21.   A Swiss police official acknowledged Sunday that the Swiss government had expelled the diplomat, who was accredited to the Russian mission to U.N. offices in Geneva.

22.   An equal-ranking diplomat will be expelled, Reppas and government officials said.

23.   Another caller asked Beazley if Australia would expel French diplomats.

24.   Britain would consider retaliation against Russia if Moscow made good on threats to expel nine diplomats, Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said Monday.

25.   Britain may retaliate if Russia expels diplomats.

26.   But Sudan has said it wants to improve relations with Egypt, and Cairo has so far not expelled Sudanese diplomats as called for by U.N. sanctions.

27.   Defense Secretary Michael Portillo suggested Wednesday that Russia may drop its threat to expel British diplomats on charges of spying.

28.   Five more South Korean diplomats are being expelled from Russia in a worsening diplomatic squabble triggered by spy charges, South Korean media reported Monday.

29.   France answered by ordering a Congolese diplomat expelled from Paris.

30.   Hard-line militants angry over the recent Palestinian-Israeli peace deal called on the Iranian government Tuesday to expel Palestinian diplomats from Tehran.