1.   North Amenca, in turn, has sent poor ambassadors abroad.

2.   But sending new ambassadors is awkward because convention requires a meeting with the head of state, who in this case has been indicted for war crimes.

3.   Even though it has recognized Macedonia, the Clinton administration has declined to send an ambassador to its capital, Skopje.

4.   The administration has not yet sent an ambassador to New York.

5.   The Pope will send an ambassador to the annual Eibingen procession and mass on her feast day.

6.   Presidential spokesman Yoon Yeo-joon quoted Clinton as telling Kim he was sending nuclear ambassador Robert Gallucci to Seoul on Friday for further consultations.

7.   Also Saturday, state-run Tehran radio criticized the European Union for not sending its ambassadors back to Tehran for the inauguration.

8.   Arias said there were no immediate plans to send an ambassador to Iraq.

9.   But at the Tuesday meeting, the ministers had agreed to send ambassadors back to Iran.

10.   But it does have close ties with Djibouti and Ethiopia, which recently sent an ambassador to the capital, Hargeisa.