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- Kissinger reportedly covered up PLO assassination of ambassador
- "Henry Kissinger instructed the CIA to continue diplomatic contacts with Yassir Arafat's PLO representatives before the 1973 Yom Kippur War, even after Arafat ordered the kidnapping and murder of the American ambassador and his deputy in Khartoum, Sudan." So reported the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on September 1, 2008. According...
- Research articles 2008-09-29
- Jordan protests against Israel's Jerusalem dig plans
- AMMAN AFP — Jordan said on Thursday it summoned the Israeli ambassador to protest against plans for excavation and construction work near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Jerusalem's most volatile holy site. "Foreign Minister Salah Bashir summoned the Israeli ambassador this week to officially inform him that Jordan rejects such...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Freed Bulgarian nurses thank France at anniversary reception
- SOFIA AFP — Six Bulgarian medics freed a year ago after almost a decade jailed in Libya on AIDS and misconduct charges formally thanked France and its then first lady Monday, for showing they are "not forgotten." "France is the symbol of our freedom," nurse Kristiana Valcheva said during...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Press Briefing by Dana Perino
- WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:43 P.M. EDT MS. PERINO: A special welcome to the Frattos. A couple of announcements, so bear with me here. In his speech on the freedom agenda earlier this morning you heard the President discuss PEPFAR, which is the...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- World brief: Olympic salute
- USA: George Bush gave US Olympians a rousing White House send-off to the games in Beijing, urging them to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also remember they would be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere. The US president will be attending the opening ceremonies and...
- Research articles 2008-07-22
- India seeks release of thousands held over UAE riot
- DUBAI AFP — United Arab Emirates police arrested more than 3,000 mostly Indian workers after a dining room riot at a construction site in which a manager, security guards and the workers were beaten up, India's ambassador said on Wedesday. The ambassador, Talmiz Ahmad, said that the Indian embassy...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- UAE names ambassador to Iraq
- ABU DHABI AFP — The United Arab Emirates has named its envoy to India as its ambassador to Iraq, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the country, an official said Sunday. "The UAE cabinet, at its meeting today, approved the appointment of its current ambassador to India, Abdullah...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- UAE scraps billions in Iraqi debt, names Baghdad envoy
- ABU DHABI AFP — The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Sunday waived Iraq's debt of nearly seven billion dollars and named an envoy to Baghdad, in a twin boost timed with a visit by Iraq's prime minister. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki the...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- US denies ransom payout for hostage release: ambassador
- BOGOTA AFP — The United States government paid nothing for the release this week of 15 hostages held by leftist guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, the US ambassador to Bogota said on Friday. Ambassador William Brownfield issued the denial in response to a radio report that the daring rescue...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Bahrain confirms Jewish woman as new envoy to US
- MANAMA AFP — Bahrain, a close US ally, announced on Thursday that it has appointed a Jewish woman as its ambassador in Washington, a first for an Arab country. King Hamad issued a decree naming Huda Nunu as head of the Gulf state's diplomatic mission in the United States,...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Arghandab will not fall to Taliban: US ambassador
- WASHINGTON AFP — The Taliban can "raise a lot of dust" but Arghandab will not fall to them because they cannot hold ground for lack of Afghan popular support, the US ambassador to Kabul predicted here Wednesday. "We're coming off of two difficult events in Kandahar province -- the...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Welsh Assembly speaker boycotts Israeli ambassador
- LONDON AFP — The speaker of the Welsh Assembly is to boycott a meeting with Israel's ambassador to Britain because of the Jewish state's failure to fulfil its obligations towards Palestinians. Dafydd Elis-Thomas said he would not meet Ron Prosor at the legislature in Cardiff later this month after...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Bahrain confirms Jewish woman to be US ambassador
- MANAMA AFP — Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al-Khalifa on Sunday confirmed and defended his government's plans to appoint a Jewish woman, Huda Nunu, as ambassador to the United States. "Nunu was chosen because she is a Bahraini like her father," the minister said, as quoted by...
- Research articles 2008-06-08
- US backs talks with some Afghan rebels: ambassador
- KABUL AFP — The US ambassador in Kabul said Thursday that Washington backed the Afghan government's efforts to reconcile with Taliban and other rebels without power-sharing or ceding control of certain areas. There is mounting debate in Afghan political circles and media about peace talks with militants, notably former...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- UAE foreign minister on landmark visit to Iraq
- BAGHDAD AFP — The Emirati foreign minister met Iraqi leaders on Thursday on the first visit to the violence-wracked country by a chief diplomat from a Arab country in the Gulf since the 2003 US invasion. The UAE's Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan met his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Bahrain says new Jewish ambassador not propaganda
- MANAMA AFP — Bahrain's anticipated appointment of a Jewish woman as ambassador to the United States -- the first for an Arab country -- is not a public relations stunt, a senior official said on Saturday. "This is not a public relations move," the official told AFP, referring to...
- Research articles 2008-05-31
- Phila. GOP star nominated as Austria ambassador
- David Girard-diCarlo, a giant in Philadelphia's legal community and a major fund-raiser for Republican candidates, was nominated yesterday by President Bush to become the next ambassador to Austria. Girard-diCarlo, 65, is chairman of the Blank Rome law firm. The ambassadorship in Vienna has been vacant since November. "He will have...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- Hello Kitty to be appointed Japan's tourism ambassador: report
- TOKYO AFP — Japan will on Monday appoint the mouthless feline cartoon character Hello Kitty as a goodwill tourism ambassador in China and Hong Kong, with the aim of promoting visits here, Kyodo News has reported. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will announce the appointment on...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Kidnapped Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan recovered safe: official
- ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants more than three months ago, has been recovered safe, the foreign ministry said Saturday. Envoy Tariq Azizuddin was heading to the Afghan capital Kabul with his driver when he disappeared in the troubled Khyber tribal district bordering...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Nominations submitted to the Senate
- The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers. Withdrawn April 28 George A. Krol, of New Jersey, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary...
- Research articles 2008-05-05
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