11.   American consular services were restarted a week later in early February, the embassy reopened for immigrant visa services.

12.   As relations slowly have improved in recent years, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates have reopened their embassies in Iraq.

13.   But ties have been improving and the Yemeni embassy here was reopened in May.

14.   China on Wednesday reopened its embassy in Afghanistan, eight years after closing it amid fighting whose scars are still visible at the diplomatic mission.

15.   El-Mahdi said the United States should reopen its embassy in Khartoum so that it can monitor events and have more direct influence on the regime.

16.   Greece announced that it would reopen its embassy last month during a visit to Athens by Iraqi officials.

17.   He also said Tanzania should reopen the embassy in Dar es Salaam, currently occupied by a Hutu rebel group.

18.   In Kabul, Ayub will make arrangements to reopen the embassy.

19.   In another sign of support for Kostunica, the United States is planning to reopen its embassy in Belgrade soon and re-establish formal diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia.

20.   In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said a decision on when to reopen the embassy would be made over the weekend.