Anders Breivik trial displays Norway’s formal legal system

Survivors gave tearful testimony April 26 in the trial of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

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April 27, 2012

Confessed attacker and right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, right, smiles in court in Oslo, Norway.

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April 27, 2012

Judges, Wenche E. Arntzen, left, and Arne Lyng (in the doorway) enter the courtroom after Anders Behring Breivik, right, arrived in court in Oslo for the continuation of his trial. Since he has admitted his actions, Breivik's mental state is the key issue for the trial to resolve. If found guilty and sane, Breivik would face 21 years in prison, although he can be held longer if deemed a danger to society. If declared insane, he would be committed to compulsory psychiatric care.

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April 26, 2012

About 40,000 people stand in drizzling rain in Youngstorget square in Oslo to participate in the singing of "Barn av Regnbuen" (“Children of the Rainbow”). The song, which was a hit for Norwegian folk singer Lillebjoern Nilsen several decades ago, has become a signature tune to remember the 77 victims of the July 22, 2011, bombing and shooting massacre.

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April 26, 2012

People gather beside flower-decked railings as they participate in a protest in Oslo during which the gathering sang a song reportedly hated by mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. Tens of thousands of rose-waving Norwegians gathered in central Oslo to deride Breivik by singing “Children of the Rainbow.”

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April 26, 2012

Eskil Pedersen, leader of the Labour youth movement AUF, speaks as people gather to sing a song during a protest against Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo.

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April 26, 2012

A woman lays flowers down near the entrance the courthouse in Oslo where Anders Behring Breivik is standing trial.

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April 26, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik is shown in the courtroom in Oslo. Breivik has slammed a psychiatric report that declared him insane, insisting that it was based on "evil fabrications" meant to portray him as irrational and unintelligent.

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April 26, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik in the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 25, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik talks with a member of his defense team, Tord Jordet, in the courtroom in Oslo. After testifying for five days, Breivik listened silently Tuesday as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war zone." Forensic experts explained the massive injuries to four of the eight victims killed by the 2,100-pound fertilizer bomb on July 22, 2011. Breivik admits to the bombing and a subsequent shooting massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, which killed 69.

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April 25, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik, right, has his handcuffs removed in the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 25, 2012

Bombing victim Eivind Thoresen arrives in the courtroom in Oslo before testifying.

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April 25, 2012

Roses with the names of all the victims of the July 22, 2011, massacre are tied to the fence close to the front door of the Oslo courthouse.

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April 24, 2012

Mette Yvonne Larsen, left, and Siv Hallgren, lawyers for the massacre victims and the bereaved, confer in the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 24, 2012

Psychiatric experts, from left, Torgeir Husby, Synne Soerheim, Terje Toerrissen and Agnar Aspaas attend the trial of Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo.

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April 24, 2012

Svein Olav Christensen Statsbygg, left, leaves the witness box after testifying in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo. Statsbygg is the Norwegian government's key adviser in construction and property affairs.

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April 23, 2012

Psychiatric experts Terje Toerrissen, left, and Synne Soerheim continue their observation of defendant Anders Behring Breivik on the sixth day of his trial in Oslo. Breivik has admitted setting off a car bomb outside the government headquarters, killing eight, before unleashing a shooting massacre at the governing Labor Party's youth camp on Utoya.

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April 23, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik, second from left, stands with his defense lawyer, Geir Lippestad, second from right, during the morning break on the sixth day of his trial.

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April 23, 2012

Public prosecutor Svein Holden and his colleague, Inga Bejer Engh, front, speak with director of public prosecutions Tor-Aksel Busch during the morning break on the sixth day of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo.

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April 23, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik, left, and his defense lawyer, Geir Lippestad talk, in the courtroom during the morning break on day 6 of the trial in Oslo.

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April 23, 2012

Defense lawyers Geir Lippestad, left, and Vibeke Hein Baera consult in the central court in Oslo.

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April 23, 2012

State prosecutor Svein Holden in central court in Oslo.

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April 23, 2012

A man walks into the central court as an armed police woman guards the entrance in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

Self-confessed mass murderer and right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, left, speaks to his defense lawyer, Vibeke Hein Baera, right, in the central court in Oslo. Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in July 2011.

