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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03AMMAN1661 |
TF1Z01: RJ FLYING, BUT MOST INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS [...] (SBU) Queen Alia International Airport Director Nasri Nowar told us that while the airport remains open, most international carriers have suspended or are about to suspend service. These include KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, and British Airways. He said that national carrier Royal J [...] |
2003-03-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AMGT JO CACS |
| 03GUATEMALA555 |
MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL DE LEON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dinner conversation February 28, De Leon told the Ambassador that he would seek to energize investigations of murdered American citizens and labor leaders, to beef up his office on money laundering investigations and said that, if invited, he would attend the next high-lev [...] |
2003-03-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM GT CACS |
| 03LAGOS2357 |
AMCITS NOT/NOT TAKEN HOSTAGE IN DELTA - CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron's special security manager, Hamish Macdonald (sic), told Econoff on November 14 that no Americans were taken hostage in an incident earlier this week. Press reports indicate that four barges and 21 Chevron contractors were seized by Ijaw youths in the riverine area near Warri on [...] |
2003-11-14 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PINR NI CACS |
| 03ROME241 |
ITALIAN MFA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST (PARA 4). 2. (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A AND B MESSAGES JANUARY 16 TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI. IN RESPONSE TO REF A, THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, GORETTI REPLIED, "DON'T QUOTE ME, [...] |
2003-01-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU IT CACS HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ABUJA2065 |
GON AVIATION OFFICIALS DISCUSS AIRPORT SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8, Embassy Econ Officer, Consular Officer, and Consulate Economic Specialist traveled to Lagos Muhammed Murtala International Airport (MMIA) for talks with officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The two sides discussed Nigeria's continued efforts [...] |
2004-12-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | NI EAIR EAID ECON ETRD PTER CACS |
| 04ACCRA2138 |
SIX SENTENCED IN GHANA'S LARGEST DRUG SMUGGLING [...] On October 27, six men who were convicted in a high-profile drug trafficking case in Ghana were sentenced to twenty years each in prison. Among the six is Kevin Gorman, a UK-US dual national, whom the judge described as "the wheel around which all activities revolved." Sentencing came after mo [...] |
2004-10-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR GH CACS |
| 04LAGOS1131 |
GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...] |
2004-05-28 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1475 |
NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN BAYELSA KIDNAPPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reports indicate several expatriate hostages have been taken near Brass in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. We have NO/NO reports of American citizens being taken hostage, but an American-French drilling venture may be involved. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Prel [...] |
2004-07-20 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1493 |
NIGERIA UPDATE - BAYELSA HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 20, as reported in reftel, several expatriate oil services employees were taken hostage in Bayelsa State. We have since learned that all have been released, including one American citizen. The incident did not involve a host community dispute as originally reported, but [...] |
2004-07-21 12:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 05KINSHASA852 |
CONGO/B: Update on Ebola Outbreak in Northern [...] Summary. Econ/Cons Off and DCM attended a UNDP meeting 18 May 2005 on the recent outbreak of Ebola in the north central region of the country. At the meeting it was confirmed that the recent cases observed in the northern region of Cuvette-Ouest were indeed Ebola. The government is working [...] |
2005-05-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO EAGR ZF CF CACS |
| 05RANGOON1304 |
BURMA AI UPDATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We have met in the past week with the Minister of Health and other embassies to gather information on AI and to coordinate planning. We have seen reporting from the Burmese media, closely controlled by the GOB, raising public awareness of AI issues. End Summary. 2. On November [...] |
2005-11-17 03:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO BM CACS |
| 05RANGOON1355 |
TOURISM IN BURMA DOWN THIS SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Projected tourist arrivals for Burma's November-March high season have dropped from last year. Despite the regime's and the tourism industry's efforts to make vacationing in Burma more attractive and less bureaucratic, overseas campaigns by exiles to discourage travel to Burma, [...] |
2005-12-06 06:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV SENV BM CACS |
| 06BRATISLAVA786 |
