Foreign Office stories:
US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo is not "secret intelligence"
Nov 19th, 2009 - Telegraph
Mohamed is fighting for the release of information about his treatment at the hands of the Americans in an on-going court battle with the Foreign Office.
The case is separate from another court battle for compensation.
In the latest of their rulings...'Suspect' in Hawker killing held
Nov 10th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Mr Ichihashi is thought to have recently had plastic surgery
The only suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker has been arrested by police in Japan...Britain snubs pirates' £4m ransom demand for kidnapped couple
Oct 31st, 2009 - Times Online
THE Foreign Office yesterday rejected demands for a ransom to be paid for the release of a retired British couple seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean nine days ago.
The refusal came as Paul Chandler...Somali pirates split on demands for British couple's release
Oct 31st, 2009 - Yahoo! News
LONDON (AFP) – Pirates holding a British couple hostage in Somalia are split on whether to demand a ransom or prisoner exchange to free them, one of their captors said Saturday...
Somali pirates say British couple taken to land
Oct 31st, 2009 - Yahoo! News
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somali pirates have moved a British couple kidnapped from their yacht to a village in Somalia, as the bandits argued over whether to demand ransom or a prisoner exchange...
Foreign Office videos from YouTube:
4:41Graciela Iglesias-Rogers from La Nacion, Argentina, interviews David Miliband
Asked by Graciela Iglesias-Rogers from La Nacion whether Copenhagen was 'dead', David Miliband said Copenhagen must deliver a comprehensive politically binding agreement and also set out a very clear timetable to a legally binding treaty ...
4:40Palestine on parliament's agenda
9 November 2009 Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis MP attends the annual conference of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Palestine. The group comprises MPs from across all parliamentary parties and plays an important ...
9:55Climate Vulnerable Countries' Forum - Day 1
Robin Gywnn, UK Climate Envoy for vulnerable countries, presents a video diary following the first day of the Maldives Forum for Climate Vulnerable Countries. blogs.fco.gov.uk ukinmaldives.fco.gov.uk ... vulnerable "sea level" maldives male gwynn "climate change"
0:46Foreign Office Blogger - "My first week"
New entrant to the British Foreign Office and FCO Blogger, Sarah Russell, shows us what goes on in her first week at the Foreign Office.
Foreign Office from WikiPedia:
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Politics and government of
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.
The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly abbreviated to "Foreign Secretary" (currently David Miliband). This position is regarded as one of the three most prestigious appointments in the Cabinet, alongside those of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Together with the Prime Minister, these comprise the Great Offices of State.
Ministers at the FCO, as of 9 June 2009, are as follows:
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