Liam Neeson considers return to stage

Oscar nominated actor said he would like to see in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast where he began his career

Liam Neeson has hinted at a comeback, perhaps in the theater where he began his career.

Irish actor Oscar nomination last appearance on stage in 2008 at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York in a production of Samuel Beckett's Eh Joe at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Neeson plays Joe, replacing Michael Gambon, who played the role two years ago in Dublin.

Since then, viewers were able to see on stage Neeson only as a hologram. He recorded the narrator in the musical version of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, which toured the UK last year.

• "I love the stage again at some point," Neeson told the Belfast Telegraph on a trip to Northern Ireland to receive the freedom of his home town of Ballymena. "It is four and a half years since I was on stage, then it is time to lift weights again, "he said.

"I love the Lyric [Belfast]. We are actively trying to find something, you know. Am a single mother so it is difficult to try to get out of the moment, "he said.

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Laos under international spotlight in search for land rights activist

Sombath Somphone missing for a month after stopping at a police roadblock, however, officials denied knowledge of his whereabouts

Although rarely achieved international headlines, Laos has been in the spotlight during the past month. One of the most respected activists disappeared after stopping at a police roadblock. His death led the Lao government to suggest that it was "kidnapped", but human rights groups to suspect they were removed after campaigning against land grabbing.

Sombath Somphone, 60, disappeared on the night of December 15 in the capital, Vientiane, and was last seen by his wife, Ng Shui Meng, who passed him as the couple returned to house separate cars. CCTV footage shows the activist to stop at a police station, leaving his car and jeep driven by another person. Later, a truck arrives with its lights flashing Sombath between him and two other men go.

Sombath Although he has not seen or heard from him since the checkpoint arrest, the government insists that it has nothing to do with her disappearance.

In an official statement carried by the state news Sombath agency KPL disappeared shortly after, a government spokesman said it was "hijacked perhaps due a personal conflict or conflict in the business, "and is concerned that the van was driven by two men" can not be identified. "Your vehicle, the statement said," went to a unknown location. "

Family

Sombath and friends say he had no such conflict and no ransom has been requested.

As founding director and former training center Laos Participatory Development, an NGO that works with civil society and government in the community development and poverty reduction, Sombath campaigned for human subsistence farmers land at a time when land grabbing is becoming more common. According to the Lao Movement for Human Rights, extensive concessions were granted to foreign and domestic companies. Much is mining, and activists warn that concessions lead to increasing levels of poverty and environmental degradation.

Sombath

disappeared a week before, another rights activist Anne-Sophie earth Gindroz, the former national director of the charity Helvetas Swiss agricultural development, was expelled from the country. After the Forum of civil society organizations in Asia and Europe in October with citizens Sombath, Gindroz wrote a personal letter to international donors in which he criticized the government of Laos to the "little room for meaningful democratic debate" and " consequences [which] continues "when the discussion continues. government considers its actions a" campaign against harmful government of Laos "and gave him 48 hours to leave the country.

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neighbors and the EU, the UN and the United States put pressure on the communist government party to investigate the fate of Sombath.

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Stuttgart ponder move for Manchester United's Federico Macheda

• 21 years old striker yet to settle at Old Trafford

• "We looked for a while," said Stuttgart

Stuttgart are considering a move for Manchester United striker Federico Macheda as sporting director Fredi Bobic.

The Italian could not be established in the first team after failing States loaned to Sampdoria and QPR and Stuttgart are in the market for a striker.

• 21 years fits the bill, as long as the conditions are perfect for a transfer to the Bundesliga club.

"We looked for a while," said Bobic Stuttgart Nachrichten newspaper. "This is one of the players we have on our list."

Stuttgart 2-0 defeat at Wolfsburg at the weekend highlighted the need for a striker with top scorer Vedad Ibisevic and replacing suspended Shinji Okazaki fail to impress.

"Vedo know very important for us, but do not count on it," said Bobic.
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