The irony of this outburst was not lost on the Iraqi Kurds, who were long shunned by Turkey because their experiment with self-rule seemed a threat to Turkish unity.

ECONOMIST: Turkey��s Kurds

We will engage as partners as the Libyan people work to build open and transparent institutions, establish security and the rule of law, advance opportunity, and promote unity and national reconciliation.

WHITEHOUSE: Statement by the President on Libya

Barak said he would not rule out the possibility that he would join a so-called unity government under Sharon to avert political fighting that is now likely in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset.

CNN: Sharon claims victory in Israeli election