Saturday, July 29 06

What are the details of the new 'humanitarian truce' the U.N. is proposing in the Arab/Israeli conflict? Having successfully completed its overseeing of a pullout of SPLA forces, the U.N. mission in Sudan (UNMIS) pulls out of Kessala sector of eastern Sudan, as Minni Minnawi steps up as a leader of the rebels. How does U.S. society's hostility to this Iraq war compare with hostility toward Vietnam? The 'summer of discontent' for the Canadian aboriginal community marks a turning point for relationship with Ottawa. David S. Wright argues in this C.D. Howe Institute Commentary that Canadian foreign policy should chart its own course through international crises, and follow both Canadian interests and values. It's unfortunate the Peacekeeping Intelligence Website stopped updating. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts an event on politics in Uzbekistan.