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The Norwegian King Harald V, 87, has been fitted with a temporary pacemaker in Malaysia. The reason was the monarch’s low heart rate, the palace in Oslo announced on Saturday. “The decision was made this morning and the operation was successful.” The king is doing well, but still needs to rest, the statement said. The operation will make the journey home, which will probably take place within the next few days, safer, said Harald’s anaesthetist Bjørn Bendz, according to the statement. The king fell ill with an infection during a holiday trip to Malaysia and was taken to hospital there this wee…

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