BBC Quick Update

Here are a few more stories from the BBC.

Israel and Chad (a Muslim nation) have established relations.

The U.N. is waffling under Lebanese government pressure with regard to the investigation into last month's assassination of Rafik Hariri. There's a surprise.

French President jacques Chirac is going to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Chirac is expected to explain to Koizumi why he wants to lift the ban on selling high-tech weapons to Japan's neighbor and strategic rival, China, as well as explaining why Japan isn't good enough to host the ITER reactor.

Those wacky Somali warlords are at it again.