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...SENTENCED. Bj?rn Hoen, 37, Petter Rosenvinge, 38, and Petter Tharaldsen, 34, to jail terms ranging from four to eight years, for involvement in the theft of Edvard Munch's masterpieces The Scream and Madonna, which are still missing; in Oslo. The paintings were snatched by two masked gunmen during a daylight raid on the Munch Museum in Oslo in 2004. Hoen and Tharaldsen have been ordered to pay $122 million in compensation to the city of Oslo...
...inspired to take up cross country skiing and compete in the Olympics after seeing Kenyan Philip Boit come 92nd, and last, in the 10km classical cross country event at Nagano. Waiting at the finish line for Boit, 20 minutes after he had crossed it himself, was gold medallist Bj?rn D?hlie, of Norway. The celebration that ensued, between first and last, became a classic Olympic moment replayed around the world...
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