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Department of State Washington File: Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, April 28
MR. ERELI: Let me check. I don't. Let me see if there is anything on the schedule. ... MR. ERELI: Yeah, let me apologize, Matt. I -- you asked me about that yesterday. I completely forgot about it and didn't get anything for you. We'll do it before the end of the day. I'm sorry. ... QUESTION: Are you working, Adam, with Jordanians on some kind of letters that will be exchanged when the King comes next week? ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: STATE DEPARTMENT NOON BRIEFING, JUNE 22 -- CORRECTED
Let me say that recalling our ambassador for consultations - and this is an indefinite recall - is a major step. It is our view that the Belarusian Ambassador should not return until further notice, and we are considering what further steps may be appropriate. We're reviewing our options -- and let me say, in answer to what I expect to be your next question -- in our potential proportionate responses, but have none to announce that this time. ... MR. RUBIN: Well, as I said, the other options would be in the area of proportional responses. Let's bear in mind what they've done - the have violated the Vienna Convention by trying to take over property that was leased to the United States that is inviolable property, pursuant to the Vienna Convention - the residence of an ambassador. They have done so through a variety of means, including cutting off the electricity, cutting off plumbing services, cutting off the telephone service, forcing the ambassador to walk a mile to get to his residence to be with his family, by denying vehicular access - not letting cars go through. So these are a series of things that they have done. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: PENTAGON SPOKESMAN'S REGULAR BRIEFING MARCH 24, 1998
A: It's not the job of the Air Force or the Navy to give advice on anti-trust matters. It's the job of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. And yesterday, Secretary Cohen sent a letter to Attorney General Reno stating his views on the case, and I think you got a copy of that letter. I don't think the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force has investigated the competitive issues raised by this proposal in great detail. ... Q: One last question, back to missile defense for a moment. It's been 15 years since President Reagan announced his dream of having a peace shield that would render nuclear missiles obsolete. What would you say to critics who say that billions of dollars and 15 years later, the United States isn't really that much closer to deploying any sort of credible missile defense system. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Domestic employees planning to accompany families to Turkey need to have a “letter of undertaking” for a work visa application. The Human Resources Office must be contacted prior to arrival with enough time to forward this letter to you. It will need to be completed, signed, and returned to the Human Resources Office. The letter will then be forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval. Once approved, it will be mailed back to you. The domestic employee will need to present the “letter of undertaking” to a Turkish Embassy or Consulate to obtain a work visa. Once the domestic employee arrives at post, the Human Resources Office will apply for a residence identification card. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Residences are renovated to accommodate the electrical needs of a Western occupant. Kitchens and bathrooms receive particularly extensive renovation in an attempt to bring them as close to Western standards as possible. Closets, bathroom cabinets, and food pantries are generally not found within apartments. However, the Embassy carpenter has constructed shelves and cabinets to provide storage space. Apartments furnished by the Embassy have one wardrobe per bedroom. Due to vandalism of cars, the Embassy provides garages at apartments. Most residences are in the heart of Bishkek and are a 10 to 15 minute drive from the Embassy. ... [Read More]
2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Russia
High profile cases of journalists killed or kidnapped in earlier years remained unsolved. On October 11, a court in Tolyatti, Samara region, acquitted a local factory worker charged with the murder of Aleksey Sidorov, editor in chief of the daily newspaper Tolyattinskoye Obozreniye, who was stabbed near the entrance to his apartment building in 2003. The Samara regional court confirmed the acquittal on November 26. Local media and media advocacy organizations were skeptical about the Government's case, which attributed the murder to hooliganism. They linked the journalist's death to his investigative reporting on Tolyatti authorities' connections with the city's criminal groups, whose activities centered on the Tolyatti based VAZ automobile plant. The GDF sent a letter to Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, saying that, although a lawyer representing Sidorov's family presented evidence of local organized crime's involvement in Sidorov's murder, local authorities ignored it instead pre ... [Read More]
Israel and the occupied territories
On February 26, the IDF blew up the apartment of 'Itaf Abu Sha'ira in the al-Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem. Abu Sha'ira said that an IDF officer on the scene told her that the demolition was punishment for her husband Hassan's June 2001 killing of an IDF soldier. The IDF gave Abu Sha'ira and her family 10 minutes to remove items from her apartment prior to its destruction; the explosion also damaged other apartments in the building. ... Between April 16 and September 18, the IDF prevented Palestinian males between the ages of 16 and 35 from exiting Gaza through the Rafah terminal. On July 18 the terminal was closed completely, leaving approximately 2,500 Palestinians on the Egyptian side for more than 2 weeks. The IDF was searching for a tunnel in the vicinity, but failed to locate it. On December 12, a terrorist attack extensively damaged the terminal and killed five Israeli soldiers. At year's end, the terminal remained closed. ... [Read More]
Belarus
Security officials routinely raided and searched the apartments of opposition politicians, often without a warrant. For example, on April 19, police and KGB officers conducted an unlawful search of the apartment of Galina Yurina, an opposition activist, confiscated leaflets for an upcoming opposition-organized demonstration as well as personal items and detained Yurina for several hours. On August 23, Yurina was stopped by security officials, and leaflets advocating the boycott of parliamentary elections were seized from her car without a warrant. ... [Read More]
Israel and the occupied territories
(The Report on the occupied territories is appended at the end of this Report.)Israel is a parliamentary democracy with a multiparty system and free elections. There is no constitution; a series of "basic laws" provide for fundamental rights. The legislature, or Knesset, has the power to dissolve the Government and limit the authority of the executive branch. On January 28, elections for the Knesset were held. Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon was re-elected Prime Minister. The judiciary is independent. Since the Intifada began in September 2000, and during the year, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza continued to perpetrate terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. Terrorist organizations such as the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Hizballah, Islamic Jihad in Palestine, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), among others, committed numerous acts of terrorism in Israel and th ... [Read More]
2003
Jalal Talabani, acting President of the Iraqi Governing Council, urged the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution endorsing the U.S. plan to establish a provisional government in Iraq by June 2004. Ambassador Negroponte said that the United States would have to study Talabani’s letter; Russian Ambassador Sergei Lavrov was disappointed that the letter did not say more about the UN’s role in Iraq. ... January 5, 2003: British police arrested 6 suspects in London. After a search of an apartment above a pharmacy found traces of ricin, four of the suspects, all of whom held Algerian passports, faced terrorism and chemical weapons charges. ... [Read More]
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