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US embassy refuses to pay traffic fees

World
2008-6-27

THE US Embassy in London has failed to pay more than 2 million pounds (US$3,941,000) in traffic congestion charges, according to figures published yesterday by Britain's foreign ministry. British legislators condemned...

US to cut wait for visas

Metro
2008-3-31

THE US Embassy and Consulates in China are to work out a new visa policy to shorten the waiting time for US non-immigrant visa applicants. Mary Jo Long, vice consul of the US Consulate General in Shanghai said...

US remove diplomats from Belgrade

World
2008-2-23

ALL but a few essential diplomats at the US Embassy in Belgrade are leaving Serbia as the United States piles up complaints about the Serbs' failure to protect US and other Western embassies from nationalist mobs....

Serbian protesters storm US embassy

World
2008-2-22

THE US embassy in Serbia was stormed by protesters yesterday during a mass rally against the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, the local B92 TV station reported. Protesters broke into the US embassy,...

Police say TNT was used to strike at US embassy vehicle

World
2008-1-17

LEBANESE police said yesterday that a car bomb packed with 20 kilograms of TNT caused the explosion that hit a US Embassy vehicle the day before, killing three passersby. The attack was the first in more than two...

Beirut bomb hits US Embassy car, kills three

World
2008-1-16

A BOMB hidden on a north Beirut highway hit a US Embassy vehicle yesterday, killing at least three Lebanese bystanders in the first attack in years targeting American diplomatic interests in the country. The car's...

Austria arrests 2nd man after US embassy incident

World
2007-10-2

AUSTRIA detained a man linked to yesterday's arrest of a Bosnian man who tried to enter the US embassy in Vienna carrying an explosives-filled rucksack, local newswire APA reported today. The second man was an...

Man arrested for visiting US Embassy with grenades

World
2007-10-2

AUSTRIAN authorities said yesterday they arrested a man who visited the US Embassy and later was found to be carrying a backpack that contained hand grenades, nails and Islamic literature. The suspect -- described...

US returns old stone sculpture

World
2007-7-31

THE head of an ancient sculpture stolen and smuggled out of Cambodia was yesterday returned to the nation by the United States government. The sandstone head of a celestial dancer dates from the 12th century, the US...

US raises security alert at German military bases

World
2007-4-21

UNITED States diplomatic facilities in Germany have increased their security because of an elevated threat, the US Embassy in Berlin said yesterday. "The US Embassy encourages Americans in Germany to increase...