06-03-2008, 04:29 PM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Norway, Sweden close embassies</span></b>[/center]
<b>OSLO : <span style='color:red'>Norway and Sweden temporarily closed their embassies in Islamabad on Monday after the suicide attack outside the Danish embassy killed at least eight people.</span></b> âWeâve closed our embassy,â Norwegian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tor-Henrik Andersen told AFP. The Swedish embassy also shut down, Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Kent Oberg was quoted as saying by the AP news agency. Meanwhile, officials from the nearby Netherlands Embassy said their staff were unhurt, while the United States Embassy urged its citizens to use extra caution when travelling through Islamabad. It also told them avoid the blast site. agencies
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