Oil prices and the Middle East Unrest

The war in Libya is causing not only the oil price hikes but European headache as well.

France and Italy are to close borders. This is in contrary to its Schengen treaty that guarantees free borders among European nations. All changed, however, when Italy issued passports to Arab refugees, who in turn headed to France.

Meanwhile, the air raids are killing people.



Who is to broker peace, or pressure Thailand?

The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia cause 13 people including a civilian so far. Thailand and its forces, which awaits election in a few months, has been blamed for the cause of the aggression. There are claims that the Thai forces used cluster bombs. There were talks of the Indonesian government, the ASEAN chair, were to send forces for truce monitoring. The Thai side refused, however, to accept the Indonesian forces, the powerful military entity in the region.