His pragmatic and wise approach to the situation in Honduras I think helped to contribute to a solutionin that country that promises long-term stability and peace.
The announcement comes amid growing consensus in Washington that the federal response to the credit crisis has fallen short of a solution that would restore confidence and stabilityin the financial markets.
Although such realignments are fairly common in Sri Lanka, the current epidemic of political manoeuvring renders the immediate prospects for stability, or for progress towards a negotiated solution to the civil conflict, unpromising in the extreme.