61.   The Norwegian government and the United Nations launched a program Friday aimed at ending child labor in Malawi by helping feed the children of this impoverished southern African country.

62.   The Norwegian government issued a special permit to kill one male-female pair that had entered an area reserved for livestock.

63.   The Norwegian government on Monday proposed to change tax laws for a hotly protested Arctic oil project so it would not run afoul of European Union subsidy rules.

64.   The Norwegian government regularly enforces compulsory mediation in cases where it claims that life and property are seriously threatened.

65.   The Norwegian government signed the Maastricht Treaty on the European Economic Area and applied for entrance to the EU, but Norwegian voters rejected membership last December.

66.   The Norwegian government wants two or three packs, or family groups, in Norway, in areas set aside for the predators.

67.   The researchers have received a Norwegian government grant to start a pilot project testing commercial applications.

68.   The suspects were arrested hours after the Norwegian government passed an emergency law against funding terrorism.

69.   Traditionally, a Norwegian government would resign if the parliament rejected its budget, but Bondevik has said his government would not step down if the budget failed.

70.   U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said the Norwegian government had made a contribution to the United Nations which should cover the total cost of the Amenia talks.