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Danish embassy staff move to other offices in Kabul and Algiers

Copenhagen - Denmark has relocated its embassy staff to other offices from current embassy buildings in Algeria and Afghanistan against the backdrop of recent terrorist threats, a Foreign Ministry

Danish journalist union sues anti-Islam groups over cartoon use

Danish journalist union sues anti-Islam groups over cartoon useCopenhagen - The Danish Union of Journalists said Thursday it wanted damages from two Danish anti-Islam groups that used a newspaper cartoonist's work without his permission.

Acting on behalf of newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the union said it wanted 200,000 kroner (42.000 dollars) in damages for the illegal use of the cartoon that depicted the prophet Mohammed with a bomb in his turban.

It was published on websites and placards in connection with a protest in March, despite a court order.

Danish police search for abducted boy

Danish PoliceCopenhagen  - Danish police have issued a nationwide alert after a 5-year-old

Danish health care workers strike

Copenhagen  -  A strike by some 100,000 Danish nurses and other health care workers Wednesday impacted scores of hospitals, kindergartens and nursing homes across Denmark.

Danish health care workers to strike

Copenhagen- Danish nurses and other health care workers are set to strike next week after statae-mediated wage talks failed, it was announced early Saturday.

Danish cartoonist welcomes changes to Dutch anti-Islam film

Copenhagen -Danish newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard Sketch Wednesday welcomed reports that his cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed has been removed from a controversial anti-Islam film made by a Dutch opposition legislator.

"I am very happy that (Geert) Wilders has removed my drawing. I am aware that the cartoon has almost become an icon and lives its own life but I try to uphold my copyright as far as possible," Westergaard told public broadcaster DR news of the cartoon depicting the prophet with a bomb in his turban.

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