Archive for October, 2007

Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report
October 10, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report

October 10, 2007 U.S. The Dow Jones reached a record level yesterday at 14,165 a gain of 762 points since the Sept, 18 b ...

Olympic jitters behind China's organ pledge
October 10, 2007, Comments Off on Olympic jitters behind China's organ pledge

CHINA has conceded that international pressure before the 2008 Olympic Games is behind its latest pledge to crack down o ...

Jim Heffernan on Hillary Clinton's Iran policy
October 9, 2007, Comments Off on Jim Heffernan on Hillary Clinton's Iran policy

The author, James Heffernan, is Professor of English Emeritus (Dartmouth) and a friend of Diana Nicholson since undergra ...

Will offshore oil turn [Newfoundland] around?
October 8, 2007, Comments Off on Will offshore oil turn [Newfoundland] around?

The Economist Newfoundland diary Toil and trouble Oct 8th 2007 … I have come here not for the past, but for the fu ...

John Ciaccia OWN: Health Update
October 8, 2007, 1 Comment

From Paula Pedicelli August 28th, John was in Quebec City being interviewed live in the National Assembly for “Mem ...

Lettre au locataire de la Terre
October 7, 2007, Comments Off on Lettre au locataire de la Terre

Our lease on the Earth could be cancelled! A brilliant warning to the human race regarding the damage we have caused to ...

Robert Galbraith: Dispatches from the front
October 7, 2007, 1 Comment

A glowing – and well-deserved tribute to Robert Galbraith by Beryl Wajsman (see excerpts below), who has just left ...

Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour
October 6, 2007, Comments Off on Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour

29 September 2007 We live in a quiet neighbourhood a good 15 minutes taxi ride from the downtown area of Yangon. The mar ...

John Curtin’s "A Song for Africa"
October 4, 2007, Comments Off on John Curtin’s "A Song for Africa"

One of the 2007 recipients of the Deborah Fletcher Award of Excellence in Film making on International Development A Son ...

Wednesday Night #1335
October 3, 2007, 1 Comment

3 October 2007 We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Dir ...