The post has previously been held by dignitaries like RK Laxman, Shyam Benegal and U.R. Ananthamurthy.

Sata disappeared from the public eye last June, after he met a delegation of senior Chinese officials.

Subsequently, I met with leaders of Hamas, both a delegation from Gaza and the top officials in Damascus, Syria.

Subsequently, I met with leaders of Hamas, both a delegation from Gaza and the top officials in Damascus, Syria.

Many early Muslim reformists were clerics or senior bureaucrats, who had seen first hand how diminished their societies had become.

There is an increasing awareness among people in India about the misuse of privileges by the VIPs at the expense of the people.

The judge's ruling spurred rumors that he went easy on her because her husband was related to senior provincial officials.

They fail to realize that cozy relations are often the result of, not the cause of, business success.

I was asked to comment on United States Russian relations at a dinner with top officials from the government and Gazprom, the giant energy company.

Trump regularly takes questions when leaving the White House or participating in open sessions or press conferences with visiting dignitaries.

I was in Jakarta at the time, and formed that judgment after speaking to very senior officials, and I advised the Australian government accordingly.

Mass protests erupted in Macedonia's capital on May 5, 2015, after opposition leaders released damning audio recordings of conversations between the country's top officials.

It is home to El Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), a drug ring run by government officials and high ranking officers in the armed forces, in collaboration the Colombian narco terrorist organization FARC.

Few in the West are likely to find this line very compelling, but it has echoed strongly in every conversation that I have ever had with Iranian officials, senior or minor.

Nevertheless, given corruption scandals involving prominent government figures that have come to light over the past few years, it is natural to wonder why the stock market has remained so strong.

I am confident, on the basis of many hours of productive dialogue with senior Iranian officials in Tehran, New York, and elsewhere, that this proposal could have broken the deadlock.

Myanmar activist Chaw Sandi Tun is facing court proceedings for posting a digital photo collage that juxtaposed female political opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with high level military service personnel, all male, donning newly redesigned uniforms.

Every excuse is made to avoid giving what is needed.

Few in the West are likely to find this line very compelling, but it has echoed strongly in every conversation that I have ever had with Iranian officials, senior or minor.

Because Mr. Armitage and many other American members of the joint committee became high officials in the Bush administration, Japan's politicians regarded a response to this report as vital.

To recall, on the night of 16 July, in Turkey, an attempt was made by high ranking representatives of the Turkish army to overthrow the country's legitimate government, and an attempt on the life of the head of state was also made.

I have traveled on behalf of the State Department, met with the heads of homeland security, senior white house officials and even President Obama himself, shared stages with the likes of Pope Francis and the Dalai lama.

At the end of this month, many of these young people will join us in Budapest, along with Prime Ministers and other senior officials from Central and Eastern European countries and EU member states.

The court arrested the deputy from United Russia not for 10 days before bringing charges, as was with previous high ranking Dagestani bureaucrats, but immediately for two months, since the case includes art. 210 of the Russian Criminal Code.