Norway victims

Mass rallies for Norway victims

 Cities across Norway to remember the victims of Friday's twin attacks by Anders Behring Breivik.

Crown Prince Haakon told 100,000 people gathered in Oslo that "tonight the streets are filled with love".

Earlier Breivik appeared in court, accepting responsibility for the attacks but denying terrorism charges.

Scores of thousands of Norwegians poured on to the streets of the capital in the early evening, many of them raising up flowers in memory of the eight people killed in the Oslo blast and 68 now known to have died on the island of Utoeya.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg also addressed crowds in Oslo saying: "By taking part, you are saying a resounding 'yes' to democracy."

A sea of people stretching back as far as the eye could see held roses aloft as they listened to speeches calling for Norway not to let the attacks change its way of life.

He said this was a "march for democracy, a march for tolerance, a march for unity", adding: "Evil can kill a person but never conquer a people."

Crown Prince Haakon said: "The government district and on Utoeya were targets for terror. But it has affected us all."

Judge Kim Heger ruled that the hearing should be held behind closed doors on the grounds Breivik might have used it to send signals to accomplices.

Prosecutor Christian Hatlo said Breivik now claimed he had worked in a cell, or group, and that there were two other cells working with him.