Monday, August 28 06

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland warns the Security Counsel that a 'man-made catastrophe of an unprecedented scale' is weeks away in Darfur and nurtures the ceasefire between Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. What reasons does the British government have for delaying extradition of Russian oilbaron Berezovsky, who is charged with plotting to overthrow Putin's Russia? Uzbekistan President Karimov boasts of leading his country toward democracy, but 'policy of internal violence' continues and overspill predict that upheaval is ahead. Pakistan's deadly surgical strike on a key Baluch leader draws fire and brings about rioting. Canada's NDP leader Layton argues that Canadian military is equipped to contribute 1200 to U.N. Lebanon peace operation.