UK expels four Russian diplomats
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The UK expels four Russian diplomats after the refusal to extradite the suspect in the Litvinenko murder.
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Russia promised on Tuesday an &quot;adequate  and appropriate&quot; response very soon to Britain&#39;s expulsion of  four of its diplomats but said it would avoid jeopardizing the  interests of ordinary citizens or businessmen.
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British Council offices will defy a Russian order for them to close, the UK embassy says.
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Britain has declared diplomatic war on  Russia by expelling four envoys from London and failing to  respect Moscow&#39;s constitutional ban on extradition, Russian  newspapers said on Tuesday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan expelled the top Canadian and European Union diplomats from the country yesterday for what was described as "meddling in its affairs," state media reported.
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Russia said Thursday it was expelling four British diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by Britain, as a confrontation mounted between Moscow and London over the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia started pulling out some of its   diplomats, military staff and their families from Georgia on   Friday as the small ex-Soviet state pressed spying charges   against a group of Russian army officers.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats Monday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB officer &#151; Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Britain's ambassador Monday, after the British Council defied orders by reopening its offices.
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Russia accuses UK of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but stops short of immediate tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats.
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Britain ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats on Monday over Moscow's refusal to hand over the main suspect in the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, escalating tension between Russia and the West.
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No Russians will be extradited to Britain in the case of the poisoning of a former spy, RussiaÂs prosecutor general said.
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Britain has banned a cabinet minister close to President Mwai Kibaki and three others from entering because of their alleged ties to corruption, a high commission official said Friday.
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The move was a response to Britainâs expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats earlier this week.
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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.