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Norway begins trial in 2011 massacre of 77

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Anders Behring Breivik shed tears as he went on trial Monday in Norway for killing 77 people — but not for his victims.

The emotional display came when prosecutor­s showed his anti-muslim video that he posted on Youtube before the attacks. The right-wing fanatic defended the July 22 massacre as an act of “self-defense” in his professed civil war.

“Nobody believes that he cried out of pity for the victims,” said Mette Yvonne Larsen, a lawyer representi­ng survivors and victims’ families.

Breivik, 33, showed no signs of remorse on the first day of his trial that will likely last 10 weeks. After being uncuffed, he extended his right arm in a clenched-fist salute.

Eight people were killed in Breivik’s bombing of Oslo’s government district and 69 were slain at a youth camp on Utoya island outside the capital.

U.N. condemns N. Korea’s rocket launch

The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s rocket launch Monday, announcing it will impose new sanctions and warning of further action if Pyongyang conducts another launch or a new nuclear test.

The 15-member council, including North Ko- rea’s closest ally China, adopted a statement underscori­ng its united opposition to Friday’s launch, which violated U.N. sanctions.

The council directed its sanctions committee to expand the list of North Korean entities subject to asset freezes and identify more proliferat­ion-sensitive technology to be banned.

Sleepy Air Canada pilot dives jet

A sleepy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a U.S. military plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries on a trans-atlantic flight, Canada’s Transporta­tion Safety Board says in a report.

Those hurt on the Toronto-to-zurich flight in January 2011 weren’t wearing seat belts. The report said the first officer was napping during a rest period to combat pilot fatigue when the captain’s report on their position woke him. At the same time, a U.S. Air Force plane was approachin­g about 300 yards below. That set off cockpit alerts.

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