Open URL in new Safari tab with AppleScript

Question

Is it possible to use AppleScript to open a link in a new tab in Safari?

Answer 1

Code:

tell application "System Events"
tell application "Safari" to activate
tell process "Safari"
click menu item "New Tab" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell

tell application "Safari"
set URL of document 1 to "http://www.stackoverflow.com/"
end tell

One problem is that this only works if the system's language is set to English.