Submitted by FAN on Mon, 19/09/2011 - 21:39
It's been a tough year for our diplomats who've weathered a storm of criticism over Cote D'Ivoire, Libya and most recently, the foreign minister's costly refusal to scan her handbag at airport security. But finally some good news: after long months of tough negotiations, the squabbling factions of Madagascar signed a historic agreement which just might set that troubled island on the path to normality - and it was mostly our doing. By SIMON ALLISON.