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Britain says receives video of Iraq hostage
Baghdad :: Iraq | 8 months ago
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The Britons, a computer instructor—Peter Moore—and his four bodyguards, were seized by a Shi’ite militant group from inside an Iraqi Finance Ministry building in a raid in Baghdad in May 2007. “We can confirm that we have received a video of one of the...
Tags: Iraqi Finance Ministry, British Embassy, Baghdad, safe released, Peter Moore, hostages kidnapped, video showing, Sean McColm, spokesman sean
Uefa unlikely to move final from Rome
Rome :: Italy | 8 months ago
Credibility Gaillard told Sky Sports News such a move would disrupt security measures already put in place. "Moving to another place would probably put these arrangements in danger so it wouldn't be safer, it would be less safe," he said. The British Embassy in Rome...
Tags: Rome, champions league, AS Roma, arsenal fan, Arsenal, league final, Uefa, roma fan, arsenal supporter, British Embassy
Elderly Britons given lifeline out of Zimbabwe
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 9 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of British citizens are being offered a resettlement package to leave worsening economic conditions in Zimbabwe and move to Britain, The Times has learnt. The emergency measure to fly people out of the country comes as increasing numbers of residents...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Britain, UK Foreign Office, British Embassy, Harare
British Embassy in RP new regional hub for visa processing
Manila :: Philippines | 10 months ago
Credibility Starting this month, the embassy of the United Kingdom in Manila will assume the responsibility of issuing visas for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. According to a statement from the British Embassy, the UK Border Agency has recently designated its...
Tags: Manila, visa processing, regional hub, British Embassy
'Iran arrests BBC reporters for spying'
Tehrān :: Iran | 11 months ago
Credibility Foreign Policy and National Security Commission of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad-Karim Abedi said the spy cell was identified and dismantled before carrying out any operations against the country. Abedi said the BBC reporters first came under suspicion...
Tags: Iranian, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Embassy, bbc reporters
Britain revokes visa for former Thai premier
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Thai newspapers claimed a cancellation notification was sent to various airlines by the UK Border Agency at a time when the former first couple were travelling outside London, where they have been living in self-exile. "Airlines are advised not to carry...
Tags: Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand, Bangkok Post, prime minister, Britain, Pojaman, ousted thais, British Embassy, Sulak Sivaraksa, minister thaksin
Brown heads to Gulf for oil talks
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gordon Brown has set off on a visit to the oil-rich Gulf for talks on how to improve the global economy. The prime minister plans to tell Middle East countries they must play their part in stabilising world oil prices. He is expected to stress on his...
Tags: saudi arabia, Gordon Brown, IMF, Mr Brown, prime minister, Saudi Arabian, monetary funding, International Monetary Fund, minister gordon, British Embassy
Enfield under fire over Filipina maid sketch
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Philippine community in the UK attacked comedian Harry Enfield today for a sketch in which a man urges his neighbour to "mount" a Filipina maid. A petition has been launched condemning the BBC show Harry And Paul for the "disgraceful" skit which...
Tags: Harry Enfield, British Broadcasting Corporation, Philippines, BBC, Paul Whitehouse, Peter Beckingham, British Embassy, United Kingdom, filipina maid, Filipina
BBC apology demanded for ‘racist’ show
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) should apologize for airing a segment of a comedy show last month that was a "racist, humiliating, and disgusting" portrayal of a Filipina domestic helper, a lawmaker at the House of Representatives demanded Monday.
Tags: BBC, British Broadcasting Co., British Broadcasting Corp., domestic worker, comedy showing, Philippines, British Embassy, Paul Show, filipina domestic, Alberto Romulo
Sudan expells two bodyguards of UK ambassador
Khartoum :: Sudan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Sudan has expelled two bodyguards working for the British ambassador after their car injured two security officers in a UN car park, a Foreign Ministry official said on Sunday. British Embassy vehicle hit them while maneuvering in the UN headquarters'...
Tags: Sudan, British Embassy, sudan expells, Khartoum, car parking
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