The war in Afghanistan has taken a toll on the Coalition as well. Mounting casualties have increased pressure on the military alliances member states to withdraw forces even as domestic opposition rises.
The news from Yangon is one of great interest. The military junta seems to have finally realised that keeping the pro-democracy credentials of Aung San Suu Kyi at bay are repulsive for national integration, and has thus called on the Nobel laureate to assimilate her party into the networking for coexistence.
Hardly a year back Washington was gearing up to send one of its finer diplomats to Damascus in its eagerness to cultivate the Alawite regime, as part of damage control for its adventurism in the Muslim world.
The most irritating word in the English language is nice. It is meaningless but it also lacks honesty, because by its very porous nature being neither solid nor liquid, it is like a blob of jelly masquerading as a comment.
Britain is the new theatre of violence. Irrespective of the fact as to what causes are behind that makes it burn and bleed, London has a daunting challenge at hand.
The parallel government in Libya is in shambles. The National Transitional Council, which has been under fire for its role in events leading to the assassination of one of its high-profile leader, General Abdel Fatah Yunis, now seems to be sailing in rough waters as administrative and political reshuffles grip it in all wilderness.
President Bashar Al-Assad may have now begun to feel increasingly claustrophobic, given his growing isolation from the international community even as he continues killing civilians with impunity.
