Meanwhile at the UN...

...John Bolton is still an asshole: Guardian Unlimited: World summit on UN's future heads for chaos. Pullquote: "The Guardian has learned that Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, has made a personal plea to his American counterpart, Condoleezza Rice, for the US to withdraw opposition to plans for wholesale reform of the UN. He has asked Ms Rice to rein in John Bolton, the US ambassador to the world body."