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...

Pope Benedict XVI starts off marathon Bible reading

On Sunday Pope Benedict celebrated a huge mass to open a worldwide meeting of prelates at the Vatican. Over 200 bishops are attending that meeting, which is discussing the modern relevance of the bible. It will...

Foreigners among 50 feared killed in Marriott Blast

At least 40 people were killed, including foreigners and over 70 others injured when an explosives laden truck rammed into a five star hotel here on Saturday. The wounded, many of them critically, have been brought the local hospitals. The powerful explosion caused fire in...

Secret court may jail Burma comic Maung Thura for helping Cyclone Nargis victims

Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and...

UN to go green by cutting on AC

Fighting global warming should start at the top and to set an example the United nations have decided to remove Air-conditioners from the headquarters office in NY. UN is exhorting its staff and...

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