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Magna Carta Event in China Moved to British Embassy at Last Minute
An event to display the Magna Carta at a Chinese university in Beijing this week was cancelled at the last minute and subsequently moved to the British embassy today.
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Britain Reopens Embassy in Tehran
Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure.
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Britain, Iran to Reopen Embassies Today
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran's ties warm with the West.
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Britain to Reopen Embassy in Tehran This Weekend
Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran this weekend nearly four years after protesters ransacked the elegant ambassadorial residence and burned the British flag, a British diplomatic source said on Thursday.
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British Jihadist Thomas Evans Believed Killed in Kenya
A British jihadist fighting for Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Shebab, is believed to have been killed in a thwarted attack on a Kenyan army base on Sunday, a Kenyan defence spokesman said.
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Briton Killed in Ethiopian Shooting 'Accident': Government Official
A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in a northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
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Taliban Kill Five in Attacks on British embassy Car, Foreign Compound in Kabul
The Taliban bombed a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday morning, killing five people, and attacked a foreign compound in the city centre in the evening, officials and witnesses said.
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Suicide Bomber Attacks British Embassy Car in Kabul, Kills 5
A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Thursday, killing at least five Afghan civilians and wounding more than 30 others, officials said.
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Britain to reopen embassy in Yemen today
The British Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa will reopen on Sunday after being closed for 12 days because of security concerns.
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No immediate plans to quit North Korea embassy: Britain
Britain said on Friday it had no immediate plans to withdraw its diplomats from North Korea but said it was discussing its next moves with international partners, amid escalating nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Iran releases students who stormed British Embassy
Iran has released 11 hardline protesters detained for storming the British Embassy and diplomatic compounds in Tehran this week, the semi-official Fars news agency said Thursday.
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Iranian students storm UK Embassy in Tehran; reports say six taken hostage
The semi-official Mehr news agency said embassy staff had left the compound before the mobs entered, but it also said those who occupied the area had taken six staff as hostages. It did not give their nationalities and the report could not immediately be confirmed.
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Iranians hurl eggs, tomatoes at British embassy
Crowds of people hurled eggs and tomatoes at the British embassy in Tehran on Thursday after the MI6 spy chief said espionage was key to curbing Iran's nuclear drive, state news agency IRNA reported.IRNA said about 100 Iranians gathered outside Britain's mission and chanted "Death to America!" and "Death to Britain!" as they threw the projectiles a...
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Magna Carta Event in China Moved to British Embassy at Last Minute
An event to display the Magna Carta at a Chinese university in Beijing this week was cancelled at the last minute and subsequently moved to the British embassy today.
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Britain Reopens Embassy in Tehran
Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure.
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Britain, Iran to Reopen Embassies Today
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran's ties warm with the West.
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Britain to Reopen Embassy in Tehran This Weekend
Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran this weekend nearly four years after protesters ransacked the elegant ambassadorial residence and burned the British flag, a British diplomatic source said on Thursday.
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British Jihadist Thomas Evans Believed Killed in Kenya
A British jihadist fighting for Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Shebab, is believed to have been killed in a thwarted attack on a Kenyan army base on Sunday, a Kenyan defence spokesman said.
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Briton Killed in Ethiopian Shooting 'Accident': Government Official
A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in a northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
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Taliban Kill Five in Attacks on British embassy Car, Foreign Compound in Kabul
The Taliban bombed a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday morning, killing five people, and attacked a foreign compound in the city centre in the evening, officials and witnesses said.
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Suicide Bomber Attacks British Embassy Car in Kabul, Kills 5
A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Thursday, killing at least five Afghan civilians and wounding more than 30 others, officials said.
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Britain to reopen embassy in Yemen today
The British Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa will reopen on Sunday after being closed for 12 days because of security concerns.
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No immediate plans to quit North Korea embassy: Britain
Britain said on Friday it had no immediate plans to withdraw its diplomats from North Korea but said it was discussing its next moves with international partners, amid escalating nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Iran releases students who stormed British Embassy
Iran has released 11 hardline protesters detained for storming the British Embassy and diplomatic compounds in Tehran this week, the semi-official Fars news agency said Thursday.
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Iranian students storm UK Embassy in Tehran; reports say six taken hostage
The semi-official Mehr news agency said embassy staff had left the compound before the mobs entered, but it also said those who occupied the area had taken six staff as hostages. It did not give their nationalities and the report could not immediately be confirmed.
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Iranians hurl eggs, tomatoes at British embassy
Crowds of people hurled eggs and tomatoes at the British embassy in Tehran on Thursday after the MI6 spy chief said espionage was key to curbing Iran's nuclear drive, state news agency IRNA reported.IRNA said about 100 Iranians gathered outside Britain's mission and chanted "Death to America!" and "Death to Britain!" as they threw the projectiles a...
