Britain to close 19 diplomatic missions
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Britain is to close 19 of its diplomatic missions abroad, including nine embassies and high commissions, by the end of 2006 in a cost-cutting drive, the Foreign Office said.
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The foreign secretary, David Miliband, also said Britain would tighten visa requirements for Russian officials and businesspeople.
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Iraq will close all its borders for  five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday,  in a move designed to boost security.
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Britain said on Monday it was expelling  four Russian diplomats over Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite the  main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia is planning &quot;appropriate&quot; measures in response to Britain&#39;s announcement of the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from London, a foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
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The diplomatic row over the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi could see tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats and withdrawal of British cooperation in key areas.
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Our man in America, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Australasia and other parts of the globe is disappearing as part of a massive cost-cutting exercise in the Diplomatic Service.
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Britain confirmed on Thursday it will  withdraw its more than 600 remaining troops from Bosnia as  concerns about security in the Balkan state ease.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 17 -- The British Council on Thursday suspended operations at its two regional offices in Russia, citing "a campaign of intimidation against our staff" that the cultural organization said presented a "significant risk to them."
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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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Britons have been advised by the Foreign Office to leave three states in Nigeria.
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Foreign Office to launch public relations offensive in the spring targeted at British and foreign youth
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James Bond no longer has diplomatic status &#151; at least not in Panama. The government has canceled 121 diplomatic passports issued by the previous presidential administration, including one extended to actor Sean Connery.
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Britain will evacuate about 400 of its nationals and others from the Ivory Coast due to the deteriorating situation there, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
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A British cultural organization at the center of a dispute between the Kremlin and Britain closed its office in St. Petersburg under pressure from Russiaâs intelligence service.
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Reports claim 31 post offices across south Wales could close under proposals due to be announced.
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MOSCOW, July 19 -- Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday, retaliating three days after officials in London ordered four Russians out of the country in a dispute over a murder investigation.