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...drawn criticism from embassy's neighbors LONDON, England (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department has sold its London embassy building to a Qatari real estate company, the embassy announced Tuesday. The signing of the deal is another major...

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...the neighborhood expansion, a State Department official said. Israeli news media said a Netanyahu aide rebuffed the request in a Monday meeting with Mitchell in London. The White House said it was "dismayed" by the planning committee's...

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...inconceivable." Asked whether the construction had come up when Mitchell met in London with Israeli negotiators, U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said he didn't want to get into the "substance of these negotiations. It's sensitive,"...

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...the United States takes another step towards relocating to a new state-of-the-art embassy which will enhance the urban fabric of London and demonstrate exceptional American architecture. "The construction of the new U.S. Embassy in the Nine...

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...the Gulf state's property investment fund. The embassy announced plans last year to move from central London's Mayfair district to a new high-security building south of the River Thames. The winner of a design competition is due to be...

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...Mitchell (AP Photo) An Israeli newspaper said U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell had asked a Netanyahu aide during a meeting in London Monday to block the planned construction and had been turned down, but State Department spokesman Ian...

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...Journal, the New York Times and perhaps other papers before the department finally tried a foreign publication, the Financial Times of London, which also turned it down. As a last-ditch strategy, the State Department briefly considered...

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