Former U.N. Secretay-General Kofi Annan has threatened
to quit his role as mediator
in the Kenyan power-sharing talks, one of his senior
aides said Monday. The aide said Annan
"believes that if genuine political will had
prevailed, the problems could have been resolved a
week
or two ago
Having reached the Champions League final in two of
Benitez's three seasons at Anfield,
famously winning on penalties after coming from three
goals down against AC Milan in 2005 --
the same opponents who beat them in last year's
edition -- the former Valencia manager's
reputation as a masterful European strategist is
impossible to fault.