MORMONS ATTEMPT TO REGISTER IN SLOVAKIA, GET [...] (SBU) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints submitted a petition to the Slovak government on September 26 with over 25,000 signatures of local residents who support the Church's official registration. (A religious body needs 20,000 signatures to register with the GOS.) In fact, the [...] |
2006-09-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF CACS SOCI LO |
| 06BUCHAREST1797 |
ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...] |
2006-11-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO |
| 06CARACAS484 |
NEW TRIBES MISSION COMPLYING WITH WITHDRAWAL ORDER [...] (C) The New Tribes Mission (NTM) has removed all of its personnel from indigenous tribal areas in compliance with the February 12 deadline given by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). The Supreme Court (TSJ) on February 3 denied NTM's request for a stay of the Interior Ministry's Nove [...] |
2006-02-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM CACS VE |
| 06CASABLANCA571 |
Tsunami Destroys Casablanca - Next Thursday [...] (U) On Monday afternoon, May 22, 2006, hundreds of Moroccan children returned home from school with a dire prediction that a giant tsunami would strike Casablanca in a mere three days. Some schools threatened closures and word of the disaster washed over the city sending people scurrying to [...] |
2006-05-26 14:45:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CACS ZH ZT MO |
| 06DILI252 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...] |
2006-05-24 07:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT |
| 06GUANGZHOU11674 |
The Long March to Avian Influenza Preparedness in [...] (SBU) Summary: Professional polls and Post's informal surveys show that only about half of American businesses in South China are actively planning for an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak despite scientific reports that AI among birds is endemic in Guangdong, with concomitant higher risks of hu [...] |
2006-04-14 07:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH |
| 06GUANGZHOU6984 |
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY PREPARING FOR AI [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting PACOM/State delegation meeting with civil and military leaders to discuss Avian Flu (AI) preparedness was impressed with the level of planning by the Southern Military Command of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Civil authorities, however, were less impressive as [...] |
2006-03-14 09:06:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH |
| 06JAKARTA13358 |
East Java Mudflow: Methane Line Explodes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pertamina's main East Java methane gas line ruptured near the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java on November 22, causing power outages and permanently closing the Surabaya-Malang toll road. No American Citizens were among the 14 dead a [...] |
2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV CACS ID |
| 06KHARTOUM1191 |
MAY 19 FIREWORKS IN JUBA [...] Summary. At approximately 1500 hrs local on May 19, an ammunition dump at the main Sudanese Armed Forces base, situated on the outskirts of Juba, caught fire and detonated much of the ordnance contained in the bunker. A brief general panic ensued, with both SAF and SPLA troops going on alert. [...] |
2006-05-22 05:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS ASEC CACS PGOV SU |
| 06MANILA1376 |
VOLCANIC ERUPTION POSES NO THREAT [...] On March 21, Mount Bulusan, 370 miles southeast of Manila, experienced a moderate eruption. The area around the volcano is uninhabited, and the situation appears to pose no immediate danger to life or property. Sorsogon Province is mainly agricultural and rural with a population of 650,000. [...] |
2006-03-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CACS EAGR SENV RP |
| 06MANILA2069 |
TYPHOON CHANCHU HITS THE PHILIPPINES [...] On May 12, tropical storm Chanchu made landfall in the Philippines in Northern Samar southeast of Manila and as of May 15 has gone out to sea west of Luzon. On May 14, Chanchu intensified into a typhoon while crossing east-to- west across the central Philippines leaving in its wake 37 dead, [...] |
2006-05-15 09:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EINV CACS EAGR AGMT ABLD SENV RP |
| 06MANILA4144 |
TYPHOON MILENYO UPDATE: EMBASSY CLOSED A SECOND DAY [...] Summary. The embassy closed on September 28 and 29 due to the strongest typhoon to hit Metro Manila directly in 11 years. The storm toppled trees and billboards, triggered flash floods and landslides, shut offices and the financial markets, and caused a Luzon-wide power outage on Thursday. [...] |
2006-09-29 06:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EINV CACS EAGR AGMT ABLD SENV RP |
| 06YEREVAN1633 |
ARMENIA RATIFIES HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, President Kocharian signed into law the bill ratifying the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The GOAM had worked toward ratification for several years, but relevant agencies were divided on whether to ratify first and then work on implementation or implement f [...] |
2006-11-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | CACS PGOV PHUM KTIA KOCI KPAO AM |
| 07ADANA56 |
