U.S. Embassy in Macedonia Partially Closes
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The United States closed its embassy in Skopje, Macedonia on Monday to all but essential business because of a potential security threat, the State Department said.
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Macedonia faced a period of coalition  building on Thursday following a national election that sank  the ruling coalition and assuaged European Union concerns over  the country&#039;s democratic maturity.
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SKOPJE, Nov 6  - The Macedonian government, buoyed by US recognition of Macedonia&#39;s constitutional name, was pulling out all the stops Saturday to scupper a referendum that could set back the peace process with the restive ethnic Albanian minority.
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The State Department on Tuesday relaxed departure rules for nonessential U.S. Embassy employees and their families in Nepal but reiterated its advice for Americans to defer travel to the Himalayan country.
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The US State Department announced it has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and family members of the US Embassy in Nepal's capital and suspended Peace Corps aid work in the country due to security concerns.
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The United States temporarily closed its diplomatic offices in Saudi Arabia on Monday after gunmen blasted their way past armed guards at the US consulate in Jiddah.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Greece because of the &quot;press of business&quot; including crises in Iraq and Sudan, US officials said Saturday.
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"Kosovo directly affects the security and stability of our region"  Surrounded by photographers, NATO's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center right, talks to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, center left, during an informal dinner for ministers, in the ... via The Macon Telegraph
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The Saudi embassy in Kuwait City was briefly evacuated Saturday after officials received information a parcel containing explosives was inside the seaside compound, a security source said.
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ATHENS, Oct 24 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General's special mediator  Matthew Nimits has invited Greece and Macedonia to resume  negotiations over what Macedonia calls itself.
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The Czech Republic will probably close about twenty of its embassies and consulates because of cutsin the Foreign Ministry's budget next year, the ministry's spokesman Vit Kolar said on Friday.
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A US decision to call Macedonia, &quot;Macedonia,&quot; has raised the ire of Greece, which is threatening to keep the country out of the European Union.
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The United States closed diplomatic offices in the Indian commercial hub of Mumbai Tuesday. Its action was based on intelligence that terrorists may be planning attacks on US interests in New Delhi
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The Consular Office of the South Korean Embassy in Beijing decided on October 25 to consider halting general consular services, owing to a recent flow of North Korean defectors crossing into China and overpopulating the consulateâs temporary housing
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell canceled his trip to Greece at the last minute partly because of concern that his presence -- expected to be met with antiwar protests -- might disrupt the closing ceremony of the Olympics, State Department officials said yesterday.
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Greece's government, angered by a U.S. decision to recognize the name of neighboring Macedonia, said Friday it would block its Balkan neighbor from joining NATO or the European Union unless the name dispute is resolved.
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A U.S.-funded non-governmental organization that trains journalists has been effectively shut down and its director has left Russia amid criminal prosecution her lawyers said Friday was part of a government campaign against NGOs.