US Diplomats

U.S. Orders Nonessential Diplomats To Leave Yemen

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to depart Yemen and urged all Americans there to leave as sec...

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Former IMF Chief's Defense Team Seeks Advice From Firm Run By Former CIA Officers

Reuters | Mark Hosenball | Posted 07.20.2011

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May 20, 2011 10:58:19 PM By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The legal team defending former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn against s...

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U.S. Embassy In Libya Closes

AP/The Huffington Post | By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Friday and readied stiff financial and other penalties against Muammar Gaddafi ...

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US, British Diplomats in Zimbabwe Violently Attacked

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — A mob believed loyal to President Robert Mugabe assaulted a convoy of U.S. and British diplomats Thursday, and the government...

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State Department warns diplomats of compulsory Iraq duty

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats they may be forced to serve in Iraq next year and says it will soon start identifyin...

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Farewell To Arms: Tearful Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was ...

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US Was Tipped Off About Pakistan Emergency Rule

United Press International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pakistani and U.S. officials say the United States wasn't surprised when President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a report says....

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