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April 20, 2012

State prosecutors Svein Holden, left, and defense lawyer Geir Lippestad, right, talk at the central court in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

A police officer checks room 250 of the central court in Oslo during a lunch break. Breivik, who is on trial for killing 77 people in July 2011, insisted that he is sane. "I am not a psychiatric case," Breivik told the court when questioned by a lawyer for the plaintiffs about his understanding of "empathy," insisting "I am criminally sane."

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April 20, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik, second from right, and defense lawyer Geir Lippestad, right, are pictured as the court goes for a lunch break during the fifth day of Breivik's trial in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik, foreground, looks to his defense counsel, Vibeke Hein Baera, right, and Geir Lippestad, in the courtroom on the fifth day of his trial in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik has his handcuffs removed in the courtroom as the fifth day of his mass killing trial starts in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik attends the fifth day of his trial in a courtroom in Oslo.

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April 20, 2012

Geir Lippestad, second from left, and Vibeke Bein Haera, the defense counsel for defendant Anders Behring Breivik, talk in the courtroom on the fifth day of Breivik's trial in Oslo.

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April 18, 2012

Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen arrives on the third day of the trial against self-confessed mass murderer and right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik in room 250 at the central court in Oslo. Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in July, took the stand again Wednesday on the third day of his trial, a day after telling the court he would carry out his attacks again if he could.

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April 18, 2012

State prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh, left, speaks with defense lawyers Geir Lippestad, center, and Vibeke Hein Baera, right, on the third day of the trial of self-confessed mass murderer and right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik in room 250 at the central court in Oslo.

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April 18, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik answers questions posed by the prosecutor at the start of the third day of proceedings in the courthouse in Oslo. Breivik, who killed 77 people, said at his trial on Tuesday that his shooting spree and bomb attack were "sophisticated and spectacular" and that he would do the same thing again.

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April 18, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik, center, takes his seat at the start of the third day of proceedings in the courthouse in Oslo.

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April 18, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik gestures on arrival at the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 18, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik, right, is seen with his lawyer Geir Lippestad during the third day of proceedings in the courthouse in Oslo.

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April 18, 2012

A security guard stands behind roses placed on a fence outside the courthouse in Oslo during the third day of the trial of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

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April 18, 2012

A policeman stands guard outside the central court in Oslo.

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April 17, 2012

Coordinating counsel for the victims, Mette Yvonne Larsen, left, and public prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh exchange words in room 250 at the central court in Oslo during the second day of Anders Behring Breivik’s trial.

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April 17, 2012

Defendant Anders Behring Breivik approaches the witness box in the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 17, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik, left, speaks with his lawyer Geir Lippestad in room 250 of the central court in Oslo.

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April 17, 2012

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik smiles as he arrives in courtroom 250 for the second day of his terrorism and murder trial in Oslo.

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April 17, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik stands handcuffed in front of a police officer as he arrives in room 250 of the central court in Oslo for the second day of his trial.

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April 17, 2012

Defense lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik, Geir Lippestad, center left, arrives for the court case against his client.

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April 17, 2012

Eivind Thoresen, bomb blast survivor, speaks to journalists on the second day of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik at the central court in Oslo.

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April 17, 2012

Bomb blast survivor Ali Esbati Ness is interviewed by media on the second day of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik at the central court in Oslo.

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April 16, 2012

Bomb blast survivor Bjoern Ihler gestures during the trial in Oslo of the man who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last year.

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April 16, 2012

Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he arrives at the courtroom in Oslo.

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April 16, 2012

A police officer stands guard outside the entrance of the Oslo courthouse where Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik is on trial to face terrorism and premeditated murder charges.

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April 16, 2012

A general view shows the court in Oslo where the trial of Anders Behring Breivik is being held.

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Nov. 29, 2011

Norwegian prosecutors Svein Holden, right, and Inga Bejer Engh comment on the psychiatric evaluation of the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77 people in July. Psychiatrists tasked with determining the mental state of Anders Behring Breivik, who is charged with carrying out twin attacks in Norway, have found he was insane at the time of the crime. Breivik, who confessed to the attacks, could avoid prison.

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Nov. 29, 2011

The court-appointed expert in the Breivik case, psychiatrist Torgeir Husby, left, delivers his psychiatric evaluation of Anders Behring Breivik to District Court Judge Nina Opsahl.

