Meanwhile, in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, the British ambassador went in to see the hardline interior minister to plead for the stand off to be resolved without shooting.

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That night, however, Hogan reported that the U.S. Ambassador and the Afghan Minister of the Interior had decided that the team should not leave Uruzgan without a final show of force.

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The ambassador has delivered letters to the Syrian ministries of defense, interior, information and foreign affairs, GlobalPost said.

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