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...five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said they gave the award to recognize the achievements of Sadat and Begin at Camp David, and to encourage further success in Middle East peace talks...
...bizarre and motley flotilla played tag last week in the frigid northern waters off Britain's Orkney Islands. Leading the chase was the 120-ft, red-and-white-hulled vessel Kvitungen, carrying six expert Norwegian seal hunters to and fro between half a dozen uninhabited islands. Snapping at their heels was the 500-ton trawler Rainbow Warrior, crewed by 14 militant ecologists. Bringing up the rear were three boatloads of eager journalists, with reinforcements overhead in helicopters and light aircraft. At stake in the curious nautical exercise were the lives of some 6,000 generally inoffensive members...
...week's end the score in the peekaboo hunting match stood at seals and conservationists 1, hunters 0; frustrated by thick fogs and the energetic efforts of the environmentalists, the Norwegian seal hunters had withdrawn farther offshore, possibly waiting for the public hue and cry to die down before making another attempt at sealicide...
What are the Soviets up to? Anders Sjaastad of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs believes that "the incidents are linked to the Soviets' antisubmarine efforts." The Russians maintain a line of undersea sonar devices across the Arctic waters that separate Norway from Spitsbergen Island. NATO also has an underwater sensing line that extends westward from Vardo toward Greenland. One supposition is that the ships are somehow involved in a project to upgrade the Soviet antisubmarine spy system. Another is that they would like to tamper with?possibly eavesdrop on?NATO signals...
...allies. "It's definitely odd behavior," remarked a State Department official. "But if the Soviets were intent on flexing their muscles, they might send in navy vessels instead of lumber and fishing boats." Whatever the Russian motivation for straying into foreign territory, NATO vessels last week took part in Norwegian exercises that steered clear of the zone frequented by Soviet intruders...