In his most substantial act of change since becoming president, Barack Obama abandoned a controversial missile defence system based in the Czech Republic and Poland. The system was promoted by President George W Bush and had been strongly criticised by Russia.
A UN report on Israel's attack on Gaza eight months ago contained strong condemnation of the Israel army's tactics against the civilian population, and also criticised the Palestinian Hamas movement for its rocket attacks on Israel.
Little, if any, progress was made by the US Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, in persuading Israel to give sufficient assurances on freezing illegal settlements on the West Bank to enable the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations.
Jose Maria Barroso was re-elected as president of the European Union Commission by the European Parliament despite criticism by socialist and Green MEPs that he had not been effective in handling the recession crisis.
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