Tuesday, October 3 06

New reports of Darfur attacks in A.U. report, as the Arab League and European Commission hold talks on who will provide major troops as the international peace operation begins to take shape. An important question - why wasn't the Russia/Georgia espionage crisis handled discretely? Tbilisi's compromise solution so far fails to lower diplomatic tensions. Premier Wen boosts China's peacekeeping troops in Lebanon. U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute confirms that state consent is a precondition of military intervention in The Sudan.