The reported attack occurred just a day after India ordered the expulsion of a Pakistani diplomat accused of spying.

A second former diplomat accused of passing secrets to Britain, Platon Obukhov, is being retried after his conviction was thrown out.

The French Revolution also disrupted this system, as the revolutionary State and Napoleon imprisoned a number of diplomats accused of working against France.

In January, Poland expelled nine Russian diplomats accused of spying, many of them caught on videotape, officials say, picking up or leaving material at hidden drops.

Four Soviet diplomats accused in the case returned home.

Their expulsion followed the Bush administration's decision to expel four Russian diplomats accused of espionage.

The Turkish Government announced today that it was expelling a Greek diplomat accused of spying, setting off another round of recriminations between the two countries.

It is highly unusual for countries to waive immunity for diplomats accused of crimes overseas.

Napoleon also refused to acknowledge diplomatic immunity, imprisoning several British diplomats accused of scheming against France.

F.B.I. agents last night took the Cuban diplomat accused of spying to the airport, where he was put on a flight to Canada.