Read more diplomat stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6960/diplomat.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:03:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71308/aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-us-other-diplomats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurma's military rulers allowed Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with diplomats from the US, Britain and Australia today, an unexpected development that may reflect shifts in Western approaches to the regime. The hourlong meeting took place at a government guest house, after which she was returned to the home...http://www.newser.com/story/71308/aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-us-other-diplomats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 5:28:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70942/jamaican-busted-in-murder-of-uk-diplomat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 23-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested in the suspected gay-hate murder of a British diplomat. Consul John Terry, 62, was found last month bludgeoned and strangled in his long-time Montego Bay home with a handwritten note on his body containing a derogatory term for gays, reports the Telegraph . Police...http://www.newser.com/story/70942/jamaican-busted-in-murder-of-uk-diplomat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 4:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70670/us-iran-may-meet-one-on-one-on-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS diplomats will try to meet one-on-one with their Iranian counterparts during tomorrow’s multi-nation negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. It would be the most significant direct engagement between the two countries since the Iranian revolution. An anonymous official tells the Washington Post that the one-on-one talks would "reinforce the main...http://www.newser.com/story/70670/us-iran-may-meet-one-on-one-on-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 14:11:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69135/homophobic-attack-kills-diplomat-in-jamaica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British diplomat was found severely beaten and strangled in his Jamaica home in what police believe was a homophobic attack, reports the Telegraph . A note was found with John Terry's body referring to the 65-year-old married father as gay, using a Jamaican slur. “This is what will happen to...http://www.newser.com/story/69135/homophobic-attack-kills-diplomat-in-jamaica.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 1:44:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67683/us-rep-headed-to-north-korea-for-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US diplomat in charge of North Korea policy will visit Pyongyang next month for the first bilateral nuclear negotiations between the countries, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo reports today. Amid signs from reclusive Kim Jong Il of a thaw in relations, Stephen Bosworth will lead a delegation that will also...http://www.newser.com/story/67683/us-rep-headed-to-north-korea-for-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 22:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never allowed to...http://www.newser.com/story/66467/nanny-diplomat-made-me-a-slave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 14:33:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65043/bloated-baghdad-embassy-needs-rightsizing-state.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn internal State Department assessment has deemed the recently completed US embassy in Baghdad grievously overstaffed, McClatchy Newspapers report. “There is a clear consensus from the top to the bottom of the embassy,” State’s inspector general writes. “The time has come for a significant rightsizing.” The embassy’s 1,200 employees...http://www.newser.com/story/65043/bloated-baghdad-embassy-needs-rightsizing-state.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 14:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63941/brit-envoy-quits-russia-after-hooker-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA senior British diplomat was forced to resign his post in Russia after a video of him canoodling with two prostitutes was posted on the Internet, reports the Daily Mail . British officials were livid about the scandal, but also angrily accused Russian officials of a sting. The 4-minute video, called...http://www.newser.com/story/63941/brit-envoy-quits-russia-after-hooker-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 6:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62655/us-sending-ambassador-to-syria-after-4-year-absence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn American ambassador will soon be on the road to Damascus for the first time since early 2005, the Washington Post reports. The Obama administration plans to send an envoy to Syria as part of efforts to reengage with the influential Arab country. The move, which follows recent high-level diplomatic...http://www.newser.com/story/62655/us-sending-ambassador-to-syria-after-4-year-absence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 2:19:59 CDT