Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik seeks university place

Norway's oldest and most illustrious university, with five Nobel Prize winners among its alumni, may soon add the self-confessed fascist whose terror campaign two years ago killed 77 people. Anders Behring Breivik, serving a 21-year sentence in a maximum security prison, has applied to the University of Oslo to study political science, Norwegian television revealed on Monday night. The university, whose Latin motto is et nos petimus astra – we strive for the stars – said it would consider Breivik's application on its merits.  more