Wednesday-Night

The disastrous events at Terminal 5 should be looked at in the light of an earlier (March 12) declaration from IATA:
Failure: UK Economic Regulation of Airports
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) blasted as a failure the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to allow costs at London airports to rise by a massive […]

March 30
Sadly, Montreal was not one of the iconic cities for Earth Hour, as is clearly shown in the panorama taken from Mount Royal by Jean-Pierre Lavoie. Councillor Marvin Rotrand is quoted, but nowhere do we see mention of the Mayor of Montreal. We were not impressed with Westmount citizens’ participation either - […]

31 March 2008
With thanks to Teresa Chin (Terry) Jones
Research published by SAGE in Political Research Quarterly
The research, conducted by University of Wisconsin’s Kathleen Dolan, examined the National Election Study (NES) data, which provided information about voters’ reactions to female candidates and whether gender affinity was related to the election booth decision. The findings provided […]

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Airlines Cut Profit Outlook 10% on Fuel, U.S. Economy
By John Hughes and Andrea Rothman
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Airline profits worldwide will be 10 percent lower than the industry’s previous 2008 forecast as fuel costs rise and the U.S. economy slows, a trade group said.
Carriers will earn a collective net profit of $4.5 billion, […]

Bhutan Broadcasting Service
BBC Country profile and news
Wednesday Night has two unusual links to Bhutan which have given us a greater than usual interest in this tiny marvelous Land of the Thunder Dragon. The first is through our friend Colin Everard who chose Bhutan as the setting of his novel “Safe Skies” about the […]

March 28
(RCI) POLLUTION PENALTIES PREDICTED FOR CHINA
A report by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce World Markets says that countries like Canada and the U.S. may start imposing a “carbon tariff” on China and other developing nations which are major producers of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The report says that China, India and […]

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Analysis:Why Afghanistan matters
Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Read complete Editorial of Pakistan Daily Times
Afghan leaders and neighbouring states will have to show greater wisdom, assume more responsibility and resolve imagined and real problems before a frustrated world community turns its back on the country
Three cycles of war, experienced over the past thirty years, wiped out the […]

One is not amused. But the rest are wowed

Queen Elizabeth II, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Carla Sarkozy-Bruni and the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip attend a guard of honour review during a welcome ceremony at Windsor Castle. Photograph: Philippe Wolazer/AFP/Getty
He loves us. He adores us. He reveres us! Listening to Nicolas Sarkozy address […]

March 26 1997 – what does the date mean to you? You may be forgiven if you do not immediately recall that the news of the Bre-X bubble burst exactly eleven year ago. “It had all the elements of a great novel: a dramatic rags to riches story, a mysterious suicide (or was it […]

March 25, 2008
Iraq War Botched and Illegal
by Linda McQuaig
(Toronto Star/Common Dreams) Apart from a few enthusiasts of the “surge,” most commentators now regard the Iraq war as a terrible mistake. With Democrats likely to take the White House next year, the focus seems to be shifting to the problem of extricating U.S. troops.
Can the war […]