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In the News (Sun 20 Dec 09)

  
  NATIONAL POST
They are the former U.S. ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, and they have carved out a fine living insulting their own countrymen while shilling for one of the most corrupt regimes on Earth.
U.S. ambassadors, current and former, are forever gleaning their primary information from the ever-growing ranks of Saudi princes (at least 6,000 at last count), who dominate the government and elite business class.
Ambassador Jordan, meanwhile, has been spending his time doing such things as bashing his home country's media, insisting the "moderate" House of Saud is a "friend," and launching initiatives to boost Saudi tourism to the United States.
mattwelch.com /NatPostSave/SaudiShills.htm   (1677 words)

  
 Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Following in the steps of Professor Cheong Kyong-il, the former ambassador to Iran and Malaysia, who began to teach at Aju University in Suwon in March 1998, six former ambassadors are now holding classes at various schools around the country.
Professor Park Dong-sun, former ambassador to Israel, said he teaches basic manners such as table etiquette and the way to take the microphone in international conferences to those who want to be diplomats or work at a foreign firm or international organizations.
Professor Lee Ryang, former ambassador to Kuwait, who started lecturing last March, said he had to study hard to prepare for lectures since the curriculum has greatly changed with a growing importance on the economy.
english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200108/200108090176.html   (212 words)

  
 Lecture series gives MSC guests a global perspective. Former Ambassadors set to sail on Caribbean itineraries (Nov. 23, ...
The former Ambassadors will be on select Caribbean sailings of the MSC Opera, which is sailing its inaugural season from Fort Lauderdale.
Ewing served as Ambassador to Cyprus from 1981-1984 and to Ghana from 1989-1992.
Former Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1992-1995) Lauralee M. Peters - MSC Opera's 7-night Eastern Caribbean cruise which departs Jan. 15 and visits San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Croix and Nassau, and spends two days at sea.
www.cybercruises.com /lesegimsgunov04.htm   (562 words)

  
 DUMP POODLE BLAIR: Former ambassadors unite to condemn Blair's foreign p   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The letter from 52 former ambassadors and heads of mission who held the most senior postings in the Foreign Office, lambasted Mr Blair for abandoning his principles over the road-map to peace in the Middle East and criticised the United States-led coalition in Iraq for failing to plan for the post-Saddam era.
Oliver Miles, a former ambassador to Greece and Libya who helped co-ordinate the letter, said: "A number of us felt that our opinions on the two subjects, Iraq and the Arab-Israel problem, were pretty widely shared and we felt that we ought to make it public.
He was ambassador to Libya when WPC Yvonne Fletcher was killed in 1984, when he was besieged in the embassy by unofficial militia.
www.archivum.info /us.politics/2005-06/msg01398.html   (998 words)

  
 The Thirty-Year Itch
In 1975, while Akins was ambassador in Saudi Arabia, an article headlined "Seizing Arab Oil" appeared in Harper's.
From Afghanistan to the landlocked former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, U.S. forces have established themselves in an area that had long been in Russia's sphere of influence.
Among the group's affiliates in the Bush administration are Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz; I. Lewis Libby, the vice president's chief of staff; Elliott Abrams, the Middle East director at the National Security Council; and Zalmay Khalilzad, the White House liaison to the Iraqi opposition groups.
www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2003/10/ma_273_01.html   (2214 words)

  
 noticias - More than 180 Former U.S. Ambassadors from Republican and Democratic Administrations Endorse Kerry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Eisenhower, who served as Ambassador to Belgium is a lifelong Republican and the son of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower.
This unprecedented show of support from this group of former Ambassadors and national security professionals includes more than 80 career Foreign Service Officers and 100 non-career appointees, who have represented the United States under both Republican and Democratic administrations in postings around the world.
Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe (1975-77)
www.noticias.info /Archivo/2004/200410/20041004/20041004_35013.shtm   (918 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Diplomats' scathing letter to Blair
It is rare, if not unprecedented, for so many former senior British diplomats to band together for the express purpose of criticising current policy so publicly.
There are former British Ambassadors to Moscow, the United Nations and Brussels among the signatories, who do not usually speak up on Middle East policy.
Sir Harold Walker, former British ambassador to Iraq
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3661519.stm   (566 words)

