Breaking News: WikiLeaks releases secret communications made by US embassies around the world

 The secret documents were originally obtained by WikiLeaks, an organization devoted to revealing secret documents. WikiLeaks posted 220 cables, some redacted to protect diplomatic sources, in the first installment of the archive on its Web site on Sunday.

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US diplomats spied on UN leadership

Diplomats ordered to gather intelligence on Ban Ki-moon (Un Secretary)

Secret directives sent to more than 30 US embassies

Call for DNA data, computer passwords and terrorist links

Saudi Arabia urges US attack on Iran to stop nuclear programme

Fear of 'different world' if Iran gets nuclear weapons

Arab states scorn 'evil' Iran

Embassy cables show Arab allies want strike against Tehran

Israel prepared to attack alone to avoid its own 9/11

Iranian bomb risks 'Middle East proliferation, war or both'