Killer personifies rise of new far-right

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Series Details 25.7.11
Publication Date 25/07/2011
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Experts and Norwegian politicians say Anders Behring Breivik in many respects typifies a new breed of conservative extremists who have risen in prominence in recent years, in Norway and across Europe, supplanting longer-established but often withering groups of mostly white supremacists.

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BBC News, 27.7.11: Italy MEP backs ideas of Norway killer Breivik http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14315108
Spiegel Online International, 26.7.11: European Right Under Pressure in Wake of Attacks http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,776752,00.html
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