Martin said Ireland supports the early convening of the indirect Israeli-Palestinian "proximity" talks that Mitchell had hoped to begin this week.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

An expert on nuclear proliferation at the RAND Corporation in the United States, Brian Jenkins,says because of its proximity to Somalia and its close ties to the West, Kenya is vulnerable to the worst-case scenario, where an al-Qaida terrorist unleashes a "dirty bomb" in Nairobi causing the death of thousands.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01