Saturday, August 27 06

Key turning-points in two trouble spots: the international Federation for East timer (IFET) request full U.N.-integration of Australia-led coalition task force; Georgia's operations for control of the Kodori Gorge at the Georgia-Abkhaz border signals a tactical shift. It's known that security forces in Dagestan killed a key rebel official and several others. But questions remain unanswered: was this a law enforcement operation? Or was the group involved in a terrorist attack? In the middle east, Europe faces a test, the U.N. places itself to rebuild legitimacy, and Syria asserts itself again with threat to close Lebanon border.