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The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. — just ahead of President Barack Obama's first trip to China.
Two Swiss businessmen arrested in Libya amid a spat with Switzerland involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son, are to go on trial on accusations of tax evasion and violating residency laws, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
A Norwegian freelance journalist kidnapped a week ago in eastern Afghanistan has been released along with his Afghan interpreter, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
A senior U.S. official will visit Myanmar next week in line with Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official rebuked Turkey's acting ambassador Thursday over a TV series Israel says depicts Israeli soldiers murdering children.
South Korea would not oppose the United States holding direct talks with North Korea to persuade the communist regime to rejoin stalled international nuclear disarmament negotiations, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Libya appointed a British judge to an arbitration panel set up with Switzerland to examine the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Geneva last year, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Four members of Iraq's security forces were convicted Wednesday of robbing a Baghdad bank and killing eight guards and were sentenced to hang in a trial that could leave behind considerable political fallout.
Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Syria to hand over two suspects wanted in recent suicide attacks on government ministries in Baghdad.
Afghan journalists charged Wednesday that their government was violating the constitution by trying to censor reports of violence on election day, and they vowed to flout the order issued by an administration that appears increasingly hostile toward the media.
Iraqi officials have increased the casualty toll to at least 95 people killed and more than 400 wounded in a wave of bombings in Baghdad.
An American linguistics student traveling in northern Iraq didn't go on an ill-fated hiking trip because he had a cold — a twist of fate that prevented him from mistakenly wandering into Iran where his three friends were reportedly detained.
China summoned the Australian ambassador to protest a proposed visit to his country by an exiled Uighur leader whom Beijing accuses of instigating recent ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Russia and NATO sought to limit damage to their relationship Wednesday, after expelling each other's envoys and despite Moscow's criticism of military exercises in former Soviet Georgia.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will make an official visit to China next week, Beijing announced Friday, a day after protesting an offering given by the Japanese leader to a war shrine seen as a symbol of his country's militarist past.
Turkey recalled its ambassador to Canada, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, after government ministers there reportedly took part in an event that labeled the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians as genocide.
Thailand's anti-government movement will stage new protest actions in the next few days following a military crackdown that ended deadly rioting last week, the movement's fugitive leader said Monday.
The world's center of gravity has moved to Beijing, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his Chinese counterpart Wednesday during a visit focused on boosting Chinese oil purchases.
Russia and the United States have a good chance to end their divisive dispute over missile defenses in Europe, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
China's weekend scrap with a U.S. Navy surveillance ship is drawing attention to a new submarine base that Beijing is using to strengthen its presence on the strategically vital South China Sea, which it claims as a whole.
In a Feb. 11 story about an interview with the Lithuania defense minister, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry had said the country is considering accepting as many as 10 Guantanamo Bay prisoners. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Jurgita Dapkute, had confirmed that Lithuania was considering taking detainees, but did not specify how many. The number 10 should have been attributed to Lithuanian media.
China's most wanted man should be handed over to face smuggling and corruption charges instead of getting a work permit in Canada, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
France has a favorable first impression of the Obama administration's approach to thorny problems like Afghanistan based on an array of initial contacts, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
Fidel Castro watched the U.S. inauguration on television and says he doesn't doubt Barack Obama's "honesty," breaking a monthlong silence with an essay published Thursday in Cuba's state-run press.
Tharoor aims high, wants to revive MEA's policy planning divisionNEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor, the most visible political face in the foreign ministry, wants to get down to the business of shaping the way India crafts its foreign policy.
GAZA January 2009 It is really sad to say; the three hundred plus Gaza dead as well as the hundreds or thousands wounded; and even the well planned Foreign Ministry information offensive will most likely be a waste in terms of anything resembling a long term solution / resolution to Hamass' mani …
N Korea 'stops nuclear disabling' after US fails to remove them from terror listNorth Korea says it has stopped disabling its nuclear facilities, accusing the US of reneging on a six-party disarmament deal. Work was suspended on 14 August, a foreign ministry spokesman told the state news agency KCNA.
At Doha Forum, MK Tibi listed as 'Palestinian' In all, 537 dignitaries are in attendance at Doha. The Israeli delegation includes 23 representatives, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni. Palestine is represented by six people – and is led by Tibi.
Why are the Brits upset with Israeli Tourism Ministry?The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has criticized the Israeli Tourism Ministry for an advertisement featuring a photo of the Qumran Caves. The ASA is an independent organization founded by advertisers "in order to keep advertising truthful."
Israel to bar UN official for comparing Israelis to NazisThe Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it will not allow the UN official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights to enter the country, after he stood by comments comparing Israelis to Nazis.
Iraq takes step toward lifting U.S. contractors' immunityBAGHDAD — The Iraqi Cabinet approved legislation Tuesday that would revoke a U.S.
Syrian leader begins Turkey visit Syrian President Bashar Assad yesterday began a four-day visit to Turkey, who Assad has said is trying to mediate between his country and Israel.
Syria: Israel targeted nuclear facility | Jerusalem PostIn its first admission by a state official, Syria's ambassador to the UN confirmed that an air raid carried out by Israeli fighter jets deep in Syrian territory on September 6 was, indeed, an attack on a Syrian nuclear facility, Israel Radio reported Wednesday morning.
Turkey Sends Troops To Iraq BorderTurkey Sends Troops To Iraq Border 2007-05-30 12:06:49 (7 hours ago) Posted By: Intellpuke
The foreign ministers of several members of the European Union recently met to discuss how best to handle the radicalization of Islamic youth.
New Zealand issues travel warning for Turkey New Zealand's Foreign Ministry says there is a strong likelihood of terrorist attacks in Turkey, as thousands of people head to Gallipoli to mark Anzac Day yesterday, reported Radio New Zealand.
Expert: Bush can't attack IranSecurity expert tells forum: US president has no credibility, unable to initiate Iran attack Yaakov Lappin
North Korea likens Bush to HitlerA North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, in comments carried by state news agency KCNA, responded: "This clearly proves that the DPRK [North Korea] was right when it commented that he is a political imbecile bereft of even elementary morality.....
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