Two British tourists were reportedly robbed last weekend of their camera, cash, bank cards, driver’s licenses, phones and other items as they were walking just south of Cesar Chavez Street.
The female tourists, who said they were in town for only a short time, called police at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday and said they were walking in the 1500 block of York Street when the suspect approached, Ingleside Station police reported Wednesday.
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By:
George L. Kelling
08/24/11 9:44 PM
Recently, British police raised an outcry over Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to name an American, William Bratton, as head of the Metropolitan Police Force. It’s not surprising that British police should desire one of their own to head the Met.
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President Obama on Wednesday sought to define the American-British alliance as "indispensable" in leading a swiftly changing world even as Western nations face economic perils that threaten to undermine their standing on the global stage.
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Great Britain and Germany are pulling all nonessential staff from their embassies in Yemen due to ongoing unrest there, officials said Thursday.
Also, the diplomats at the Yemen Embassy in the U.S. resigned from their posts, except the ambassador, “due to divisions over Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s response to the ongoing protests and riots,” a source close to the Embassy said.
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