Norway offers to pay asylum seekers £1000 bonus to leave the country

(Hat tip: KimR) - Norwegian authorities are offering a "bonus" 10,000 kroner (£1,000) to asylum seekers willing to leave the country voluntarily. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) says the measure is less expensive than keeping refugees in immigration centres in the country. Read more at the UK Telegraph Read More......

President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

FOX NEWS, 10/9/2009 - OSLO: President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. Read More at FOX... Read More......