The US president appeared hopeful but does the situation in Iraq inspire confidence in Mr Obama’s words?
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
The cap is being removed as a prelude to raise massive piece of equipment
Mistrust in times of crisis
If a crisis of such magnitude doesn’t shake people’s apathy, of what good is all the faux amity?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers opening remarks on the first day of direct trilateral negotiations about a Middle East peace plan in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State, September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. – Photo by AFP