Tuesday, September 26 06

Public defense is made by leadership of Thai military coup, as ex-WTO chief Supachai is put forward as interim PM. Sparring between Musharraf and Karzai continues in preparation for meeting tomorrow with U.S. President Bush. Debate continues about the shape of federalism and regional autonomy in future Iraq (1, 2). The U.N. Security Council's next challenge is Burma. U.N. Darfur deployment gets going with shallow support and opaque mandate.