Sir John's take on the war is that of a detached foreign observer.

ECONOMIST: Military history

" A clearly impressed foreign observer remarks: "This shows Cambodia has traveled a fair distance since the end of Khmer Rouge rule.

CNN: A VOTE FOR PEACE

This being England, there was also room for heroic failures as well, such as the retreats from Dunkirk and Corunna, thus confirming to the untutored foreign observer that the preferred mode of British military operation is the successful evacuation.

ECONOMIST: The Empire strikes back

Writing jointly with Unison general secretary Dave Prentis in the Observer, the former foreign secretary suggested local authorities and other employers could be offered financial incentives for insisting private contractors pay the living wage.

BBC: Duncan Smith: Welfare changes will make living wage easier

On Saturday, Mr Muallem hit out at the group after it asked the UN to contribute to the proposed observer mission, calling it an invitation "for foreign intervention instead of a call to avoid one".

BBC: Syria unrest: Arab League adopts sanctions in Cairo

Myanmar will attend the annual ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting July 20 for the first time as an official observer, one step away from full membership.

CNN: TEST OF WILLS

Tudjman wants the Europeans to extend their non-military observer mission, now limited to Slovenia, to his republic as a sign that foreign countries will help Croatia stand up to the Yugoslav army.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The Syrian Foreign Ministry summoned Major-General Iqbal Singh Singha, the head of mission and force commander for United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Golan Heights, to complain about the Israeli violation.

NPR: Syria Threatens Retaliation For Israeli Airstrike