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Nov. 14, 2011

Victims and their legal representatives wait in a courthouse in Oslo, before the trial of Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik, who has confessed to the bomb and shooting attacks that killed 77 people in Norway in July, says there are up to 80 cells in Europe with militant anti-Islamic ideals like his own.

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Nov. 14, 2011

The defense lawyers for Anders Behring Breivik, Geir Lippestad and Vibeke Hein Baera, speak with each other in a courthouse in Oslo.

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July 25, 2011

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, left, the man accused of a killing spree and bomb attack in Norway, sits in the rear of a vehicle while being transported in a police convoy from the courthouse in Oslo.

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Aug. 3, 2011

Workers remove flowers and candles, placed in front of Oslo Cathedral in memory of the victims of the July 22 attacks in Norway. The confessed killer in Norway's twin terror attacks that claimed 77 lives has presented a long list of "unrealistic" demands, including the resignation of the government and that his mental condition be investigated by Japanese specialists, his defense lawyer said Tuesday.

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Aug. 2, 2011

Muslim men pray in front of the coffin of Mona Abdninur, 18, during the funeral ceremony in Hoeybraeten, near Oslo. Abdninur was one of the 77 people massacred in attacks of Anders Behring Breivik in July.

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Aug. 2, 2011

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, and mourners attend the funeral ceremony of Mona Abdinur, 18, who was killed in the July 22 attack on the island of Utoya near Oslo.

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Aug. 2, 2011

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg attends the funeral of Haakon Oedegaard in Trondheim.

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Aug. 2, 2011

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, arrives with his wife, Ingrid Schulerud, for the funeral ceremony of Mona Abdninur, 18, in Hoeybraeten, near Oslo.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu lays flowers as a tribute in memory of the victims of July 22 bomb attack and shooting rampage, outside the Oslo Cathedral.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Turkish minister of foreign affairs Ahmet Davutoglu, second from left front row, with red necktie, attends the funeral of Gizem Dogan, 17, at Huseby Park in Trondheim, central Norway. Dogan, of Turkish origin, was one of the victims of the July 22 shooting massacre at Utoya island.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Pallbearers carry the coffin of 17-year-old Gizem Dogan during his funeral in Trondheim.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Norway's King Harold V and Crown Prince Haakon, center, attend the Norwegian Parliament during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the July 22 attacks in Oslo and Utoya. Prime Minister Hens Stoltenberg called on political leaders to show restraint in what they say as the country emerges from mourning the victims of the bombing and youth camp massacre by an anti-Muslim extremist.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit speaks at the Norwegian Red Cross headquarters in Oslo. Princess Mette-Marit visited the Red Cross to meet volunteers and staff workers who participated in rescue operations of the July 22 bomb attack in central Oslo and shooting rampage in Utoya island.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, second from right, waves to supporters as he arrives for a memorial to honor the victims of the July 22 bombing and shooting massacre, at the parliament in Oslo.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Norway's King Harald, center, and Crown Prince Haakon walk outside the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, in Oslo, as they arrive for a remembrance ceremony for the victims of the July 22 bomb attack in central Oslo and shooting rampage in Utoya island.

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Aug. 1, 2011

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit arrives at the Norwegian Red Cross headquarters in Oslo.

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July 31, 2011

People pay their respects for the victims of the attacks in front of a sea of flowers outside the Oslo Cathedral.

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July 29, 2011

Eivind Thoresen, seriously injured in the bomb attack, recovers in a hospital.

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July 30, 2011

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon, left, leaves Oslo Cathedral after a memorial concert for the victims of the July 22 attacks.

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July 29, 2011

A memorial candle burns near the island shooting site in Sundvollen.

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July 29, 2011

A combo of 20 undated family pictures shows mostly youngsters who have been confirmed as killed in the July 22 tragic events at Utoya and in Oslo. Norway prepares today to bury the first victims of the twin attacks that killed 76 people exactly one week ago, as police began questioning Anders Behring Breivik, who is being held in the attacks, for a second time.

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July 29, 2011

Relatives and mourners attend the funeral of Bano Abobakar Rashid, 18 at Nesodden Church, outside Oslo. Rashid, victim of the shooting rampage at Utoya on July 22, fled with her family from Iran to Norway in 1996.

