81. Many embassy staff had home leave canceled over the holidays and only received half pay last month because of the budget deadlock. 82. Malaysia on Sunday became the latest nation to urge families of diplomats and its nonessential embassy staff to leave India and Pakistan. 83. Many of them are embassy staff and their dependents. 84. Most embassy staff took the day off Friday but were almost all were back to work Monday, Boyle said. 85. Most of the Americans are embassy staff and dependents. 86. Normalization of relations will allow the United States to establish a full embassy staff in the country, including business officers. 87. On Sunday, the United States and Britain reduced the number of embassy staff and advised or helped their citizens to leave. 88. Pakistan denied involvement, and responded by halting the links on its side, as both countries also cut their embassy staffs in half. 89. Pakistan evacuated its embassy staff. 90. On Thursday, a U.S. spokesman said non-emergency embassy staff, their families and Peace Corps volunteers have been pulled out of Ethiopia. |