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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sat 23 Jul, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » More than 80 dead as twin attacks leave Norway reeling Police say more than 80 people have been killed in Norway after twin attacks in the capital Oslo and at a political party's youth camp on a nearby island. A 32-year-old Norwegian man is thought to have opened fire on teenagers at the youth camp on Utoya island shortly after detonating a huge explosion outside the prime minister's office in the capital. 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A 32-year-old Norwegian man is thought to have opened fire on teenagers at the youth camp on Utoya island shortly after detonating a huge explosion outside the prime minister's office in the capital. 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