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Norway Suspect Admits 'Facts' of Case

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Says he acted alone in massacre of 93 people.

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The lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of committing the worst massacre in Norway since World War II, now says the suspect charged with the attacks in and near Oslo that killed at least 93 people has only admitted "to the facts" of the case, and not the guilt. Breivik, 32, released a YouTube video hours before the attacks calling for a Christian war against Muslims. But police said his claim to have acted alone contrasted with some of the witness statements, and that they are still investigating.

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