No sooner was the controversy over the creation of a Human Rights Council satisfactorily resolved than a new battle has erupted.

The people of Indonesia, and Bali in particular, have hardly recovered from the 2002 terrorist attack and therefore need the support of the international community.

In elections held in Puerto Rico, the pro independence party had polled barely 3 4 percent of the vote.

Average annual developing country growth dropped sharply, barely exceeding population growth in 5 out of the 10 years, per capita incomes contracted.

The new party barely six months old has realigned Israeli politics by transforming the entire framework of ideological assumptions underpinning the country s security strategy.

Barely half a year into his premiership, Japan s Shinzo Abe is provoking anger across Asia and mixed feelings in his country s key ally, the United States.

Not long after government supporters in the streets were cheerfully celebrating democracy , Erdogan announced a three month state of emergency giving the government broad extra constitutional powers to the latest challenge to its authority and vision for the country, and also suspended Turkey's commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Barely a month after the rejection of the European Union Constitution in France and the Netherlands, the EU Summit in Brussels ended in a surprisingly acrimonious orgy of national egoisms and no deal. Then the terrorists struck in London.

Just when the smoke from Turkey s domestic political conflicts of the past year had begun to clear, another deadly attack by Kurdish separatists on Turkish soldiers has the government threatening military attacks inside northern Iraq.

Soon after the Panel commenced its review of the eligible category D Palestinian late claims , it became apparent that this claims population exhibits certain features that were not present in the claims in the regular category D claims programme or, if present, were not present to the same degree.

Barely half a year into his premiership, Japan s Shinzo Abe is provoking anger across Asia and mixed feelings in his country s key ally, the United States. But will the Bush administration use its influence to nudge Abe away from inflammatory behavior?