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...last week's elevation to the post of Prime Minister of Gordon Brown, who is a Scot and from Glasgow, and is a wake-up call to Scotland which has traditionally seen itself as immune to terrorism, a view based in part on strong historical ties with Northern Ireland during the height of Britain's conflict with the IRA. Yesterday's attack, on the first day of the Scottish school holidays and possibly timed to coincide with the Queen's official opening of the Scottish parliament shows that "Scotland has to be as much on alert as the rest...
Seven European governments will open a drug intelligence and operations center in Lisbon later this year. These countries - Spain, Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy and France - will coordinate with U.S. intelligence officers, and plan to begin surveillance flights over the Atlantic in July. They will also coordinate military and police patrols at sea to try to intercept Latin American drug vessels before they reach Africa or Europe. "Whichever warship is nearest will take the vessel and the drugs to Portugal," says Edwards, of the European Commission's drug unit...
...misguided hope that Israel might crush the Iranian-backed militants of Hizballah. Blair's great skill as a negotiator is that he can coax enemies into the same room and mesmerize every individual that he's in total agreement with them. That's how he brought peace in Northern Ireland, a major triumph of his decade as British prime minister. But Blair is a master of the broad stroke, and much of his job will require the talents of a miniaturist, delving into the minutiae of where Israeli checkpoints can be removed inside the Palestinian territories...
...move that's anathema to the West, but gaining traction amongst people sick of the constant fighting, and increasingly willing to do anything to stop the violence. "What is wrong with talking to the Taliban? Look at Northern Ireland. They were considered terrorists once, and look how that all ended. With glasses of champagne," says Ahmadzai...
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