<P>Comments by the&nbsp;outgoing head of Israel's spy agency Mossad&nbsp;and the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog will have disappointed the hawks wanting&nbsp;immediate&nbsp;action against Tehran's nuclear programme.</P>

<P>One year on from the earthquake people are looking for someone to blame for not having rebuilt Haiti already. While the world's media seem to&nbsp;hold&nbsp;aid organisations responsible, it&nbsp;ignores&nbsp;the the ugly history of why Haiti's government is such a mess.&nbsp;</P>

<P>As controversy rages over a campaign to&nbsp;rename the historical Persian Gulf, it seems that Google has chosen to take a seat on the fence.</P>

<P>There's no real point in commenting on the thin and by-the-numbers "analysis" of the Iran situation that comprises her <A href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2010/12/time_to_reset_iran_p... column</A>, save to highlight one breath-takingly glib and offensive comment:&nbsp;</P>

<p>The US government's attempt to promote the term "Arabian Gulf" in preference to "Persian Gulf" has prompted a backlash.</p>