This is where the world apos s substantive expertise on arms control, not just its polemical vehemence, resides.

Juncker, after all, has many senior politicians to accommodate, and their approval by the European Parliament is no minor matter. And, though it was perhaps unsurprising that Cameron should be unenthusiastic about Juncker s candidacy, the vehemence of his opposition was extraordinary.

The recent period has been a continuation of the plans immediately formulated on Benjamin Netanyahu s assumption of power in Israel, as settlement activities continued with unimpeded vehemence and without reckoning, despite the direct impact which this had in the form of crises which virtually wrecked the entire peace process.

Finally, Clinton, speaking from Delhi, warned Pakistan not to allow its territory to be used as a launching pad by terrorist groups, asserting that al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri was hiding in the country. True to form, Pakistani officials were outraged at the charge, which they promptly refuted with roughly the same vehemence with which they once denied Osama Bin Laden s presence.