Bolton’s Bed and Breakfast

Another Divide

President Jacques Chiraq of France implied on Monday that Iran would not
have to halt nuclear activities until negotiations with the Security Council
started. This revelation surfaced during an interview on a European radio
station.
The official position of the six powers (the permanent members of the Security
Council + Germany) is that Iran must freeze uranium enrichment before [...]

Iraq Redux

First election in 46 years

The Democratic Republic of the Congo held its first multiparty elections in 46 years on Sunday. Approximately 23 million registered voters made their way to some 50,000 polling stations scattered across a nation the size of Western Europe. Over 9,000 candidates were competing to fill 500 seats in the new parliament, and [...]