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Bizarre requests for embassy help
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 10 days ago
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Silencing a crowing chicken was among the more unusual requests faced by consular staff last year...The Foreign Office handled more than a million consular inquiries in 2012/13. Some 52,135 British nationals in difficulty abroad were helped,
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Delhi to double diplomatic stre...
New Delhi :: India | 1 month ago
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Delhi to double diplomatic strength Monday, 08 April 2013 New Delhi: The Indian government is planning to double the number of its diplomats posted in the 162 Indian missions and posts abroad from the mere 600 currently. External Affairs Minister
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U.N.'s Dollar-a-Year Jobs Under Critical Scrutiny
Clinton :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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IPS Articles Over the years, there have been scores of special envoys, including former U.S. president Bill Clinton who oversees Haiti; Terje Rod-Larsen, a Norwegian diplomat who was the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process and
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Diplomat says Zygier case highlights consular assistance limits
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
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52 A former diplomat says the Prisoner X case highlights government limitations when giving consular assistance to Australians with dual citizenship. Ben Zygier is believed to have worked for Israel's spy agency Mossad before being arrested and
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19 Pakistani diplomats to lose ...
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Pakistan's 19 ambassadors will be losing their jobs next month with the exit of the incumbent government since they are non-career and contractual employees of the government. Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman, high commissioners to the
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DES ROCHES: John Kerry first trip and current ‘success' metric
Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago
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John Kerry 's first trip as secretary of state provides a good opportunity to look at how we evaluate our secretaries. Most recent secretaries have considered travel to be the measure of their terms. When Hillary Clinton returned to work from
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McCully appoints representative to Austria (Fuseworks)
Beijing :: China | 4 months ago
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Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. McCully appoints representative to Austria National Party, Fuseworks February 1, 2013, 12:
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Audit exposes rot at embassies
Siaya :: Kenya | 4 months ago
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Some of the ambassadors have overstayed in their workstations for as many as 32 months, according to the committee's report. It is evident that the same ambassadors continued to overstay (their postings) even after the December 31, 2011, the report
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MPs want Kenyan envoy to UN recalled
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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Committee wants Kenya's ambassador to the United Nations Macharia Kamau recalled as a matter of national interest. The committee has also asked the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Mr Kamau and the operations of the New York-based
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Technical edu dept director under scanner
Mumbai :: India | 5 months ago
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The state government has ordered an inquiry to look into the allegations that the director of the technical education department had furnished fake documents to mislead the hiring team about his seniority. Higher education minister CT Ravi has
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