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Diplomat visits Swedes held in Ethiopia

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Published: July 5, 2011 at 2:57 PM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 5 (UPI) -- The Swedish ambassador to Ethiopia has been allowed to see two jailed Swedish journalists and said Tuesday they are in good condition.

"They're feeling fairly well, considering the circumstances," Jens Odlander told the Swedish news agency TT.

Reporter Martin Schibbye, 30, and photographer Johan Persson, 29, were slightly wounded in the weekend clash between the Ethiopian military and ethnic Somali rebels of the Ogaden National Liberation Front. The government said 15 rebels were killed.

Abdi Mahdi, an ONLF spokesman in London, said the Swedes entered Ethiopia with rebel fighters. Sweden says they have received treatment for their injuries.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry said Schibbye and Persson will face court proceedings but it was not clear when.

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