[DPA] Norway's state pension fund has sold its shares in Elbit Systems, an Israeli company that designed surveillance equipment used for the West Bank security barrier, Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen said Thursday. The government acted on advice from a special ethics panel. Construction of the barrier began in 2002 after a wave of suicide bombings in Israel.
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