FOUR CHRISTIANS KILLED IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Three Turkish citizens and one German national were killed, and two injured, in an April 18 attack Christian bookstore in Malatya, a provincial capital about 600 kilometers southeast of Ankara. The victims were all affiliated with the tiny Protestant community that has developed in south [...] |
2007-04-18 14:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PTER PGOV PHUM |
| 07ASHGABAT880 |
ASHGABAT CONSULAR OUTREACH - SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, [...] SUMMARY: Over the last year, AmEmbassy Ashgabat looked for both traditional and creative opportunities to expand its consular outreach program. Working with other Embassy offices, notably Public Diplomacy and Peace Corps colleagues, the consular section has developed continuing programs to pr [...] |
2007-08-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CACS CMGT PREL SCUL TX |
| 07JAKARTA152 |
Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...] |
2007-01-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID |
| 07JAKARTA2421 |
DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...] |
2007-09-04 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM CACS ID |
| 07JAKARTA508 |
Lapindo Mudflow Victim Demonstrations End Peacefully [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of residents displaced by the Lapindo mudflow disaster (Reftel) demonstrated February 22 bringing Surabaya rush hour traffic to a standstill. Protestors rejected local political leaders' and the head of the National Mudflow Disaster Management Team's (Timnas) relocatio [...] |
2007-02-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ASEC CACS ID |
| 07KIGALI680 |
2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA [...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...] |
2007-07-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW |
| 07KUWAIT626 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ACS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C/NF) During an April 25 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Ambassador raised continued concerns about the Kuwaiti police's failure to expeditiously notify the embassy when Amcits were arrested. The Ambassad [...] |
2007-04-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CACS KU |
| 07LONDON455 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA HITS THE UK; CURRENTLY NO PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: HMG officials confirmed on February 3 that the highly pathogenic Asian strain of H5N1 avian influenza killed turkeys on a factory farm. Restrictive zones have been put in place to limit poultry movement and to prevent the spread of the outbreak. No human illness has been report [...] |
2007-02-05 16:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KFLU EAGR CACS AMED UK |
| 08ASMARA427 |
IMMIGRATION DEPT FURTHER RESTRICTS PASSPORTS AND [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) suspended without explanation most exit visa and passport services to Eritrean citizens on August 11. Embassy contacts believe the GSE was responding to increased corruption, noting many individuals otherwise unqualified for passports or exi [...] |
2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PGOV ER |
| 08ASMARA552 |
ROUTINE AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES SUSPENDED [...] Asmara's consular section suspended providing routine American citizen services on November 17 due to the Eritrean government's detention of 26 of the Embassy's diplomatic pouches since September 13. Until the pouches are released, the consular section will not provide passport, CRBA, notary [...] |
2008-11-17 07:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | CACS CMGT PREL ER |
| 08CHENNAI251 |
EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN BANGALORE; NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) A series of explosions (media reports indicate from three to nine) rocked Bangalore at approximately 1330 on July 25. Initial reports indicate that at least one person was killed and 15 injured by the blasts, which occurred within 12 minutes of each other. Media also reports that the blast [...] |
2008-07-25 09:39:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CACS IN |
| 08CHENNAI254 |
BANGALORE RECOVERING FROM TERROR ATTACKS AS INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A sense of normalcy is returning to Bangalore following the series of eight explosions on July 25 that killed one person and injured eight. A ninth device that failed to explode is providing city police insights on the bombs' construction. No Americans were killed or injured i [...] |
2008-07-29 02:46:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN |
| 08CHENNAI256 |
POLICE FOIL ALLEGED PLOT TO BOMB TARGETS IN CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Following bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad (reftels), Tamil Nadu police have arrested several men in connection with alleged plans to bomb targets in Chennai and around the state, according to media reports confirmed to us by both police and government sources. The targets o [...] |
2008-07-30 05:26:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN |
| 08HARARE1039 |
COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...] |
2008-11-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI |
| 08HONGKONG255 |
