James Morrison
Articles by James Morrison
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An immigrant-bashing politician and cable TV talk-show host in Bulgaria is accusing U.S. Ambassador James Warlick of threatening him when he demanded that the United States pay rent for the use of Bulgarian military bases. Published May 17, 2011
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The State Department increased security around the Pakistan Embassy in Northwest Washington this week after Ambassador Husain Haqqani reported threatening phone calls and emails from people angered that Osama bin Laden had been hiding in Pakistan. Published May 5, 2011
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The death of Osama bin Laden brings a "measure of justice" to the relatives of those killed in a 1998 terrorist attack in Nairobi, U.S. Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said this week at his last reception in the Kenyan capital. Published May 3, 2011
EU: Bin Laden’s death makes world ‘a safer place’
The "world is a safer place" with the death of Osama bin Laden, and the U.S. attack on the world's most wanted terrorist leader shows such "crimes do not remain unpunished," European leaders said Monday. Published May 2, 2011
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Student groups in devoutly Catholic Malta are praising U.S. Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, who announced his resignation after State Department bureaucrats criticized him for spending too much time discussing religion. Published May 1, 2011
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The U.S. ambassador to India announced his resignation Thursday, a day after learning that New Delhi dropped two American companies from the competition for a multibillion-dollar defense deal. Published April 28, 2011
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Relatives and supporters of three Americans jailed and tortured in Laos are appealing to the Obama administration to put high-level pressure on the communist government for their release. Published April 26, 2011
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The Turkish ambassador accused President Obama of pandering to the American-Armenian lobby in weekend remarks, while Armenians denounced him for failing to use the word "genocide" to describe a widely disputed World War I massacre. Published April 24, 2011
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The president of Bulgaria this week denounced the American ambassador on Facebook and compared him to a disreputable, 19th-century Russian envoy, as the U.S. Embassy in Sofia scrambled to defuse the diplomatic dispute. Published April 21, 2011
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A top Israeli politician is battling explosive charges of racism against a political rival, expressed in talks with a U.S. diplomat and exposed in a leaked U.S. Embassy classified cable. Published April 19, 2011
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The U.S. ambassador to Malta denounced State Department bureaucrats who accused him of spending too much time on religious issues, as he submitted his resignation to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Published April 17, 2011
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Only three months after President Obama took office, Poland felt abandoned by the new Democratic administration, which was suspected of moving quietly to kill a Bush-era, Polish-based missile-defense shield for Eastern Europe that Russia strongly opposed. Published April 14, 2011
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The Mexican ambassador compared rival Mexican drug gangs responsible for 35,000 deaths to businessmen pursing "hostile takeovers," as he complained about U.S. attempts to label murderous cartels as terrorists. Published April 12, 2011
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The ambassador from Bahrain denounced radical zealots who turned domestic protests into violent confrontations between the Shiite Muslim majority and a Sunni Muslim dynasty that has ruled the tiny Gulf kingdom for two centuries. Published April 10, 2011
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The Obama administration retaliated against the leftist government of Equador Thursday by expelling Ambassador Luis Gallegos, two days after the South American nation kicked out the U.S. ambassador. Published April 7, 2011
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Ecuador expelled U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges on Tuesday after a Spanish newspaper published a classified diplomatic cable she had written that accused leftist President Rafael Correa of tolerating corruption. Published April 5, 2011
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To the Colombian Embassy, a rose by any other name still spells free trade. Published April 3, 2011
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The recent brutal murder of an Israeli family prompted 27 U.S. senators this week to urge the Obama administration to demand that Palestinian leaders stop tolerating violence against Jews. Published March 31, 2011
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A potential Republican presidential candidate complained this week about the "naivete" of the Obama administration's policy toward Syria and urged the White House to recall the U.S. ambassador from Damascus. Published March 29, 2011
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The Indian ambassador was censored by her own embassy. Published March 27, 2011
