senior Iranian employee of the British Embassy in Tehran has been given a four-year prison sentence after being found guilty of fomenting violence at the behest of the British Government,Hossein Rassam, 44, the embassy’s political counsellor, was sentenced in a closed courtroom this week, although the outcome is yet to be publicly announced. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office learnt of his sentence...
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investigators are hopeful that a body recovered from the eastern Bekaa Valley could be the remains of Alec Collett, a British journalist who was kidnapped and executed by a Palestinian group in 1986 during Lebanon’s civil war.A military and forensic team led by the British embassy in Beirut is excavating an area near the village of Aitta al-Fuqar in the southern Bekaa Valley. The site was the location...
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband has urged Iran to overturn a four year jail sentence reportedly given to a British embassy employee.Hossein Rassam, 44, was arrested in June at the time of massive street protests over the country's disputed presidential election.The Iranian, who worked as the embassy's chief political analyst, was accused of spying and inciting unrest.The foreign secretary said it...
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David Miliband's visit to Moscow, the first by a British foreign secretary in five years, was a chance to "reset" ties, Russia's ambassador to London said on Monday."We all know that relations between our two countries, at least at government level, have not been easy over the last couple of years," ambassador Yuri Fedotov wrote in the London-based Guardian newspaper.Miliband will be seeking during...
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a bid to constructively engage with its Muslims, especially youth, the United Kingdom has sent a delegation of prominent British members of the community to India to enhance its understanding of the followers of Islam in this country.The delegation, which arrived here on November 8, is meeting the key representatives from the social, educational and political fields in a bid to understand key concerns...
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Police arrested a tourist guide for allegedly attempting to rape a 14-year-old British girl at a guest house in Delhi, an official said.According to the police, the group had hired Murlidharan (27) as their guide and he had been staying with them. The group had checked into a guesthouse, Ashoka Niketan Guest House, in Kapashera, as it is close to airport and they had to catch a flight.Police said,...
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constructively engage with its Muslims, especially youth, the United Kingdom has sent a delegation of prominent British members of the community to India to enhance its understanding of the followers of Islam in this country.The delegation, which arrived here on November 8, is meeting the key representatives from the social, educational and political fields in a bid to understand key concerns of the...
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Britain said on Thursday it was deeplyconcerned by reports that an Iranian employee at its embassy in Tehran had beensentenced to four years in jail after being put on trial forespionage.Calling Hossein Rassam's reported sentencing "an attackagainst the entire diplomatic community in Iran", Foreign Secretary DavidMiliband said the Foreign Office had called in Iran's ambassador to London toprotest.The...
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Western embassies and the United Nations in Sudan warned staff and citizens to steer clear of a World Cup playoff between Algeria and Egypt, fearing violence in the fight for Africa's last berth in the finals.Government schools were closed and all civil servants told to leave work early in the capital Khartoum as thousands of Egyptian and Algerian fans flew in to see Wednesday's match. At least 15,000...
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said on Thursday it was deeply concerned by reports that an Iranian employee at its embassy in Tehran had been sentenced to four years in jail after being put on trial for espionage.Calling Hossein Rassam’s sentencing “an attack against the entire diplomatic community in Iran,” Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the Foreign Office had called in Iran’s ambassador to London to protest.The Foreign...
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