Mr. Obama has moved swiftly to engage in the Middle East, phoning Arab and Israeli leaders on his first full day in office and announcing Mr. Mitchell's appointment the next day.
WASHINGTON — President Obama moved swiftly to engage on the Middle East on Wednesday, calling Israeli and Arab leaders on his first morning in office and preparing to appoint a seasoned peace negotiator and former senator, George J. Mitchell, as his special emissary to the region.
"We hope to swiftly finalise work engaged under the auspices of the European commission to step up the detection and screening of travel movements by European nationals crossing the EU's external borders.
"We think the vast majority will be peaceful," Paul J. Browne, a police spokesman, said of the protests, adding, "We would move swiftly to arrest people engaged in activity" that includes violence and destruction of property.
We acted swiftly, he said, engaging external legal council just 48 hours later.
Reviewing his 650-page "Collected Stories" for The Times Book Review in 1989, Frank Wilson wrote, "Just about every story in this collection is a textbook example of what a piece of short fiction ought to be: immediately engaging, swiftly paced, economical".
Not that it looked very impressive –Italy met them on the gain-line and often drove them back – but they moved the ball swiftly enough to engage Italy's defenders repeatedly.
"All those engaged in illegal activities will be dealt with swiftly," Mr. Radebe said, without elaborating on how this would be achieved.
The news comes in a stunning month for the Murdoch clan, following swiftly on the announcement that James's father Rupert is engaged to the former model Jerry Hall.
