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Top Stories March 30, 2007Capture of British troops magnifies political tensionsTensions between England and Iran simmered after Iranian forces seized 15 British sailors in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, near the border of Iran and Iraq, last week. Iran claims that the sailors were trespassing in Iranian waters. However, Britain used previously classified navigational coordinates to argue that the soldiers were in Iraqi territory and that their arrest was illegal. After five days at an impasse, Tony Blair's government announced that it would freeze all "bilateral business" relations with Iran until the conflict is over. In response to Britain's actions, Iran suspended its previous plans to release the lone female captive. Iran has released video of some of the sailors, but their whereabouts remain unknown. - BH Arab League meets on peace planA pivotal Arab League summit meeting opened Wednesday in Riyadh, in an attempt to reinvigorate the derailed Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The summit follows US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's fourth visit to the region in as many months, marking a concerted effort by the Bush administration to apply hands-on diplomacy. Rice's latest foray scored a slim success: Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed to meet biweekly over the upcoming months to discuss a host of day-to-day issues. Meanwhile, Arab leaders have hinted that a consensus may be reached over the 2002 Arab peace initiative — one that more extreme factions within the Palestinian Legislative Council and the Knesset may both be loath to accept. - ED Historic power share in Northern IrelandSworn sectarian enemies, Unionist hardliner Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams reached a historical agreement Monday to share power in a new government for Northern Ireland. This is the first time during the region's 30-year "Troubles" that the opposing Protestant and Catholic leaders met in person to come to an agreement. The revised government will be a 12-member administration, with Unionist and Sinn Féin leaders in the two top spots. Sinn Féin has refused to say if its militant wing, the IRA Army Council, would be disbanded before the May 8 start of the new government, which prompted some Unionist party members to resign. The public has expressed support for the coalition. - CN |
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