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Belarus Expels US Diplomats

Souring relations take a turn for the worse after Washington's criticism, economic sanctions

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2008 3:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – Belarus ordered most of the staff of the US embassy to leave the country today, a sign of souring relations between the states, the AP reports. The top US diplomat in the former Soviet republic says all but six staffers have been ordered out within...   Read full story »

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