11.   Kostenko said Russia later forced Sweden to recall a diplomat who was in charge of espionage operations in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union.

12.   On Tuesday, Kuwait said it would recall diplomats from Tripoli and summoned the Egyptian ambassador.

13.   Sudan recalled its diplomats Friday from Washington to protest the U.S. missile strike on a factory in the Sudanese capital a day earlier.

14.   Sudan last week recalled its diplomats from Washington.

15.   That left open the possibility that the diplomat was quietly recalled.

16.   Turkey is recalling four diplomats from Iran accused of spying, but denied the charge Wednesday.

17.   Turkey denied the charge but recalled the diplomats.

18.   Under the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, he said, Cuba must either recall the diplomat in question or terminate his functions.

19.   Uganda asked the diplomats to leave and recalled its diplomats from Sudan.

20.   His comments came after a Berlin court implicated the Iranian government in the killings in Berlin prompting European Union member states to recall their diplomats from Tehran.