  
 OT: 180 Former U.S. Ambassadors Endorse Kerry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ambassador to Nepal (1981-84) Jane Coon Ambassador to Bangladesh (1981-84) James F. Creagan Ambassador to Honduras (1996-99) T.
Gordon Giffin Ambassador to Canada (1997-01) Harry J. Gilmore Ambassador to Armenia (1993-95) Marc C. Ginsberg Ambassador to Morocco (1994-98) Raymond E. Gonzalez Ambassador to Ecuador (1978-82) James Eugene Goodby Ambassador to Finland (1980-81) A.
Osman Siddique Ambassador to Fiji, Tongo, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Nauru (1999-01) Thomas L. Siebert Ambassador to Sweden (1994-98) Thomas W. Simons, Jr.
www.talkaboutreligion.com /group/alt.religion.mormon/messages/648067.html   (956 words)

  
 Envoy of Secretary-General Chairs Meeting Between Ambassadors of Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 4 October 2001 under the auspices of the Secretary-General.
The Greek side was represented by the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Ambassador Elias Gounaris.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was represented by Ambassador Ivan Tosevsky.
www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/sgsm7981.html   (133 words)

  
 Business Wire : Historic Day as Vietnam and America's Two Former Ambassadors Dedicate ACE-Sponsored Elementary School ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A year after contributing $65,000 to the Vietnam Children's Fund to build an elementary school in the village of Ninh Tien, located in the Hoa Lu District of Ninh Binh Province, representatives of ACE Life returned today to officially dedicate the opening of the new school.
The school dedication in Ninh Tien has particular historical significance due to the presence of Vietnam and America's first two Ambassadors: Le Van Bang, and Douglas "Pete" Peterson, both of whom represented their respective countries when Vietnam and the United States began the process to re-establish diplomatic relations in 1995.
Ambassador Le Van Bang grew up in Ninh Tien community and currently serves as a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
static.highbeam.com /b/businesswire/september272003/historicdayasvietnamandamericastwoformerambassador/index.html   (257 words)

  
 SECRETARY ROMULO RECALLS EFFORTS TO FORMER CHINESE AMBASSADORS TO MANILA TO BRING BILATERAL TIES TO GOLDEN AGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The former Chinese ambassadors are in Manila as part of the celebrations for the 30th year of Philippines-China relations.
Chinese Ambassador Wu Hongbo (4th from R) accompanies the former Chinese Envoys in the call on Secretary Romulo at the function room of the Intercontinental Hotel, Makati City.
The former Chinese envoys are (R-L) Ambassador Guan Dengmin, Ambassador Huang Guifang and Ambassador Chen Songlu.
www.dfa.gov.ph /news/pr/pr2005/jul/photo/ccall.htm   (143 words)

  
 Letter to PM seeks inquiry : Onlypunjab.com Team- Entertainment News, Movie News, Music News, Humour News, Outrageous ...
Former ambassadors, senior military figures and a bishop were among 44 signatories of an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair calling for an inquiry into civilian deaths in Iraq.
The former Assistant Chief of Defence Staff Lord Garden put his name to the appeal, alongside retired General Sir Hugh Beach, ex-ambassador to Iraq Sir Stephen Egerton and the Bishop of Coventry, Colin Bennetts.
The publication of the letter marked the launch of a new joint campaign www.countthecasualties.org.uk by health charity Medact and the Iraq Body Count project, who are challenging the Government to count casualties systematically, rather than simply rejecting independent assessments as "unreliable".
www.onlypunjab.com /real/fullstory1004-newsID-4459.html   (699 words)

  
 Former German ambassadors urge new European Mideast policy - Irna
More than 25 former German ambassadors who used to served in Islamic countries, have called for a fundamental change in European policy towards the Arab and Muslim world.
In a letter to the President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell, the ex-diplomats lashed out at western countries for failing to focus on a "peace concept" with Muslim countries in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
A possible and sensible first step could be a political gesture of European readiness for new relations (with Muslim countries) on the basis of cooperation and co-existence, Germany's former envoy to Qatar and Libya, Juergen Hellner was quoted as saying.
www.irna.ir /irnewtest/en/news/view/line-16/0503010876162537.htm   (263 words)

