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OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Crown Prince Haakon became Norway's king on Friday after the death of his father Harald. Here are some facts about the new 53-year-old monarch. EARLY YEARS The new king was bo...

OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Crown Prince Haakon became Norway's king on Friday after the death of his father Harald. Here are some facts about the passing of the crown. WHEN DID HAAKON BECOME KING? Haako...

By Nora Buli OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Haakon - who comes to the throne as two major scandals batter his family - struggled for years to accept his status. "Yes, I was a royal, but I did not want to ta...

OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on Fr...

OMDURMAN, Sudan, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Sudanese welder Shannan Mohammed has been building furniture for a family in Omdurman little by little as constant blackouts interrupt his work. Pointing to half-bu...

By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne...

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Nepal does not need foreign assistance for search-and-rescue operations following the devastating flash flood that swept through several towns, its foreig...

OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on Fr...

OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway on Friday awaited news from the royal palace on the health of King Harald, the 89-year-old monarch who has been hospitalised for more than 10 days and who was said on T...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Authorities in Nepal have stopped rescue operations for the next 90 minutes, an army officer said on Friday, after reports that a dammed lake in the flood-hit region began to overfl...