Two months before Germany's election, the chancellor is accused of prevaricating, amid allegations of German collusion with American spies.
After much lobbying, prevaricating and haggling since it was passed back in 2007, the Legal Services Act will allow non-lawyers to own and run firms offering legal services Alternative Business Structures (ABSs), in the jargon.
This year, with casualties higher than in 2006, NATO's concern is no longer to increase its strength but to stop some allies from withdrawing altogether.The Dutch centre-left coalition government is prevaricating over whether to extend the mission of its troops beyond 2008.
Dabbling in the Middle East fraternising with Hamas, prevaricating on Iran offers a chance to assuage Muslim anger over Chechnya, at the same time as frustrating the Americans.And the Chechen tragedy helps to explain why Mr Putin's neurotic bluster plays so well among ordinary Russians.
Then there are prevaricating pseudo-decisions, like Mr Brown's establishment of umpteen policy reviews.
But with the ceasefire long forgotten, the regional powers have been prevaricating.
This works much like domestic cordless telephones, but on a larger scale; it is cheaper than connecting homes with copper wires, but the handsets work only within a limited area.So far, the Chinese government is prevaricating: when it will issue the 3G licences, whether it will mandate particular technologies and whether TD-SCDMA will be one of them, all remain unclear.
Still more are prevaricating, hoping that the authorities will lose interest.
Tensions rose further on February 23rd when the army accused the Tigers of killing one of its soldiers.The Tigers were already losing patience with the government, accusing it of prevaricating over setting up a "joint mechanism" for receiving aid in Tiger-controlled areas.
Mr Mugabe is still prevaricating over the Abuja agreement, saying he needs the approval of his party's politburo and his cabinet, neither of which has met yet.
After prevaricating, South Africa was obliged to climb down and accept that SADC countries could send troops to help Congo's president, Laurent Kabila.In this section The lifting of an unliftable fatwa As good as it gets?
