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The Patraeus Affair Maybe A Real Life "Enemy Of The State"

In "Enemy of the State," a high level bureaucrat engaged in an unauthorized operation that involved assassinating a senator. When Will Smith's character came into possession of that information, the power of the state was unleashed on him. Everything about Benghazi points to...

How Media Lies: FactCheck And NPR Get The Debate All Wrong!

The following is drawn out of an NPR article, "Biden, Ryan Bent The Truth At Times, Fact Checkers Say:  FactCheck Lie No 1:  Title, "Biden, Ryan Bent The Truth. False Impression: Both men lied, when only Ryan lied.FactCheck Lie No 2: In the first paragraph they say...

U.S. Embassy Shuts Down Facilities in South Africa

UPDATE: All US government facilities will remain closed on Wednesday for a second day.  They will also be closed Thursday, September 24, 2009 for Heritage Day, a South African National holiday. Sharon...

Canadian Tamils protest outside Sri Lankan consulate

Members of Toronto's Sri Lankan community are trying to raise awareness of what they call genocide taking place in their home country. Hundreds of Tamils gathered outside the Sri Lankan consulate at Yonge and St....

Online appointment US visa system launched in Vietnam - Vietnam visa news

The US Embassy in Hanoi and the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City have announced a new online appointment system for people applying for nonimmigrant visas, including students, business people and tourists."Applications for appointments are available at...

US Visa fraud:, Indian Eatery chain owner barred from entering US

The number of  Indians aspiring to go and work in USA is spiralling and in absence of valid Visa  papers many of them use fraudulent travel documents. Despite the American Embassy strict vigil to...

Iran envoy abducted in Pakistan

Unknown gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat Hashmatullah Atharzadeh after killing his guard in the restive Peshawar early today. Mr Atharzadeh was traveling towards his office from his home when his vehicle was intercepted by some unknown armed men who took him...

U.S. State Dept. Shuts Down A Venezuelan Consulate (UPDATED II)

" UPDATES: On Monday 10 November 2008, "President Chavez says changing the building that housed Venezuela's consulate in Houston was an error attributed to a lack of coordination. Consul Antonio Padrino is...

Explotions at Mexican consulate in New York could be related to Brad Will's a...

Explotions at New York consulate could be related to the assassination anniversary of independent journalist Brad Will. Investigations are being made declared Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly when he was asked...

Peshawar: Attempt to kidnap Afghan Commercial Consular failed

Only a day after Afghanistan's ambassador-designate to Pakistan was kidnapped by gunmen from Peshawar, another Afghan diplomat on Tuesday approached the Peshawar police, saying that he had escaped a kidnapping attempt. The Afghan diplomat requested the police to provide him...

Afghan Ambassador abducted in Pakistan

There is this emerging story from Pakistan. In a clear case of compromise in the law & order in the north western province of Pakistan today Afghanistan ambassdor to Pakistan was abducted while he was travelling from his consulate to his home in Peshwar. "Afghanistan's...

US diplomat attacked in Peshawar, escapes unhurt

Restive Northwestern Pakistan is always in news for violence and killing of innocent citizens. But now even diplomats have become targets. Ms. Lynne Tracey a diplomat working with US Consulate in Peshwar was fired on but she survived the gun attack. She was...

German MPs in racist debacle

In a recent diplomatic trip to the USA, it seems that six visiting members of the German Parliament weren't treated as well as they would have liked.Der Spiegel has received a confidential letter from the German...

Attack on American Consulate in Japanese Okinawa

Early on Monday, a Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown to the American Consulate in Okinawa, Japan. . On Saturday, there were protests against the military presence of American troops. 25,000 US troops are based in Okinawa. This is the second attack on an American Consular...

Attack at US Istanbul consulate

American Consulate in Istanbul have been attacked by a group of armed militant and 3 policemen were killed. " Three policemen and three gunmen have been killed in an armed attack near the US consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul, its governor has said. The identity...

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