Hillary Clinton to Convert US Embassies into IHOPs

Washington DC -- Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has begun transforming her diplomatic corp’s global network of embassies and consulates into the world’s largest International House of Pancakes chain....

Diplomacy in Nepal

Public View on Diplomatic Productivity of Nepal Krishna Hari Pushkar It is interesting to see that the general public of Nepal are yearning to know and learn about the productivity of the Nepalese Foreign Ministry and its entire mechanism inside and outside the...

India-Pakistan Talks

"That dialogue is in the interests of both countries is not in doubt. The US has always encouraged dialogue. So has China. Pakistan has repeatedly said that it wants a resumption of the broken down institutionalized dialogue between the two countries. The Indian Prime...

UN Security Council passed resolution, arms embargo on Eritrea

New Delhi: United Nations Security Council has passed the resolution on arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing to withdraw troops from its disputed...

Iran lets in UN inspectors ahead of nuclear report

" ran has made significant concessions to UN nuclear inspectors days before a highly critical report on the country's nuclear programme is due to be published, diplomats said today. Inspectors from the...

Mexico Requires Visas for Canadian diplomats-Retaliation

Canada has implemented the requirement for visitors from Mexico and the Czech Republic for Visas.  The stated reason was that 9400 Mexicans applied for refugee status and Canada was attempting to slow this...

Ahmadinejad Speech Sparks Walkout At Racism Conference

Delegates from European nations have walked out of a UN conference on racism in protest at a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which criticised Israel. Two protesters wearing coloured wigs also...

Former Pakistan PM's onslaught on ruling party worries diplomats

The foreign diplomats in the Pakistan capital are worried because of a twice-elected former prime minister's onslaught on the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP)."ISLAMABAD, February 22 (Internews): The announcement by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to take on the ruling...

Venezuela :: Israel Leaders are Criminals

"Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro told the Qatar-based television network Al-Jazeera. "We're proud that the state of Israel that exists today, led by these criminals, made this decision." Maduro said,...

US Diplomats Nearly Crash Server by Pressing Reply to All

American diplomats are being warned they will face 'disciplinary actions' for using the reply to all function on e-mail with large lists. The use of the 'reply to all' on messages with large distribution lists nearly brought down one of the State Department's main systems.It...

Caracas protesters cheer Israeli envoy's expulsion

" Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at the country's embassy in Venezuela on Thursday, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted "Gaza,...

Israel considers expelling Venezuelan envoys

" Israel is considering expelling Venezuelan diplomats from Israel in response to the expulsion of Israel's envoys from Venezuela, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The Israelis were ordered out of their Caracas embassy in protest over Israel's military offensive in...

Pakistani police fail to recover kidnapped diplomats, propose diplomatic encl...

The police in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have failed to recover the kidnapped Afghan and Iranian diplomats, however, they have proposed setting up of a diplomatic enclave in the provincial capital, Peshawar, for ensuring security of the foreign...

Two foreign journalists injured in Pakistan firing as kidnapped Canadian jour...

Two foreign journalists were injured in a firing incident in Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) bordering volatile tribal region. Several...

Foreign envoys in Pakistan asked to limit activities

Keeping in view the growing security concerns, the Pakistani government has asked the foreign diplomats in the country limit their activities. "With a surge in suicide bombings in the country, the Pakistan government has asked all the foreign diplomats based in Islamabad and...

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