http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/ Where the world comes together Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-495 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:16:32 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-495 The United Nations General Assembly voted by 184 to 4 to urge the United States to lift its trade embargo against <strong>Cuba</strong>. George Bush recently said that the embargo would not be lifted while either Fidel Castro or his brother Raúl retained power. The Economist "Politics This Week" Nov 1, 2007 The United Nations General Assembly voted by 184 to 4 to urge the United States to lift its trade embargo against Cuba. George Bush recently said that the embargo would not be lifted while either Fidel Castro or his brother Raúl retained power. The Economist “Politics This Week” Nov 1, 2007

]]> http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-475 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:02:31 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-475 <a href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=ac7c3abc-abc8-4896-9225-741521abdd9b&k=68704" rel="nofollow">Language watchdog slams 'mean-spirited' swipe at anglos</a> OTTAWA -- <strong>Quebec</strong> anglophones have made tremendous progress in adapting to their province's linguistic reality and don't deserve the kind of mean-spirited treatment PQ MNA Pierre Curzi dished out in his jibe about West Islanders not being real Quebecers, Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser said Tuesday. Language watchdog slams ‘mean-spirited’ swipe at anglos
OTTAWA — Quebec anglophones have made tremendous progress in adapting to their province’s linguistic reality and don’t deserve the kind of mean-spirited treatment PQ MNA Pierre Curzi dished out in his jibe about West Islanders not being real Quebecers, Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser said Tuesday.

]]> http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-469 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:20:25 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-469 A follow-up to the evening's discussion on <strong>Iran & Russia</strong> TEHRAN (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was headed to Iran on Tuesday for a surprise visit to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, amid growing differences between Moscow and the West over the Iranian nuclear drive. ... Some Iranian officials said after Putin's visit that he made a proposal over the Iranian nuclear programme to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. However this was never confirmed by Moscow. The United States and its European allies accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear bomb and are threatening a third set of UN sanctions against Tehran to punish its nuclear defiance.<a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gk0P7eEuZyaQ_kKtk1QndDtqf6dA" rel="nofollow">BBC</a> A follow-up to the evening’s discussion on Iran & Russia
TEHRAN (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was headed to Iran on Tuesday for a surprise visit to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, amid growing differences between Moscow and the West over the Iranian nuclear drive. … Some Iranian officials said after Putin’s visit that he made a proposal over the Iranian nuclear programme to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. However this was never confirmed by Moscow.
The United States and its European allies accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear bomb and are threatening a third set of UN sanctions against Tehran to punish its nuclear defiance.BBC

]]> http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-474 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:56:07 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/10/wednesday-night-1338/#comment-474 <strong>Cuba</strong> Though independent economists doubt official claims that Cuba's economy is growing at around 10% a year, they agree that it is expanding again after a decade of privation. That is mainly thanks to aid from Venezuela and trade with China. There are fewer power cuts and more buses on the streets. But wages are still below their level of 1989. Food is rationed or expensive and medicines are often in short supply. This week the education minister admitted that low pay was prompting an “exodus” of teachers from schools. <a href="http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10026212" rel="nofollow">The Economist</a>, October 25, 2007 Cuba
Though independent economists doubt official claims that Cuba’s economy is growing at around 10% a year, they agree that it is expanding again after a decade of privation. That is mainly thanks to aid from Venezuela and trade with China. There are fewer power cuts and more buses on the streets. But wages are still below their level of 1989. Food is rationed or expensive and medicines are often in short supply. This week the education minister admitted that low pay was prompting an “exodus” of teachers from schools.
The Economist, October 25, 2007

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