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Article: US to build new embassy in suburban London
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- October 2, 2008
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The United States announced plans Thursday to leave its landmark embassy in central London's tony Mayfair district and build a safer facility in a far less fashionable suburb south of the River Thames.
The move, which will end a 200-year U.S. association with London's Grosvenor Square, is part of American efforts to secure diplomatic staff in compounds _ a push that began in earnest after deadly al-Qaida bombings at two U.S. embassies in East Africa a decade ago.
Over the last decade, U.S. diplomatic outposts have been transformed from showcases for American openness to heavily defended fortresses. Around the world from Athens to Abidjan, embassies built in a spirit of with ...