Saturday, August 12 06

A collective feeling of relief as lengthy U.N. Security Council talks produce unanimous resolution 1701. Dangers remain: the text is ambiguous, will be viewed in Israel as weak, as Israel's international legitimacy continues to slide. Signs that Nigeria will adhere to President Olusegun Obasanjo's June commitment to cede the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in accordance with World Court ruling. Here's some information about Canada's international policy on Afghanistan. A tense situation is set to boil over as violence escalates between Ingush and North Ossetians.