Polish envoy kidnapped: Armed tribesmen have kidnapped the Polish ambassador in Yemen in a bid to free a Jailed comrade, a tribal leader and police sources said on Thursday. AFP reports from Sanaa^

The ambassador. Kristof Suprowic. was captured Wednesday evening outside a medical clinic in the capital Sanaa, where he had taken his daughter, said the tribal leader, who refused to be named. Gunmen of the Khawlan tribe had taken the envoy to the mountainous al-Yamaniatain region. 50 km east of Sanaa, the tribal leader said.

Club fire kills 4 in Japan: Four men died and six others were injured in suspected arson attacks on Iwo telephone dating clubs in the western Japan city of Kobe Thursday, police said. AFP reports from Tokyo.

The fire broke out at the Ring Ring House" in dowmtown Kobe al around 5:20 a.m. (0220 BST). killing four customers and seriously injuring another, a police spokesman In the city said. Five minutes later, another Ring Ring House branch nearby was s< t on fire when a petrol bomb was thrown at the club, leaving three - two employees and a customer slightly injured, the spokesman said.