Wednesday, September 13 06

Here's a glimpse of an unfolding U.N. initiative called the 'International Compact for Iraq'. November 12 independence referendum in South Ossetia might lead to increased tensions, despite superficial legal significance. U.N. Secretary General Annan again warns of impending disaster in The Sudan, yet international military intervention depends on authorization unlikely to come from Khartoum. Peace agreement between Uganda and northern Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) an emerging possibility, but negotiating strategies are complicated by International Criminal Court (ICC) indictments of LRA leadership.