  
 Freedom from Hunger - Fighting chronic hunger, malnutrition & poverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Former Vice President, The World Bank (with portfolio responsibility for the Caribbean and Latin America).
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Former Special Assistant to the U.S. President and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, U.S. National Security Council.
www.freefromhunger.org /ambassadors.html   (923 words)

  
 Former ambassadors, NY Times writer discuss human rights Oct. 23 at BYU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
PROVO, Utah (October 17, 2003)—Two former U.S. ambassadors and a New York Times editorialist will participate in a dialogue about torture and terror in the 21st century on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 11 a.m.
Galbraith is a professor at the National War College in Washington, D.C. Berkeley also works as a freelance journalist and authored the book, "The Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa," which explores Africa's worst atrocities over the past 20 years.
Southwick was former deputy assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs and a delegate at the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in April 2003.
kennedy.byu.edu /events/newsrel/17oct2003.html   (369 words)

  
 JS-1821: U.S., Iraq, U.K. Jointly Designate Ambassadors
Intel Ops of the Former Hussein Regime
Names ...
The designations also include two Iraqi ambassadors who used their senior positions to engage in a variety of illicit activities ranging from the financing of foreign anti-Coalition fighters during Operation Iraqi Freedom to the embezzlement of regime funds.
The IIS, headed by Tahir Jalil Habbush Al-Tikriti, a senior official of the former regime previously designated under E.O. 13315 and submitted to the U.N. for listing, was the main intelligence agency and internal security division of the former Iraqi regime.
Muhannad Juma Y. Al-Tamimi (Al-Tamimi), the owner and director of Bloto, is suspected of being a former officer of the IIS "Projects Directorate." Information available to the United States indicates that Al-Tamimi was a member of a group operating under the direction of the Iraqi Embassy in Bangkok.
www.treas.gov /press/releases/js1821.htm   (692 words)

  
 #59 former US ambassadors petition Senate to reject Bolton
They include Arthur A. Hartman, ambassador to France and the Soviet Union under Presidents Carter and Reagan and assistant secretary of state for European affairs under President Nixon.
But the former diplomats also chided Bolton for his ``insistence that the U.N. is valuable only when it directly serves the United States.'' That view, they said, would not help him negotiate with other diplomats at the United Nations.
In the letter, the former diplomats praised Bush's efforts at the start of his second term to improve relations with European allies and with the United Nations.
www.talkaboutpeople.com /group/alt.fan.rush-limbaugh/messages/3200696.html   (655 words)

  
 'It may spell the end of his premiership'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Fifty-two retired senior British diplomats, including three former ambassadors to [Saudi Arabia], have taken the unprecedented step of publicly criticising Tony Blair for his support of President George Bush's strong-arm tactics in Iraq and his illegal endorsement of [the Israeli prime minister] Ariel Sharon's unilateral landgrab in Palestine...
For it is not just the former diplomats who are concerned - a majority of the British public are similarly worried about the direction in which Mr Blair is taking the country."
But the ambassadors are right: if he still lacks the power to influence Mr Bush he should stop supporting American policies which are doomed to fail.
www.emjournal.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /aap022%20.html   (611 words)

  
 186 Former US Ambassadors Endorse John Kerry
A group of former ambassadors, those people charged with taking the pulse of the world on how their country is being received, are making a statement: the United States is best served with John Kerry as President.
A group of 186 former ambassadors, including the son of President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican icon, have thrown their weight behind the Democrat John Kerry in the race for the White House.
Ambassadors: Some of the biggest critics, Republican & Democrats alike, of the rush to war.
www.atsnn.com /story/85611.html   (1250 words)

  
 Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Former US ambassadors to Korea Donald Gregg, William Gleysteen and Richard Walker, and UC Berkeley Honorary Professor Robert Scalappino will make a four-day visit to North Korea from February 19.
Professor Scalapino, an expert on the Korean peninsular and Tony Namgung, known as a figure close to the North and a co-researcher of NK-US relations at the Center for Korean Studies in UC Berkeley will prepare the trip in association with Lee Geun, vice-North Korean representative to the UN.
An American expert on North Korea said that considering the former envoys' visit will be made right after Kim's birthday, it is highly likely that North Korea will take advantage of such a high profile visit and report it as a congratulatory delegation.
english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200201/200201230032.html   (260 words)

