41.   Russia expelled a high-ranking Swedish diplomat for espionage earlier this year after catching one of his couriers in St. Petersburg, Russian media reported Wednesday.

42.   Swedish diplomat Rolf Ekeus, the former United Nations chief weapons inspector in Iraq, has won an international peace prize for his disarmament crusade.

43.   Swedish diplomats in North Korea have long helped represent the United States in the absence of official ties between Washington and Pyongyang.

44.   Somaliland released a Swedish diplomat Monday after holding him for a week on charges of landing in the self-proclaimed republic without permission, a Swedish news agency reported.

45.   Such access had been requested by Swedish diplomats, who handle U.S. affairs in North Korea.

46.   Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold was elected to replace him.

47.   Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with helping European Jews escape the Nazis, was the first.

48.   Swedish diplomat Rolf Ekeus, the former U.N. chief weapons inspector in Iraq, has won an international peace prize for his disarmament crusade.

49.   Swedish diplomats in North Korea have long helped represent U.S. interests in the absence of official ties between Washington and Pyongyang.

50.   Swedish diplomats in North Korea have long represented U.S. interests in the absence of official ties between Washington and Pyongyang.