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A very diplomatic blog: British ambassadors worldwide tell (nearly) all on the web
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 3 days ago
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Arriving back at the embassy in Kiev, Britain's ambassador, Leigh Turner, discovered a troupe of angry Ukrainian folk dancers. The dancers were protesting about the fact that they had been refused British visas. Returning to his residence that evening,...
Tags: Leigh Turner, FCO, Zimbabwe, diplomatic blogging, folk dancers, Britain, ukrainians folk, Harare, David Miliband, Diplomacy, Ambassador, Stuart Jack, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Blog
Obama rewards big donors with plum jobs overseas
Nassau :: Bahamas | 3 days ago
Credibility He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors. Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, American Foreign Service Association, Bahamas, Nassau, politics, Ambassador, United States Foreign Service, Presidency of Barack Obama, Foreign relations of the United States, Inauguration of Barack Obama
Sudan ambassador in clash with students
Nairobi :: Kenya | 9 days ago
Credibility A press conference at a Nairobi office on Thursday turned into a shouting match between students and an ambassador. The Southern Sudan Students’ Association in Kenya was addressing the media at Bishop’s Gate when Sudan’s Ambassador to Kenya, Mr Majok...
Tags: Southern Sudan Students’ Association, South Sudan, Kenya, Nairobi, North Africa, Sudan, Ambassador, Osama bin Laden, African Union member states, African countries, East Africa, Education, Politics
Cape Verde: Driver of the ambassador of France killed with five shots
The driver of the ambassador of France in Cape Verde, Fernando Delgado Fortes, was killed Tuesday in city of Praia, The Cape Verde islands, with five shots at a close range, two of them in the head.According to the National Police, the victim who is approximately...
Tags: Murder, diplomatic, France, Cape Verde, shots, ambassador
Taliban Widen Afghanistan Attacks from Base in Pakistan
Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke a widening campaign of violence in northern and western Afghanistan, senior American military and intelligence officials...
Tags: taliban.taleeban, afghanistan, pakistan, america, india, kabul, swat, waziristan, terrorist, sucide, bombing, wepons, military, operation, kidnapped, ambassador, citizen, Osama bin Laden, bush, obama, zardari
Pakistan Ambassador vows improved security and social investment
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 15 — Pakistan’s new government has pledged to secure its border with Afghanistan, as well as invest in the country’s educational institutions. Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. said that shifting...
Tags: Ambassador
Sri Lankan Resolution wins at yesterday's UN Human Rights Council meeting.
At yesterday’s UNHRC summit, the Sri Lankan government succeeded in with the expanded draft resolution sponsored by Sri Lanka, was adopted with 29 votes in favour. The original draft which was co-sponsored by Sri Lanka was titled ‘Assistance...
Tags: sri lanka, politics, ngo, un, unhrc, government, human, rights, ambassador, eu, usa, us, war, solutions
Ambassador to China Announced by Obama
Barack Obama, US President has named Jon Huntsman, the Republican Governor of Utah as ambassador to China. Huntsman who is a fluent speaker of Mandarin served as a deputy trade representative and ambassador to Singapore. Obama says he was choosen for...
Tags: Obama, Huntsman, Ambassador, Singapore
GMA: Pacquiao an ambassador of peace
Manila, Philippines--- President Arroyo has given the Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao the title as the country’s “Ambassador for Peace and Understanding” in the homecoming party given in the palace yesterday. The boxing hero...
Tags: Pacman, pacquiao, boxin, PGMA, Gloria Macapagal, Ambassador
SENATE Confirms Eikenberry as AFGHAN Ambassador!
The Senate has now confirmed Karl Eikenberry to be the ambassador to Afghanistan. The approval was ordered based on a voice vote early on Friday. Eikenberry, an Army Lieutenant General, has told that he would quit his commission after the confirmation...
Tags: Senate, Obama, USA, America, Afghanistan, Ambassador
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