Pakistan assures diplomats’ safety at ‘all cost’
September 20th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) As a large number of people created a ruckus near Islamabad's diplomatic enclave Thursday while staging a protest over an anti-Islam US film, the Pakistani government ... Read more...
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36 injured in anti-Islam film protest in Islamabad (Second Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) At least 36 people, including policemen, suffered injuries near the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad Thursday and the army had to be called in to contain a ... Read more...
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25 injured in Islamabad protests over anti-Islam film (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) At least 25 people, including 15 policemen, were injured in the Pakistani capital and the army had to be called in to contain a massive protest ... Read more...
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Army called in to protect Islamabad diplomatic enclave
September 20th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) The Pakistan government called in the army Thursday after a large number of enraged protesters tried to storm Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave to register their protest ... Read more...
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EU condemns Afghanistan attacks
April 16th, 2012 - 6:22 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has condemned Sunday's Taliban attacks on government buildings and western embassies in Afghanistan, her spokesperson said in ... Read more...
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Top Afghan election officials, accused of vote-rigging, resign
April 7th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 7 (DPA) Two top election officials, accused of vote-rigging in last year's presidential polls, resigned Wednesday after President Hamid Karzai accused Western embassies of threatening and bribing them.
Azizullah Ludin, ... Read more...
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Be careful while in Sri Lanka, US says
November 20th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 20 (IANS) The security situation in Sri Lanka has improved since the defeat of the Tamil Tigers but Americans travelling to the country should remain careful, the US said Friday.
"The ... Read more...
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UK appeasing Iran, says Nobel Laureate Ebadi
September 24th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.24 (ANI): Britain has ignored Iran's savage suppression of opposition in order to safeguard talks on its nuclear program, claimed the latter country's only Nobel Laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin ... Read more...
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Western diplomats in Pakistan want to import armoured personnel carriers for safety
March 14th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar. 14 (ANI): After the US and the UK advised their citizens against visiting Pakistan due to security threats, Western embassies may request the Pakistan Government to allow them to ... Read more...
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Six held in Yemen over fake claim of US embassy attack
September 22nd, 2008 - 4:54 am ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Sep 22 (DPA) Yemeni authorities have arrested six people believed to have issued statements claiming responsibility for the last week's car bombing against the US embassy in Sanaa, the defence ministry ... Read more...
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Hundreds of insecure foreign diplomats planning emergency evacuation from Islamabad
July 8th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , July 8 (ANI): Considering the volatile situation erupting in Pakistan , the foreign envoys living in Islamabad are said to be readying an emergency evacuation plan, especially after Sundays ... Read more...
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Serbia on verge of isolation after riots
February 23rd, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by admin
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Belgrade, Feb 23 (DPA) Belgrade was quiet Saturday after a week of riots, which culminated in the ransacking of Western embassies and the death of one person. The incidents drew flak from ... Read more...
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