Any comparison between Lance Armstrong, the 40-year-old Texan stripped of seven Tour de France titles at the end of a decades-long doping scandal, and Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik may seem incongruous but they have at least one thing in common.

Anders Behring Breivik has been convicted of terrorism and premeditated murder for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people and sentenced to a special prison term that would allow authorities to keep him locked up for as long as he is considered dangerous.

Anders Behring Breivik has been declared sane and sentenced to prison for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year.

A chapter of a terror case that has haunted Norway for 13 months will end today as confessed mass killer Anders Breivik receives his judgment for attacks that left 77 people dead and more than 200 injured.

Norway is commemorating the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago.

Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik say they believe he became depressed as he struggled to accept his sexuality.

Former friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said that some years before the massacre he came across as depressed, expressed feminine tendencies and led some to believe he might be gay.

Survivors of the Norway youth camp massacre relived their terrified attempts to escape as they gave evidence at the Anders Breivik trial today.

A Norwegian court has heard the autopsy reports of the first victims of a youth camp massacre that left 69 people dead on Utoya island.

People have held public sing-songs in cities across Norway today in a message of defiance to Anders Behring Breivik.

Desperate to prove he is not insane, mass killer Anders Behring Breivik claimed questions about his mental health were part of racist plot to discredit his extreme anti-Muslim ideology.

The right-wing extremist who confessed to a massacre of 77 people in Norway compared the pain he caused the families of his victims to his own situation today.

In testimony too graphic for any parent to hear, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik shocked an Oslo courtroom yesterday as he calmly described hunting down teenagers on an island summer camp.

Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked an Oslo courtroom with his grisly descriptions of a massacre carried out on an island youth camp.

Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik testified yesterday that he had planned to capture and decapitate former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his shooting massacre on Utoya island.

Confessed mass killer Anders Breivik says his original plans for a terror attack was for three bombings, possibly including the Norwegian royal palace.

Mass killer Anders Breivik said today he thought he had only a slim chance of escaping Norway’s capital alive after setting off a bomb in the government district on July 22.

Mass killer Anders Breivik’s claims of belonging to a secret anti-Muslim militia appeared to crack today after he admitted it was “not an organisation in a conventional sense.”

Prosecutors pressed mass killer Anders Breivik for details about the anti-Muslim militant group he claims to belong to on the third day of his trial for the massacre of 77 people.

A lay judge in the trial of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was dismissed today for commenting online that the anti-Muslim extremist deserves the death penalty.

Right-wing fanatic Anders Breivik went on trial today over the murders of 77 people in a case that will decide whether he is evil or insane.

The right-wing fanatic responsible for the bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway has admitted to the “acts” in court but pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying he was acting in self-defence.

The right-wing fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting massacre in Norway went on trial today, defiantly rejecting the authority of the court.

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts today amid fears that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts today amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

Norwegian police have admitted for the first time that they could have responded faster to the youth camp shooting massacre that left 69 people dead in July.

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.

Mass killer Anders Breivik appeared before a Norwegian court today in his last remand hearing before trial.

IRISH blacksmiths have created nearly two dozen iron roses which will form part of a memorial to the 77 people killed in Norway by extremist Anders Behring Breivik.

THE right-wing extremist who killed dozens of teenagers in Norway told police he had originally planned to execute leading Labour Party politicians whom he viewed as traitors.

The Norwegian right-wing extremist who carried out a shooting rampage that killed 77 people in July has arrived at his first open court hearing.

MASS killer Anders Behring Breivik, 32, must remain in pre-trial detention for eight weeks, four of them in solitary confinement, a Norwegian court has ruled.

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik must remain in pre-trial detention for eight weeks, four of them in solitary confinement, a Norwegian court has ruled.

The confessed perpetrator of a bomb and shooting spree in Norway in which 77 people died is planning to give a speech at his pre-trial detention hearing today, his defence lawyer said.

Norwegians are today paying tribute to 77 people killed in last month's bombing and shooting massacre by a right-wing extremist.

Survivors of a massacre which claimed the lives of 69 people in Norway last month carried flowers to the site of the killings today, laughter blending with tears as they remembered the joys of an island youth camp that turned into a scene of horror.

Survivors of the massacre of 69 people at a youth camp on a Norwegian island are revisiting the scene today to grieve for their lost friends.

Norwegian police say the man behind the attacks that killed 77 people hung up twice on authorities while calling to surrender during the shooting at a youth camp at Utoya island.

THE man who killed 77 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree in Norway maintains he acted alone and stayed silent when pressed about potential associates in a 10-hour interrogation, police said.

A Norwegian prosecutor says he is concerned that the man who has confessed to killing 77 people is declining to give information that could determine if he had accomplices.

IT is disturbing to think that, although we enjoy relative peace these days, dozens of terrorist attacks are being planned in Ireland at any one time.

The leader of Norway’s right-wing Progress Party today said former party member Anders Behring Breivik’s anti-Muslim views are “perversely unique” and not in any way linked to her party.

The lawyer defending the confessed killer in Norway’s twin terror attacks said today that his client has presented a long list of “unrealistic” demands.

NORWAY honoured the memory of 77 people killed in the nation’s worst peacetime massacre yesterday, with the prime minister calling on the nation to unite around its core values of democracy and peace.