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German engineer kidnapped in Yemen (Deutsche Welle)A German engineer has reportedly been kidnapped by armed tribesmen in eastern Yemen. The oil and gas contractor was working for the Yemeni oil firm, LNG. Two other local workers for the company were also said to have been abducted. Yemeni authorities have launched a manhunt.

Mother who kidnapped the washing machine repair man (Daily Mail) After surviving without her washing machine for three weeks and a string of failed repair attempts, Tracey Fox took the law into her own hands. . . and kidnapped the engineer.

Mean machine - angry customer holds repairman hostage (BBC News)A County Durham woman became so sick of a company's inability to fix her washing machine that she held an engineer hostage.

BSNL engineer claims threat call by MP's aide (HT via Yahoo! India News)A BSNL executive engineer, N.P. Singh, has allegedly been threatened by a personal representative of a BSP MP from Azamgarh for awarding a departmental contract to a particular firm.

Peapack-Gladstone residents to question Matheny engineer next (The Bernardsville News)PEAPACK-GLADSTONE ? The engineer for the Matheny Medical and Educational Center will be available for public questions at the Peapack-Gladstone Land Use Board?s next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21.