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Pakistan accused in Indian embassy bombing
The spokesman for Afghanistan's president suggested that Pakistan's intelligence agency is being behind the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. The spokesman for Afghanistan's president suggested that Pakistan's intelligence agency is being behind the bombing of the Indian Emba... more
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Canadian Embassy in Colombia threatened: report
The Canadian Embassy in Bogota has received threats from a paramilitary group over Canada's recent decision to grant asylum to a key witness in ongoing Colombian investigations into links between politicians and paramilitaries, a Colombian newspaper reported Sunday.
The Canadian Embassy in Bogota has received threats from a paramilitary group over Canada's recent decision to grant asylum to a key w... more -
Burma embassy takes holiday
I honestly can't believe this.
Western aid experts in Bangkok will reportedly have to wait at least another 4 days to be able to get into Burma with their aid, because the Burmese embassy in Bangkok has closed for a local holiday!
Apparently none of the urgent visas will be processed until Monday or Tuesday, something that the UN WFP aren't best pleased about:
"This is too long to wait for people whose lives are at such a precarious balance."
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Police beat Tibetans storming Chinese embassy in Katmandu
A group of 200 Tibetan exiles and monks tried to storm the Chinese Embassy visa office in Nepal's capital on Sunday but police beat them back with bamboo batons.
At least 130 protesters were arrested and some of the demonstrators and policemen were injured in the scuffle.
The protesters reached the metal gate of the fortified compound and were kicking and trying to push it open when police armed with bamboo batons raced to the scene and began beating them.
''Stop the killing, stop the killing,'' the protesters chanted as they charged toward the office gate.
Nepal has said it would not allow protests against any ''friendly nation,'' including China.
International rights groups, like New York-based Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations have repeatedly criticized Nepal's handling of the Tibetan protests and beating of the protesters. A group of 200 Tibetan exiles and monks tried to storm the Chinese Embassy visa office in Nepal's capital on Sunday but police beat t... more -
Japan appoints its first ambassador of cartoons... or cartoon ambassador.
I wonder what meetings will be like with doraemon. I thought it should be Anpanman...
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Banksy in the Swiss Embassy
Banksy works and other graffiti covers the walls of the car park under the Swiss Embassy in London.
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