TIP, MONEY LAUNDERING, PROTECTING AMCITS: CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive and friendly meeting January 29 with Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho, Consul General Cunningham received positive initial reactions to our plans to expand contacts with the growing American community there and to strengthen liaison with the Macau government to e [...] |
2008-02-11 02:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK |
| 08HONGKONG259 |
PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMFORTABLE WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham on January 30 that Beijing was comfortable with the rapid rise of U.S. and other foreign investment in Macau's gaming and tourism industry and, despite some stresses as Macau society [...] |
2008-02-12 08:21:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3074 |
SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT [...] (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott, setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on several floo [...] |
2008-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
| 08ISLAMABAD3075 |
SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: "LINE CROSSED" IN [...] (C) As of September 21, 0030 hours (local time), Pakistani media continues to report 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the Marriott blast. According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, as much as one thousand kilograms of explosives were used in the initial vehicle-borne blas [...] |
2008-09-20 18:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
| 08ISLAMABAD3076 |
SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD QUIET, [...] (C) As of September 22, 1000 hours (local time), two TDY staff remain missing. Pakistani media report at least 60 dead and over 200 injured. Media also reports that the Marriott hotel is structurally compromised and may collapse. 1200 kilos of explosives were used in the attack. Due to extr [...] |
2008-09-21 04:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD3080 |
SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ONE MISSING TDY [...] (C) As of September 21, 1830 hours (local time) the body of one missing TDY employee has been identified in the ruins of the Marriott hotel, bringing the total number of official Americans killed to two. One TDY employee remains missing and is feared dead. A Department of Defense medevac flig [...] |
2008-09-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
| 08ISLAMABAD3096 |
SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES; [...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local), two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...] |
2008-09-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR |
| 08KINGSTON310 |
JAMAICA: DUAL NATIONAL MP NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of April 11, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla of the Supreme Court announced her judgment in the first case of election petitions filed alleging that an elected Member of Parliament (MP) had been improperly nominated; as he had sworn allegiance to a foreign power. The case w [...] |
2008-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CACS CPAS JM XL |
| 08PHNOMPENH229 |
AMBASSADOR TO DPM SAR KHENG: CAN SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador praised Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng and the RGC for a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons over the past year. The Ambassador noted the many achievements the Cambodian government has made inclu [...] |
2008-03-05 11:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CACS CB |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN499 |
GOTT SEEKS US APPROVAL WITH LEGISLATION ON CHILD [...] (U) With the October 15 proclamation of Trinidad and Tobago's new International Child Abduction Act, 2008, the GOTT believes that they are now fully compliant with The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and will seek international approval of their ascension [...] |
2008-11-10 11:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CACS TD |
| 08PRETORIA1088 |
XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SPREAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deadly xenophobic and inter-ethnic violence continued in Gauteng province on the night of 20 May and into the early morning hours, with more people seeking shelter at police stations, churches, and community shelters. Violence also has spread to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, though [...] |
2008-05-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CACS SF |
| 08RIYADH1645 |
RIYADH EAC - 02 NOVEMBER 2008 (MARINE BALL & [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 02 November 2008, Acting DCM (A/DCM) convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post security posture and preparations made for two major events: The Election Watch slated for 05 November and the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball, to be held on 06 Nov [...] |
2008-11-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS SA |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1023 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...] |
2008-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR |
| 08VILNIUS425 |
EMBASSY VISITS AILING IMPRISONED AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Conoff met June 2 with ailing American citizen Emanuel Zeltser who has been held in Belarusian KGB pretrial confinement since March 12. Since the last visit on April 25 Zeltser's health had significantly worsened; he had lost even more weight, had trouble standing and walking, supportin [...] |
