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Chinese activist leaves U.S. embassy
May 2, 2012 7:28 AM
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy on his own accord and in keeping with U.S. values. After speaking with Chen by phone on his way to a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, Clinton said in a... more » -
Ambassadors flown out of besieged Sanaa embassy
May 22, 2011 5:48 PM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Witnesses say Yemeni army helicopters took U.S. and other ambassadors out of a besieged embassy to the presidential palace to witness ruling party leaders signing an agreement for the president to step down in 30 days. However, state TV says President Ali Abdullah Saleh will... more » -
Prosecutors ask for life sentence for Ahmed Ghailani
January 17, 2011 7:39 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in New York say the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a civilian court is "evil" and deserves a life sentence for helping al-Qaida bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 and open the door to more terrorism. The government submitted papers... more » -
US Army begins relief missions in Pakistan
August 5, 2010 9:25 AM
U.S. Army helicopters have flown their first relief missions in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest. An Associated Press reporter saw four U.S. Chinooks evacuating hundreds of people stranded for days in a mountain town in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Thursday the choppers... more » -
Diplomat released in Denver after bomb scare
April 8, 2010 8:27 AM
A law firm representing the Qatar embassy says the diplomat who prompted an airplane bomb scare has been released by authorities after questioning. The law firm, Brown Lloyd James, said Thursday the diplomat was on his way back to Washington. The firm also confirmed the diplomat is named Mohammed... more » -
US and Britain close their embassies in Yemen
January 3, 2010 8:25 AM
Both the U.S. and Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen, with American officials citing threats by the al-Qaida group linked to the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. In London, Britain's Foreign Office says the embassy in Yemen was closed Sunday for security reasons. She said... more »
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