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July 29, 2011

Leader of the Norwegian Labor youth organization Eskil Pedersen speaks at a memorial gathering in Oslo, organized by the Norwegian Labor party and its youth organization, AUF. Norway readied today to bury the first victims of twin attacks that killed 76 people exactly one week ago, as police grilled the suspect who has admitted responsibility.

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July 29, 2011

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, partially obscured by a rear view mirror, sits in a police vehicle as he is escorted from Ila prison in Baerum, to be brought to the main police station in Oslo for further questioning.

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July 28, 2011

Tents, containers and lamps sit at the farm of Anders Behring Breivik in Asta, central Norway. Nearly a week after the twin terror attacks that killed 76 in Norway, investigators are finding little evidence to support the attacker's claim that he belongs to an underground militant network with cells around Europe.

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July 28, 2011

Police cars sit in front of the farm of Anders Behring Breivik in Asta, central Norway.

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July 27, 2011

Norwegian police detonate a cache of explosives, found at a farm leased by Anders Behring Breivik, in Rena. Breivik killed 76 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree on Friday. Police believe Breivik made his bomb using fertilizer that he had bought under the cover that he was a farmer.

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July 22, 2011

A still image taken from surveillance camera footage shows the moment the bomb blast struck the Digital Impuls store in Oslo, as glass shatters and people run out of the store.

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In this image from an undated interview made available by VBS.TV on July 27 2011, British man Paul Ray quotes from a Bible as he discusses his views from his self proclaimed "exile" in Malta. Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik said in his 1,500-page manifesto that he was mentored by a British man known as "Richard (the Lionhearted)" -- and the leader of the far-right English Defense League has told AP that "Richard" is Paul Ray, author of the blog "Lionheart." Ray, who split with the EDL years ago, denied any connection to Breivik in an interview with the Associated Press. However, the 35-year-old Ray said he shares Breivik's views and has several apparent similarities with the "mentor" in the killer's manifesto, chiefly that he leads an anti-Muslim group called The Ancient Order of the Templar Knights. His sweatshirt carries the logo AOTK and a Templar cross.

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July 27 2011

Police officer Haavard Gaasbakk, right, and chief of police Sissel Hammer during a press briefing in Hoenefoss, Norway. Police have come under close scrutiny over how long it took them to reach the island after first reports of shots being fired at the island youth camp Friday. Although the island is only about 25 miles from the Norwegian capital, police needed 90 minutes to get to the scene. Squad leader Gaasbakk told reporters that the shooter, Anders Behring Breivik, laid down his weapon and held his hands high over his head when approached by his team.

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July 26, 2011

Helene Boersei Olsen, right, who survived the shooting massacre on Utoya Island last Friday but lost her mother in the attack meets the president of the Norwegian Parliament, Dag Terje Andersen at Hole, near Utoya island, Norway. The leader of Norway's Delta Force said Wednesday the breakdown of the police special-operations team's boat didn’t cause any significant delay in its efforts to reach the island where Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage killed 68 people.

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July 27, 2011

People look at a damaged facade near the destroyed government building's area in Oslo. The Norwegian anti-Islamic zealot who is being held in the killing of 76 people claims he worked with others, but finding far-right groups in their mainly online haunts will be tough for police who for years gave Islamist militants top priority. Police and experts point to the Internet's role in spreading the racist material that shaped killer Anders Behring Breivik's extreme views, but also highlight the difficulty in policing dynamic online forums without undermining civil liberties.

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July 27, 2011

A woman looks at a damaged facade near the destroyed government building's area in Oslo.

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July 27, 2011

People stand in front of a closed shop near the destroyed government building's area in Oslo.

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July 26, 2011

The search for the missing from the Utoya youth camp continues with an underwater camera in operation from a raft off the the island in Tyrifjorden lake.

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July 26, 2011

Police technicians conduct a search near the government offices that were heavily damaged by the Oslo bomb blast.

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July 26, 2011

Geir Lippestad, the defense lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik, accused of perpetrating the July 22 attacks in downtown Oslo and on a Labor Party summer youth camp on the island of Utoya, speaks with the foreign media at the International Press Center in Oslo.

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July 25, 2011

A convoy believed to be transporting Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of a killing spree and bomb attack in Norway, is pictured leaving an Oslo court. The 32-year-old Breivik appeared in court for a custody hearing on Monday, after he was accused of killing at least 76 people in a bomb attack in Oslo's government district and shooting rampage at a youth summer camp of Norway's ruling Labor Party on the island of Utoya on Friday. Breivik declared in a rambling 1,500-page manifesto posted online shortly before the massacre that he was on a self-appointed mission to save Europe from what he saw as the threats of Islam, immigration and multiculturalism.

