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BY STEVEN SPARKMAN \b0 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 \
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\b \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT
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While the Colorado shooting spree dominates headlines, Norway is preparing to remember
its own tragedy. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/21/memorial-services-to-be-held-for-norway-victims/"}}{\fldrslt
\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul Here\'92s euronews}}.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\'93Memorial services will be held across Norway on Sunday for the 77 people killed
in two attacks carried out by Anders Breivik a year ago.\'94
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July 22 marks the one-year anniversary of a bombing and shooting spree by the alleged
anti-multicultural gunman. So how did the tragedy affect public discourse in Norway?\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 In {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9418144/Jens-Stoltenberg-interview-prime-minister-at-the-helm-during-Breivik-shooting.html"}}{\fldrslt
\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul an interview with the Telegraph}}, the
country\'92s prime minister Jens Stoltenberg said Norway reacted differently than other
countries who experienced mass murders \'97 namely by becoming even more open and democratic.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 Many Norwegians feel that response was more
mature and enlightened than the security clampdown that followed 9/11 in the United States. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18937999"}}{\fldrslt \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\ul A survivor of the massacre tells BBC}}:\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93People have thought it a bit naive, for
example, to cling to these values of openness \'85 But I think it\'92s more naive to think
that a more brutal police, more restrictive policies will bring you a more safer society.\'94
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But {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444873204577538711896056768.html#articleTabs%3Dvideo"}}{\fldrslt \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\ul a Wall Street Journal contributor}} who covered the Breivik trial says Norwegians
might be making a mistake. He says treating Breivik like any other criminal \'97 including
providing health care, entertainment and even hired company so he doesn\'92t get lonely
\'97 demonstrates a real failing.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93Again, I give the Norwegians a great deal
of credit for dealing with the incident with some dignity. But at the end of the day, they\'92re
looking evil in the face and sort of flinching.\'94 \b0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 And {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/norway-after-breivik-populists-gain-lost-ground-a-845586.html"}}{\fldrslt
\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul a writer for Spiegel Online}} points out
\'97 there are challenges to Norwegian\'92s claim of openness going on right now. Nationalist
elements in the country may be more reluctant to criticize what they call \'93Islamization,\'94
but they seem to have found another target in the nomadic Roma people.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\'93[T]he Roma have finally arrived in Oslo. This has sparked hateful tirades on Norwegian
Internet forums, where the Roma are disparaged and death threats are made. \'85 It also raises
the question of whether there is a cultural background to all the hate and prejudices...\'94
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But for the survivors of the massacre, it\'92s important that Breivik doesn\'92t get what
he wants \'97 a fearful, less open society. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/07/2012721193538882119.html"}}{\fldrslt
\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \ul Al Jazeera reports}}, many of the teenagers
that lived through the nightmare plan to resume having youth summer camps on the same island
they narrowly escaped.\kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 \'93That\'92s all to do with the Norwegian
approach of trying to make sure that the terrible events of last summer don\'92t change this
country forever.\'94 \b0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \kerning1\expnd0\expndtw0 Anders Breivik\'92s trial ended in June. A
verdict is expected in late August.\ }