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NORWAY

330 US Marines to be stationed in 2017

Norway will allow 330 US Marines to be stationed on its soil for a limited period from next year, the Defense Ministry said on Monday, the first time foreign troops have been posted on its territory since the end of World War II. Norway is a founding member of the US-led NATO alliance and a close US political ally. NATO troops have long come to the Nordic country to take part in military exercises.