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Norway: Suspected terrorist attack outside LGBTQ nightclub kills 2

Police said they were investigating an overnight mass shooting outside a bar popular with the LGBTQ community as a "terrorist act." Oslo's annual Pride parade, which was planned for Saturday, has been called off.

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