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July 25, 2011

Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in the rear of a vehicle as he is transported in a police convoy leaving the courthouse in Oslo. A judge ordered eight weeks detention on Monday for Breivik, who has admitted responsibility for the attacks in Norway.

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July 25, 2011

People gather outside the courthouse in Oslo.

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July 25, 2011

A still image taken from Reuters footage shows Breivik sitting in the back seat of a police convoy traveling to a custody hearing at a court in Oslo. A judge ruled that Monday's custody hearing would be closed to the public.

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July 25, 2011

Mette Yvonne Larsen, right, a lawyer for the victims of the attack in Norway, stands outside the courtroom where Breivik was due to appear in Oslo.

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July 25, 2011

British scouts observe a minute of silence on the Town Square in Copenhagen, in memory of the victims of last Friday's attacks in Norway.

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July 25, 2011

Pawel Bialek, deputy head of Poland's internal security agency ABW, speaks to the media during a news conference at the ABW headquarters in Warsaw. The Norwegian man who killed scores in a bomb attack and shooting rampage purchased chemical fertilizer from a Polish company, the ABW said on Monday. ABW said his purchases were legal.

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July 25, 2011

Security guards close off the entrance to the court where Norwegian defendant Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of a killing spree and bomb attack in Norway, is due to appear in Oslo, after the judge ruled the custody hearing for Breivik will be closed to the media and public. The Norwegian is accused of killing at least 93 people in a bomb attack in Oslo's government district and in a shooting rampage at a youth summer camp of Norway's ruling Labour party on the island of Utoya on Friday. Calling himself a crusader against a tide of Islam in a rambling 1,500-page online manifesto, the 32-year-old wanted the opportunity to explain actions he deemed "atrocious" but "necessary" when appearing in court on Monday, his lawyer said.

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July 25, 2011

French gendarmes stand in front of the house of Jens Breivik, the father of Anders Behring Breivik. "I was reading the online newspapers and suddenly I saw his name and picture on the net," the father told the daily Verdens Gang of his son. "It was a shock to learn about it. I have not recovered yet," he said. He said he has had no contact with his son since 1995.

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July 25, 2011

Police continue their investigations on the Utoya island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Norway were a shooting massacre at a youth camp took place Friday.

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July 25, 2011

Rescue workers unload a body from a ferry at the lake shore opposite to the island of Utoya, Norway.

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July 25, 2011

A couple react as they pay their respects at a sea of floral tributes for the victims of Friday's attacks, outside the cathedral of Oslo.

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July 24, 2011

Women grieve at the end of a memorial service to the victims at Oslo Cathedral in Oslo.

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July 23, 2011

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, comforts survivors and family members at a hotel in Sundvollen, Norway.

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July 24, 2011

Grieving members of the public light candles after a memorial service inside the Oslo Cathedral.

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July 23, 2011

People light candles across from Utoya Island, the site of the shootings, in memory of the victims.

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July 24, 2011

Rescue personnel continue in their search for the missing in Tyrifjord Lake, just off Utoya Island.

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Anders Behring Breivik, 32, in a photo from his Twitter page. He has been arrested in connection to the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo.

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July 23, 2011

Police officers and soldiers search the farm rented by Anders Behring Breivik in the rural region of Rena, 93 miles north of Oslo. Breivik was arrested in connection with Friday's massacre of young people on a tiny forested holiday island that was hosting the annual summer camp for the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labor Party. The 32-year-old Norwegian was also charged in the Oslo government district bombing that killed seven people hours earlier.

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July 23, 2011

Bags of fertilizer at the farm of Anders Behring Breivik. The bombing and shooting suspect bought six tons of the explosive fertilizer before Friday's attacks, according to a supplier.

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July 23, 2011

A man is taken away by police; he told members of the media as he was loaded into the car that he had been carrying a knife, shortly after Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived at a hotel in Sundvolden to meet survivors of a shooting at an island youth retreat. Norway's prime minister and royal family visited grieving relatives of the scores of youths gunned down in a horrific killing spree on the idyllic island retreat.

