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Norwegian says Yemeni abductors treated him well
A Norwegian UN employee freed after a nearly two-week-long kidnapping in Yemen said Sunday he had been treated well and that uncertainty had been the worst part of his ordeal.

UN in contact with kidnapped Norwegian in Yemen: spokesman
The United Nations is in contact with a Norwegian UN worker kidnapped in Yemen and is negotiating his release with the tribe responsible for his abduction, a UN spokesman said Sunday.

Vietnamese Director Brings Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" to U.S. Theaters
Japanese is a foreign language to him, but Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung was able to surpass all cultural and language barriers to bring the Japanese novel “Norwegian Wood” to the big screen.In 1994, Hung first read the popular novel...

Middle East Online
SANAA - Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped a Norwegian citizen in the capital Sanaa in a bid to pressure the government into releasing a member of their clan from prison, a tribal source said on Sunday.

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In the Kitchen with Nete Poret
Nete Poret’s Danish roots are paying off. Her work as a translator of American television and movies into to Danish keeps Poret in touch with Denmark while never having to leave her home in Sparta.

World in brief
RETIRED GENERAL SECURES PRESIDENCY IN GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY: Retired general Otto Perez was sworn in Saturday as president of Guatemala, assuming power in a country awash in drug-related violence that he has promised to tackle with the military’s help. A veteran of a bloody war against leftist insurgents, Perez, 61, is the first military man to rule Guatemala since the armed forces handed ...

Yemeni abductors treated me well, says freed UN staffer
A Norwegian UN employee freed after a nearly two-week-long kidnapping in Yemen said yesterday that he had been treated well and that uncertainty had been the worst part of his ordeal.

Water supply in Colombo needs to be changed
In my lane and in several neighbouring others in Wellawatte South from the night of December 15 to 29 the water pressure increased. At night for about four hours tanks located up to 30 feet above ground were filling every night, thus providing enough water for the following day.

Writers and Readers Week Programme Announced
A dynamic and diverse group of the finest international and national writers will converge on Wellington in March for the New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers Week. This eagerly anticipated Festival week begins with world-leading ...