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Norway says 34-year-old Norwegian UN worker kidnapped in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen — A Norwegian man who was working for the United Nations was kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday, officials said.
Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ford Overland Andersen said the ministry was informed the 34-year-old Norwegian man was abducted early Sunday, but would not give more details.
According to a Yemeni security official, the U.N. worker was kidnapped in the capital Sanaa by armed tribesmen who transferred him to central Marib province, 110 miles (170 kilometers) east of the capital.
The official said the U.N. worker was taken hostage by the Obeyid Marib tribe. They were demanding the release of a tribesman who was arrested on charges of killing four soldiers assigned to guarding oil tankers.
more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/norway-says-34-year-old-norwegian-un-worker-kidnapped-in-yemen/2012/01/15/gIQAFSFy0P_story.html
