There was another pleasant surprise for liberal idealists on February 26th, when the UN Security Council unanimously agreed (along with other punitive measures) to tell the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the Libyan crisis.
Police investigating the disappearance of millions of emails potentially relevant to their probe have zeroed in on a senior executive of News International, News Corp.
His involvement in Singaporean investigations comes after weeks of international pressure on the city-state to pursue the European probe's findings, which were announced this month.
Alistair Burt said Israel's decision to involve international figures including former Ulster Unionist leader and Tory peer Lord Trimble in the probe should "ensure credibility".
The committee generally refrained from making pronouncements on former News International executives who are among roughly 40 people arrested as part of a massive British criminal probe into phone hacking, bribery, obstruction of justice and computer hacking.
Police had investigated the matter in 2006 but re-opened their probe at the beginning of this year after new information surfaced through civil lawsuits and an internal investigation at News International.