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Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre will have to form a minority government (Photo: Arbeiderpartiet)

Norway: Oil war puts end to Støre's dream of safe rule

Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre will have to form a minority government with Senterpartiet (Center Party) in Norway, after SV (the Socialist Left) left negotiations.

An election in mid-September gave Støre's Arbeiderpartiet (Socialdemocrats), Senterpartiet, and SV a majority.

But the coalition that ruled Norway for eight years when Jens Stoltenberg was prime minister, could not agree on a platform.

SV left the room because th...

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