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Obama issued a statement on Wednesday that marked the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran. Revolutionary Iranian students held 52 Americans for 444 days, after it was revealed that the embassy has been engaged in espionage in...
Tags: Iran, Obama White House, United States Embassy, Tehran, Israel, U.S, 30th anniversary
Agrarian (IAD) agencies escalated on Monday, when the former justified the dismissals of dozens of employees, arguing that they didn’t do any type of work, known popularly as “bottles.” The brouhaha isn’t unusual in the administrations headed by president...
Tags: Dominican-Puerto Rico, Dominican Catholic Church, Dominican Republic, U.S, extradition requests, United States Embassy, Santo Domingo
About 2,000 Filipino war veterans have received financial benefits for their service with the United States military during World War II, a US Embassy official said here on Monday. Jonathan Skelly, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs of the...
A protest against the Visiting Forces Agreement, which included the burning of the US flag, erupted into violence Monday when police stopped the rallyists from entering the US Embassy in Manila...Gabriela who have been asking the government to junk the...
Tags: Manila, United States Embassy, US Embassy, Daniel Smith, Hermogenes Ebdane Jr.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo should quit for allegedly surrendering the country's sovereignty by signing an agreement with US Ambassador Kristie Kenney allowing convicted rapist Daniel Smith's detention at the American embassy, the dean of...
Tags: Philippines-United States, Department of Foreign Affairs, VFA, United States Embassy, Metro Manila, visiting forces, forces agreement, Daniel Smith, Bicol, DFA
The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department has welcomed the Supreme Court decision ordering the transfer of convicted rapist Lance Corporal Daniel Smith from the US Embassy to the custody of Philippine authorities. In a statement, DFA spokesperson Bayani...
Tags: Philippines, Philippine Supreme Court, Daniel Smith, visiting forces, forces agreement, United States Embassy, subic rape, smith custody, VFA, conviction rapist
The Associated Press will cover the 2008 Presidential Election results, through a live webcast online at its website, www.ap.org . Pre-recorded reports are also interspersed among the live reports. Today's coverage includes discussions of the returns,...
Tags: elect, Barack Obama, John McCain, president, obama, barack, expect, mccain, 2008, United States Embassy
A policeman who tried to play peacemaker in Mandaluyong City was mauled and disarmed for his efforts, a radio report said early Tuesday. Radio dzBB's Sam Nielsen reported that PO1 Allan Francisco lost his 9-mm service firearm to at least five men who...
Tags: Las Piñas Police, Pasay City Prosecutors, senior superintendent, city police, police chief, Philippines, United States Embassy, Las Piñas City
A belated victim of the United States raid into Syria on October 27 was the American school in Damascus. The institution has been a controversial satellite of US interests in Syria since its founding more than a half-century ago, and it has often been...
Tags: syria, iraq, Syrian, United Iraqi Alliance, al-Shabab al-Iraq, americans, Damascus, United States Embassy, Washington, U.S