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April 30 marks the hundred-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics - has everyone seen the news that China plans to clear out students and refugees from Beijing before the Games? Nothing being left to […]

For previous news and opinion see Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and the aftermath
April 30, 2008
Pakistan’s planned accord with militants alarms U.S.
By ERIC SCHMITT AND MARK MAZZETTI
(IHT) With cross-border attacks into Afghanistan on the rise, Washington faces the fact that its options are now even more limited, in part because of the change of leadership in […]

BRAVO to Hans and Janet Black, who co-chaired the very successful McGill Chamber Orchestra’s gala evening at Théâtre Maisonneuve on April 15. The performance by 13-year old pianist Jan Lisiecki under the affectionate direction of Boris Brott was brilliant and the entire evening was a triumph. The Orchestra is indeed fortunate to have Hans […]

April 29
Gore investment body closes $683m fund
By Fiona Harvey in London
The investment vehicle headed by Al Gore has closed a new $683m fund to invest in early-stage environmental companies and has mounted a robust defence of green investing.
The Climate Solutions Fund will be one of the biggest in the growing market for investment funds with […]

April 28, 2008
Why Hillary won’t quit
David Jones, Citizen Special
There are all sorts of legends in play about Hillary Clinton’s motivations for continuing her campaign in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
She is obsessed. She thinks she is “owed” the presidency. She believes that it is her turn, and her opponent is an Obama come lately. […]

April 28, 2008
Thanks to Ron Robertson for forwarding this thoughtful piece that addresses the problems of NAFTA and offers intelligent solutions. We hope that it will ’stir the pot’ and elicit further comments. We have only one question: is it realistic to think that the respective bodies would pass the necessary legislation? We […]

Foreign Affairs, May-June 2008 issue
The era of U.S. hegemony is coming to an end and other powers are rising. In this issue of Foreign Affairs, Fareed Zakaria contrasts America’s dwindling power with the decline of the British Empire while CFR President Richard Haass examines the consequences of a nonpolar world. The United States can […]

Brought to our attention by Anne Sophie Coleman OWN, this is a fascinating description of a very different approach to a Salon, and under dangerous conditions which we, fortunately, do not have to endure.
One evening last fall I joined a small crowd in a dusty room off busy Qasr-Al-Nil street in Cairo, facing a banner […]

THE AVIATION AND CARBON MARKETS

EVENT OF THE YEAR
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, will be holding a unique Workshop on Aviation and Carbon Markets on 18/19 June 2008 and has the pleasure to invite your company to be part of this […]

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It would appear that April is the cruellest month - at least for Air Canada passengers (though pets have won out - after a year!). And this used to be consistently voted one of the top airlines by passengers.
April 26 2008
Air Canada to charge $25 for […]