Indeed a lot of Mr Blair's foreign fan-mail seems to be directed at Britain in general.

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In January, three Foreign Office staff were sent an e-mail apparently from another colleague in the Foreign Office.

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The Royal Mail worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Universal Postal Union in Switzerland to provide the postcode.

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Israel's attorney general said Wednesday that Shin Bet, the country's internal security force, can search a foreign traveler's e-mail, but only in exceptional cases in which "relevant suspicious signs" are observed.

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Eight foreign post offices have already started to compete for bulk mail contracts in Britain.

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Among the speakers at the seafront dinner for the foreign press earlier this year was Peter Malhotra, publisher of the local English-language newspaper, the Pattaya Mail.

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