Calderon s Cauldron

And, in this kind of cauldron of moments and places and acts of deceleration, lie what a lot of people now refer to as the International Slow Movement.

NEW YORK Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is once again stirring Asia s cauldron of national rivalries and historical resentments. This time, he has instructed a committee of historians to reexamine the official apology delivered in 1993 to World War II era sex slaves held in Japanese military brothels.

In the wake of the Taliban s ouster in Afghanistan, bin Laden and his followers have come to regard Yemen, alongside Pakistan, as a haven. Indeed, Yemen is now a bubbling cauldron of jihadis who have flocked there because it, like Afghanistan and Pakistan, has weak, easily manipulated state institutions.

Mr. Kafando (Burkina Faso) (spoke in French) I should like to preface my statement by saying how delighted my delegation is to have this opportunity, through our consideration of this agenda item, to examine the situation in the Middle East, that seething cauldron which, every day, makes one fear the worst.

The region between Egypt and Pakistan is a cauldron of five discrete, explosive components Iraq s civil strife, Afghanistan s insurgency, Iran s nuclear ambitions, the longstanding Israel Arab conflict, and the risk of clashes between extremist groups and corrupt, repressive governments. A comprehensive policy is needed, yet the threats are so diverse and complex that separate approaches have to be applied simultaneously.