The Norwegian official said that donors had been asked to assign 25 percent of their 1994 pledges to cover these immediate needs.

Norwegian officials said the country's fishermen would take almost 400 of the minke whales.

Norwegian officials planning for the long term say schools must give youngsters the psychological means to make healthy choices.

But Norwegian officials said at the time that they did not know where the heavy water ended up.

Norwegian officials have yet to confirm that their divers will enter the Kursk.

Norwegian officials will mediate the talks, the first in seven years.

At the time, Israel agreed to use the heavy water for peaceful purposes, Norwegian officials said.

Norwegian officials said they would answer in about a week.

German and Norwegian officials, among others, echoed the sentiment.

Norwegian officials were told by survivors that the ship's destination had been Bergen.