  
 Bloggerheads (UK) - Former ambassador to go head-to-head with Straw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Former ambassadors are supposed to be tending their flowers in Home Counties gardens, but this one is not.
He is, instead, making extraordinary allegations, the most damaging of which is that Britain is using information obtained from torture to imprison people indefinitely.
So convinced is he of the truth of this and other claims that he plans to stand against his former employer, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, at the general election.
www.bloggerheads.com /archives/2005/02/former_ambassad.asp   (267 words)

  
 More than 175 Former Ambassadors from Repub. & Dem. Admin's to Endorse Kerry (WHO THE HECK CARES!)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On Monday, October 4, at 10 a.m., Ambassadors for Kerry will hold a news conference at the National Press Club to release a statement and announce their endorsement.
He was Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996.
Ambassador Schneider is a member of the supervisory board of the international food conglomerate Royal Ahold, and also serves on the boards of Humanity in Action and the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1234411/posts   (3611 words)

  
 KFFL Community - 26 former ambassadors, military officials condemn Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of former U.S. officials is urging voters to defeat President Bush in the November election, saying his policies have isolated the United States, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday.
The group of 26 former diplomats and military officials, including appointees of former Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, plan to issue an open statement on Wednesday criticizing Bush's foreign policies.
Also in the group are several other former ambassadors and retired military officials, the group said.
kffl.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-74371.html   (3646 words)

  
 Former footballers named FIFA ambassadors - Sports_Pic - Pictures - Newsgd
Former footballers named FIFA ambassadors - Sports_Pic - Pictures - Newsgd
Sun Wen,former Chinese soccer players, was named FIFA ambassador for women's football.
The two former members of the national squad joined a group of 15 elite female footballers worldwide to become FIFA ambassadors.
www.newsgd.com /pictures/sports_pic/200503230064.htm   (188 words)

  
 Ambassadors - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ambassadors are/were a junior Drum and Bugle Corps from Newmarket and Aurora, Ontario, Canada that competed in the Ontario (ODCA) circuit and sometimes beyond into the US mid-west from 1974 to 1987 when, sadly, the organization folded up.
There is another Ambassador alumni event on the go: a family picnic on July 30, 2000.
He is organizing an Ambassadors reunion dinner and dance on April 29, 2000 in Aurora, Ontario.
www.interlog.com /~zamiel/Amb/Why.html   (890 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Profile | A deep blue distinction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The head of this library is Abdel-Raouf El-Ridi, Egypt's former ambassador to Washington, retired now from the diplomatic service, who bubbles with enthusiasm when he describes the activities he has introduced in the past few years.
He seems much better cut out for the part of distinguished ambassador and perfect host, a part that made the Egyptian embassy in Washington a favourite venue when he and his wife Farida were receiving guests, or for that of the efficient director of the stately Mubarak Library.
Regardless of his origins, there is nothing of the wizened old seadog in him -- except, perhaps, the physical attributes one usually associates with a dark blue blazer, impeccably pressed white trousers, and a yachting cap.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/431/profile.htm   (2371 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
During a 35-year career in the American Foreign Service, Matlock served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987-91 and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1981-83.
Swartz was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador to the newly formed country of Belarus in 1992.
His most recent article, "Problems in American Assistance Policy Toward the Former Soviet Union: The Belarus Prism," was published in the winter edition of the journal Demokratizatsiya.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/public_affairs/media/release/9697/ambassadors.txt   (250 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Alfonsin critical of former US ambassadors
The former president of Argentina, Raul Alfonsin, has criticised two former ambassadors from the United States for becoming paid lobbyists for multinational companies bidding to buy privatized Argentinian companies.
Mr Alfonsin said the two former diplomats, who have been hired by companies competing for the country's main airports, were acting without shame.
His comments follow protests by opposition parties against the way the privatization of airports -- including Argentina's main international airport -- is being carried out.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/americas/newsid_42000/42319.stm   (97 words)

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