Amb Crocker officially dedicated the new American Embassy in Baghdad in the presence of Iraqi Pres. Jalal Talabani and U.S. Deputy Sec of State John Negroponte. The US Marine Security Guard detachment raised the American flag accompanied by a rendition of the US National Anthem and music from the US Army 4th Inf band.

US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch presented the copies of her credentials to Foreign Minister of Armenia Mr. Edward Nalbandian. Thus U.S. has an ambassador in Armeia after two years of absense when the previous ambassador expressed his personal opinion acknowledging the events of 1915 in Eastern Turkey as genocide against Armenians.

A car bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has killed at least 16 people, including six attackers. U.S. Embassy Spokesman Ryan Gliha said several other explosions occurred after the car bomb blast Wednesday.

Officials in Turkey say a shootout between armed men and police officers near the U.S. consulate in Istanbul has killed three policemen and three attackers.

Serbia's top security body, the National Security Council, has opened a meeting focusing on the handling of last week's attacks on the U.S. embassy and other embassies in Belgrade.

Police is using tear gas to disperse crowds of rioting people who have been attacking embassies in Belgrade. The closed U.S. embassy building has been set on fire. The Turkish, Croatian and Bosnian legations have also come under attack.