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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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Miami Cops Drag Singer Out Of Car After She Claims Diplomatic Immunity
Cecilia Selina Mercado was handcuffed and one of the officers told the singer if she only "complied," things would not have escalated.
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Vladimir Putin Gets Diplomatic Immunity In South Africa for BRICS Summit
South African government has granted diplomatic immunity to all international participants, including Russia President Vladamir Putin and other Russian officials, at BRICS-related events to be held in the country, local media reported.
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Russia Wants To Prosecute US Diplomats For Stealing Backpack
Russia on Friday called on the US embassy in Moscow to waive the diplomatic immunity of three of its staff, saying they were suspected of stealing.
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How 'Fat Leonard' Bribed The Navy To Get US Diplomatic Immunity
"Fat Leonard" ran a lot of corrupt schemes with the help of the U.S. Navy, but one of the strangest may be the time he was granted U.S. diplomatic immunity.
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Indian High Commissioner to Leave New Zealand After Wife Accused of Assault
Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand is set to leave the country today after allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.
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Narendra Modi would enjoy diplomatic immunity if he becomes PM: US Congressional report
The nine-year US visa ban on Narendra Modi will automatically be lifted and he would enjoy diplomatic immunity if he becomes the prime minister, a Congressional report said today.
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US prosecutors again indict Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade
A grand jury in New York has returned a new indictment against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade for visa fraud, two days after a US judge dismissed a similar indictment because she had diplomatic immunity.
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New immunity debacle brewing for India?
There could be a new immunity debacle brewing for India. Last year, the country's tourism office in London lost a case against a former employee who says he was unfairly dismissed. The office was instructed to compensate the employee to the tune of over 91 lakh rupees, but it never paid the amount.
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No immunity for falsely arrested Indian diplomat's daughter: US
The US government has joined issue with an Indian diplomat's daughter who is suing New York city for a whopping $1.5 million for false arrest, saying family members don't enjoy diplomatic immunity.Krittika Biswas, an 18-year-old student of John Bowne High School and daughter of Debashish Biswas, vice consul (administration) at the Indian Consulate ...
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Pak court says Davis lacks diplomatic immunity
A Pakistani court said on Thursday it would proceed with the trial of an American CIA contractor arrested for shooting dead two Pakistanis, but held off on charging him, lawyers for both sides said. The court also said there was no evidence that Raymond Allen Davis had diplomatic immunity as his lawyers and Washington insist, they said.The decision...
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Pak ex-Foreign Minister contradicts US on Davis
Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today asserted that US official Raymond Davis could not be granted "blanket immunity" as desired by the Americans, even as a report said that the two countries were close to resolving their tiff over the issue.Qureshi, who is bitter over his replacement as the foreign minister, said he was pre...
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Records didn't support diplomatic status for Davis: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has spoken out after he was sacked amid speculation that his ouster came after he refused to back his party in granting diplomatic status to US official Raymond Davis who allegedly shot down two men in Lahore.Qureshi told Pakistani daily The News that according to official records and experts in...
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Sikh riots case: New York court summons Kamal Nath
India has sought clarification from the US on whether Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has diplomatic immunity in view of summons having been issued against him by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.The US has not responded so far. The matter is under examination, according to information available her...
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UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday.
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Miami Cops Drag Singer Out Of Car After She Claims Diplomatic Immunity
Cecilia Selina Mercado was handcuffed and one of the officers told the singer if she only "complied," things would not have escalated.
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Vladimir Putin Gets Diplomatic Immunity In South Africa for BRICS Summit
South African government has granted diplomatic immunity to all international participants, including Russia President Vladamir Putin and other Russian officials, at BRICS-related events to be held in the country, local media reported.
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Russia Wants To Prosecute US Diplomats For Stealing Backpack
Russia on Friday called on the US embassy in Moscow to waive the diplomatic immunity of three of its staff, saying they were suspected of stealing.
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How 'Fat Leonard' Bribed The Navy To Get US Diplomatic Immunity
"Fat Leonard" ran a lot of corrupt schemes with the help of the U.S. Navy, but one of the strangest may be the time he was granted U.S. diplomatic immunity.
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Indian High Commissioner to Leave New Zealand After Wife Accused of Assault
Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand is set to leave the country today after allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.
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Narendra Modi would enjoy diplomatic immunity if he becomes PM: US Congressional report
The nine-year US visa ban on Narendra Modi will automatically be lifted and he would enjoy diplomatic immunity if he becomes the prime minister, a Congressional report said today.
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US prosecutors again indict Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade
A grand jury in New York has returned a new indictment against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade for visa fraud, two days after a US judge dismissed a similar indictment because she had diplomatic immunity.
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New immunity debacle brewing for India?
There could be a new immunity debacle brewing for India. Last year, the country's tourism office in London lost a case against a former employee who says he was unfairly dismissed. The office was instructed to compensate the employee to the tune of over 91 lakh rupees, but it never paid the amount.
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No immunity for falsely arrested Indian diplomat's daughter: US
The US government has joined issue with an Indian diplomat's daughter who is suing New York city for a whopping $1.5 million for false arrest, saying family members don't enjoy diplomatic immunity.Krittika Biswas, an 18-year-old student of John Bowne High School and daughter of Debashish Biswas, vice consul (administration) at the Indian Consulate ...
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Pak court says Davis lacks diplomatic immunity
A Pakistani court said on Thursday it would proceed with the trial of an American CIA contractor arrested for shooting dead two Pakistanis, but held off on charging him, lawyers for both sides said. The court also said there was no evidence that Raymond Allen Davis had diplomatic immunity as his lawyers and Washington insist, they said.The decision...
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Pak ex-Foreign Minister contradicts US on Davis
Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today asserted that US official Raymond Davis could not be granted "blanket immunity" as desired by the Americans, even as a report said that the two countries were close to resolving their tiff over the issue.Qureshi, who is bitter over his replacement as the foreign minister, said he was pre...
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Records didn't support diplomatic status for Davis: Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has spoken out after he was sacked amid speculation that his ouster came after he refused to back his party in granting diplomatic status to US official Raymond Davis who allegedly shot down two men in Lahore.Qureshi told Pakistani daily The News that according to official records and experts in...
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Sikh riots case: New York court summons Kamal Nath
India has sought clarification from the US on whether Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has diplomatic immunity in view of summons having been issued against him by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.The US has not responded so far. The matter is under examination, according to information available her...
