHuge contracts awarded without competitive tenderingFish quotas worth billions changing handsToday’s comment from Aftenposten

Devold campaign lost Large majority favour public servicesEmployers’ organization opposes boardroom quotasBondevik lauds LabourHagen breaks with BondevikStoltenberg believes people are tired of Carl I. HagenEU membership application no hindrance for Socialist Left PartyFormer Labour leader warns against EU fever Foreign Ministry seeks new homeland for hijackers Call for closure of gender equality centreJob too big for gender equality centreToday’s comment from Dagbladet

NATO to stay at Jåttå, Defence Minister overjoyed Call for UN forceRevised national budget almost on scheduleNo vote of confidence demand from BondevikBravida CEO’s pay bonanza Minister will act to prevent new power crisisHalf a billion for Socialist Left Party support Statoil believes it will find major new oil and gas depositsAuthorities unable to fight financial crime at homeToday’s comment from Dagens Næringsliv, Verdens Gang and Nationen

From maximum price to flexible price Stoltenberg refuses to talk about EUPower companies made a fortune out of last winter’s electricity crisisElectricity flowing out of the countryControl more important than national ownership, says SteensnæsLabour’s unemployment package rejectedForeign Ministry sends reminder to Jordan over Krekar caseToday’s comment from Dagsavisen

FAFO rebuked for role in Mid-EastFinal confirmation of EEA AgreementTimes still good for those in workGjedrem prepares to swing the axe on interest rates Gjedrem wide of the markBondevik seeks roots of terrorismBondevik’s UN policy described as embarrassingNorwegians gamble away record sumsBlunder saved dog breed from banToday’s comment from Dagens Næringsliv

EU membership key issue for 2005 election campaign, says JaglandForeign Minister thinks Poland’s yes will boost support for Norwegian membershipGovernment may be forced into NOK 1 billion public spending increaseStoltenberg accuses Government of conning pensioners Krekar to stay in NorwayPay cuts will save regional jobsRøkke could lose NOK 750 millionCar ferry safety improvements could cost NOK 6.6 billion Today’s comment from Aftenposten

NOK 1.8 billion tax demand follows Hafslund saleGains for Labour and Progress Party, downturn for coalition partiesEqual pay for MPs to be abandonedAs bad as the eightiesSpain bans Norwegian shipsProposal to abolish special needs teaching in schoolsGovernment refuses to cut electricity tax Night train dearer than travelling by air, bus or carToday’s comment from Klassekampen

More Hafslund biddersHEP to go ahead on the SaudaNOK 30 billion public spending boost no threat to interest ratesSupport for exiled Iranian group35-year-olds, dismissed!Companies named and shamed for lack of women at the top Today’s comment from Verdens Gang

NOK 500 million boost for pensionersLabour leader accuses Government of shilly-shallying and muddle Government turns to Labour for helpComplete confusion over Nato top job Calling all opponents of EU membership Interest rates heading for 3 per centConsumer Council welcomes foreign ownership in power industry Down, down, down for Progress Party Call for recreational boat licence for teensMore elderly people lose driving licence Today’s comment from Aftenposten