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                                <title><![CDATA[ Raised eyebrows as Anwar turns to convicted Thai strongman Thaksin for advice on Asean ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ An analyst says the PM's choice of a foreigner to advise him indicates a lack of confidence in Malaysia's ability to lead Asean. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Wisma Putra to let police probe leak of diplomatic information ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Recalled diplomats to return to Wisma Putra, no ‘cold storage’, says PSD DG ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Public Service Department director-general Mohd Shafiq Abdullah says they will undergo courses to increase their skills, which is a common practice at the ministry. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Russia expels US diplomats in tit-for-tat move, says official ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The decision was taken in response to the expulsion by Washington of Russian diplomats at the UN in New York, the source says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Top Russian, Ukrainian diplomats meet for first time since invasion ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:18:22 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Russia's invasion has uprooted more than 2 million people in what the United Nations calls the fastest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War Two. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US expels 12 Russian UN diplomats over security concerns ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The US mission to the UN described the Russian diplomats as 'intelligence operatives' who had been 'engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security.' ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US orders departure of its diplomats’ families from Kyiv ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ US citizens 'who are visiting or residing in Russia have been interrogated without cause, and threatened by Russian officials and may become victims of harassment, mistreatment, and extortion,' the advisory says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Most countries won’t join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games, says IOC ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ In the European Union, countries such as France have sought a common EU response but the bloc is torn over whether to join the diplomatic boycott, fearful of Chinese retaliation that would hurt trade. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US secretary of state vows to solve ‘Havana syndrome’ mystery ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 01:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Cases of Havana syndrome first surfaced in 2016 in the Cuban capital, with US and Canadian diplomats complaining of severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage after hearing high-pitched sounds. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta fires protesting diplomats in Tokyo, report says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 06:20:47 GMT</pubDate>
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