Australia Reopens Embassy in Manila (AFP, Manila, January 2) Australia reopened its embassy in the Philippines today, which was shut down about seven weeks ago due to what was described as a specific threat of a terrorist attack. The Philippine Foreign Department said in a statement that Pearce, Australian ambassador to Manila, has telephoned the Philippine Foreign Secretary Ople to announce the resumption of full operations of the embassy. Like Australia, Canada and the European Union closed their embassies on November 28 and reopened them earlier this week. Ople said that all three ambassadors are satisfied with the heightened security measures the Philippine government has taken. The closure of the embassies had angered the Philippine government, which said the alleged threat was exaggerated and the closure of the embassies harmed the image of the Philippines. Manila fired the police intelligence official because he leaked the unverified intelligence about terrorist threats upon the Australian and Canadian embassies. The EU office and the Australian embassy are housed in the same building. Around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Western diplomatic missions across Southeast Asia shut down one after another because they received threats linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network and its regional allies. -- Australia Reopened Manila Embassy (Agence France-Presse, Manila, 2nd) - Australia reopened its embassy in the Philippines today. The embassy was closed seven weeks ago after what was described as a specific threat of a terrorist attack. Philippine foreign department said in a statement that Australian Ambassador to Manila Ruth Pearce phoned Philippine Foreign Secretary Blas Ople to announce the resumption of full operations of the embassy. Canada and the European Union, which both shut down their embassies like Australia on November 28, have reopened their embassies earlier this week. Ople said all three ambassadors expressed satisfaction with the enhanced security measures adopted by the Philippine government. The closure of the embassies had angered the Philippine government, which said that the alleged threats were exaggerated and the closure of embassies harmed the image of Philippines. Manila had once relieved the duty of a police intelligence official because he leaked unverified intelligence about terrorist threats on Australian and Canadian embassies. The European Union office is in the same building as the Australian embassy. At the time around the anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks in United States, western diplomatic missions across southeast Asia have closed their doors one after the other because of threats related to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization and its regional allies. -- Australia Reopens Embassy In Manila (AFP report from Manila, January 2) Australia reopened its embassy in the Philippines today. Seven weeks ago, the embassy was shut down due to so-called confirmed terrorist attack threats. The Philippine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Australian ambassador to Manila Pearce called Philippine Foreign Minister Ople to announce the resumption of all embassy operations. Canada and the European Union along with Australia shut down their embassies on November 28 and reopened them earlier this week. Ople said that all the three ambassadors expressed their satisfaction with the strengthened measures taken by the Philippine government. The closing of the embassies had angered the Philippine government, which said that the so-called threats were exaggerated and the closing had tarnished Philippine's image. Manila had sacked a police intelligence officer because he disclosed the unconfirmed information about the terrorist threats to the Australian and Canadian embassies. The European Union's office and the Australian embassy are both located in the same building. Around the anniversary of the 9.11 terrorist attacks in the US, western diplomatic missions in Southeast Asian nations closed due to threats from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network and its local alliances. -- Australia Reopens Its Embassy to Manila (AFP, Manila, Thursday) Australia reopens its embassy to Manila, which was closed for the so-called "clear" threat of terrorist attack 7 weeks ago. The Philippine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Australian ambassador Pierce called Philippine FM Aobo, announcing resuming all work of the embassy. Canada and the EU also closed their embassies on Nov. 28th as Australia and reopened early this week. According to Aobo, all three ambassadors were satisfied with strengthened security measures taken by the Philippine government. Embassy closing used to infuriate the Philippine government. The government said the so-called threat was excessively exaggerated and embassy closing hurt the state image of the Philippines. Manila removed an intelligence officer from the police, for he had released unconfirmed intelligence about the terrorist threat to the Australia and Canadian embassies. The EU's mission is in the same building with the Australian embassy. Around the anniversary of the "9.11" terrorist attack to the US, western missions to South-eastern Asian regions successively closed, for they have been threatened by the Al-Qaida and other local terrorist groups. -- 澳洲重新开放驻马尼拉大使馆 (法新社马尼拉二日电)澳洲今天重新开放它驻菲律宾大使馆,七周前,该大使馆因所谓明确的恐怖分子攻击威胁而关闭。 菲国外交部在一项声明中说,澳洲驻马尼拉大使皮尔斯打电话给菲国外长奥勃,宣布恢复大使馆的全部作业。 加拿大与欧盟和澳洲一样都在十一月二十八日关闭它们的大使馆,并在本周稍早重新开放。 奥勃说,所有三位大使都对菲律宾政府加强安全措施表示满意。 大使馆的关闭曾激怒菲律宾政府,它说,所谓的威胁是过于夸大的,而关闭大使馆伤害菲国的形象。 马尼拉曾免除了警方情报官员的职务,因为他透露有关澳洲与加拿大大使馆遭到恐怖威胁的未经证实的情报。 欧盟办事处与澳洲大使馆在同一建筑内。 在美国九一一恐怖攻击周年左右,东南亚各地的西方外交使节团纷纷关闭,因为它们遭到与欧萨玛.宾拉登的盖达组织及其地方联盟有关的威胁。