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July 23, 2011

Survivors cry and comfort one another as Norwegian King Harald and Queen Sonja arrive to meet them outside a hotel in Sundvollen.

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July 22, 2011

A person injured in a shooting at a youth camp arrives at the Ullevaal Hospital in Norway. A bomb killed seven people in Oslo on Friday, and a gunman opened fire at a youth camp. Police say they believe the incidents are connected.

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July 22, 2011

People watch as members of the Norwegian special forces land by boat on the shore of Utoya Island, after a shooting occurred at a meeting of the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labor Party.

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July 21, 2011

An aerial view of Utoya Island, Norway, taken before the shootings. On Friday, a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at the island youth camp connected to the ruling party.

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July 21, 2011

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, center, attends the Norwegian Labor Youth League summer camp in Utoya one day prior to the shooting. Norwegians say said there may be explosives on the island, just outside Oslo, where a gunman disguised as a police officer opened fire at a youth meeting of the ruling Labor Party. A senior officer said their fears were based on reports from people attending the meeting.

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July 22, 2011

Smoke rises from the central area of Oslo after an explosion. A bomb ripped open buildings, including the prime minister's office, and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp.

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July 22, 2011

An injured woman is helped by a man at the scene of a powerful explosion that rocked central Oslo. A huge explosion damaged government buildings on Friday, including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-story building, as well as nearby ministries.

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July 22, 2011

Debris covers the street outside buildings in the center of Oslo after an explosion that tore open several buildings, including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents.

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July 22, 2010

Police carry a victim away from the scene of an explosion that tore open several buildings, including the prime minister's office.

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July 22, 2010,

A victim is treated outside government buildings in Oslo after an explosion that tore open several buildings.

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July 22, 2010,

A victim is treated and comforted outside a government building after an explosion in Oslo.

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July 22, 2011

Emergency workers attend the scene after an explosion in Oslo.

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July 22, 2011

A woman walks through debris in a street after an explosion in Oslo. A powerful blast tore open several Oslo buildings, including the prime minister's office on Friday. One person was reportedly killed and several were injured, as the blast shattered windows and coated the street with documents. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is safe, government spokeswoman Camilla Ryste told the Associated Press, although it was unclear whether that meant he was uninjured.

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July 22, 2011

Shattered windows of a major building after an explosion in Oslo.

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July 22, 2011

A loud explosion shattered windows Friday at the government headquarters in Oslo that includes the prime minister's office, injuring several people. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is safe, government spokeswoman Camilla Ryste told the Associated Press.

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Novelist Toni Morrison laughs with U.S. President Barack Obama before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Toni Morrison; Barack Obama

Obama Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients

President Obama honored a diverse group of political and cultural icons.

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 29: Serena Williams of USA stretches to plays a forehand in her women's singles first round match between Serena Williams of USA and Virginie Razzano of France during day three of the French Open at Roland Garros on May 29, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

French Open results: Serena Williams loses, Maria Sharapova cruises

The American tennis star lost in the first round of a Grand Slam event.

Winnie Pajcic, 9, holds on to a railing as she leans back in the wind during a visit to Stockton Park in Ortega, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl on Monday May 28, 2012. Beryl came ashore early Monday near Jacksonville Beach with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Kelly Jordan)

Tropical storm Beryl, Flugtag, Rolling Thunder, Memorial Day and more in the day in photos

Tropical storm Beryl, Flugtag, Rolling Thunder, Memorial Day and more.

Camels rest at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

Camels, tigers, turtles, a giant stag beetle and more in animal views

Camels, tigers, turtles, a giant stag beetle and more.

ANNAPOLIS, MD- MAY 29: Graduates cheer as the Blue Angels fly over during the 100th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. U.S Sec. of Defense Leon Edward Panetta gave the graduation address. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)

U.S. Naval Academy graduation

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave the commencement address at the ceremony.

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 26: Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez (C) performs with dancers during the Q'Viva! The Chosen Live show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 26, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Lil Jon, Eddie Van Halen, Mariah Carey and other celebrities.

Doc Watson, bluegrass and folk legend, dies at 89

The blind singer and guitarist was a Grammy winner, known for his flat-picking style of guitar playing.

Henry, a calf, sustained a head wound and required stitches after being slashed over the weekend.

Farm animals attacked in Fairfax

A calf, two goats and a chicken were slashed over the weekend at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon.

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