2008-06-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PREL PHUM BO |
| 09AMMAN1746 |
JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...] |
2009-08-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO |
| 09DUBAI242 |
DUBAI'S CITY OF HOPE CLOSED [...] (C) As presaged in reftels A, B, and C, Dubai's only non-governmental women's shelter, City of Hope (CoH), closed on June 2, 2009 with neither fanfare nor press coverage. As reported, this unfortunate event followed political controversy about suspect allegations reported in some local newspap [...] |
2009-06-11 09:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CACS PGOV AE |
| 09ISLAMABAD1258 |
ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 06/06/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 06 June 2009 to discuss the steady rise in terrorist threat reporting in the aftermath of the PAKMIL operations in Swat and review the personnel security measures currently in place to lessen vulnerability in our heightened threat climate. All sections [...] |
2009-06-09 05:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CACS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD766 |
ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/10/09 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 04/10/09 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of intelligence information (ref C) on an imminent terrorist attack in Islamabad. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) As was reported in Ref A, the MOI coordinated a series o [...] |
2009-04-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD820 |
ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/20/09 [...] (C) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 20 April 2009 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of a DOD notification to Post regarding the possible publication of detainee photographs depicting alleged incidents of torture. These photographs reportedly were taken at DOD detention fac [...] |
2009-04-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09LAHORE46 |
LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) Lahore's EAC convened on Thursday, March 12, 2009 to review the impact the "Long March" on Islamabad, planned by lawyers, PML(N), Jamat-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Insaf political parties in Pakistan, will have on the Punjab Province. The EAC was chaired by the Principal Officer. In attendance [...] |
2009-03-12 11:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK |
| 09LAPAZ232 |
ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...] |
2009-02-11 16:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL |
| 09MONROVIA90 |
LIBERIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED REFORM IN THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her third State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the National Legislature January 26, President Sirleaf summarized the achievements of her government in 2008 and called for Liberia to "sustain this progress" in 2009. She vowed to continue the fight against corru [...] |
2009-01-28 18:04:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV KCRM CACS LI |
| 09RPODUBAI148 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 31, [...] [S/NF] Roxana Saberi: Iranian-Americans as Diplomatic Leverage : As IRPO has reported and will report further septel, various spoilers in Iran facing the prospect that improved US-Iran ties will erode their standing within Iran have taken deliberate and well-timed steps to preempt such improved [...] |
2009-03-31 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM CACS ECON IR |
| 09STATE99833 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING [...] (U) Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald Schlicher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Date, time and location: September 15, 9:45 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jack Lew Office Director Tom Goldberger, Office of Israel and Palestinian [...] |
2009-09-25 00:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CACS IS |
| 09THESSALONIKI54 |
NEW INTERIOR DEPMIN TO FOCUS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Interior DepMin Tzakri expects to be given national policy responsibility for integration of immigrants as well as regional responsibility for legal immigration, implementation of new decentralization initiatives, and general administration. Her role and duties will be def [...] |
2009-12-01 15:00:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PINR PHUM CACS SOCI GR |
| 10DUSHANBE4 |
TAJIK EARTHQUAKE IMPACT LESS SEVERE THAN REPORTED [...] Summary: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan on the morning of January 2. Embassy contacts and others with direct knowledge of the area said a few hundred households have been affected by the earthquake, far short of the 20,000 figure widely reported in the international medi [...] |
2010-01-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM CACS TI |
| 10JAKARTA121 |
PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...] |
2010-01-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT EAID CACS ID |
| 10TRIPOLI100 |
HEAD OF LIBYAN IMMIGRATION: U.S. BUSINESSMEN ARE WELCOME CLASSIFIED [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CACS PBTS LY |