May 06, 2010

London, election day

I'm here at Heathrow preparing to return to the U.S. while the voting proceeds in this country's pretty dramatric election. I picked up a bunch of newspapers. The (Murdoch-owned) Sun...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 06:33 AM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

March 06, 2009

Britain engaging with Hizbullah: Excellent!

Gordon Brown's government in London is the first significant western government to-- finally-- break the taboo on political engagement with Hizbullah. Yesterday, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office said, "We...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 01:02 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)