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(NYT) YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling military junta gave no sign to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, that it was prepared to accept any outside pressure about the future of democracy here, rejecting his request on Saturday to visit the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and offering […]

 The Road to Italy’s 2009 G8 Summit - all major meetings since the G8 Summit of 2008
Kimon Valaskakis writes for the G8 Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility KV CSR for G8 PDF
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(Reuters) FACTBOX: Themes And Scenarios For G8 Summit In Italy
The talks are expected to focus on the state of the world economy, […]

Here is the wonderful  Montreal City Weblog that does 99.9% of our Montreal-focused work for us. While it also covers aspects that do not interest us - readers will have remarked on our avoidance of organized sport topics with a few rare exceptions (we consider politics a dis-organized sport) - it is full of current […]

See  Canada economy 2009
Kelly McParland: Latest studies show Canada is one awful country (Don’t be too alarmed, this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek)
Boy, do we stink. A nation of dirty-lunged, out-of-work, spendaholic chronic invalids, with a lousy banking system. How did this happen? I wonder if it’s too late to emigrate to North Korea?
1 July
Liberal-Era Diplomatic […]

(BBC) Afghanistan country profile ; Pakistan post 2008 elections - Updates
U.S. deploys 4,000 Marines in major Afghan offensive
With the backing of helicopter gunships, nearly 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan soldiers launched a ground campaign in the volatile Helmand River valley, where poppy crops provide the Taliban with a significant source […]

Healthcare reform in the United States
Under the current system, Americans have achieved rather extensive health care coverage for a high percentage of its citizens, but at excessive cost and with a significant portion of the population receiving inadequate treatment or monitoring. President Obama’s challenge will be to overcome the sanctity of the free enterprise […]

The Pew Research Center for the people and the press ; Reporters Without Borders/Sans Frontières

Canada’s National Press Gallery Admonishes China Business Lobby
(Epoch Times) Canada’s Parliamentary Press Gallery has issued a stern rebuke to the Canada China Business Council, saying it is “completely displeased” with the way the CCBC handled media access to a […]

See Canada-U.S. post 2008 elections ; The best countries for business, 2009
(RCI) The Alberta government ran a budget deficit of $852 million in the fiscal year that ended in March, the energy-rich province’s first deficit in 15 years. The government had predicted a surplus of $8.5 billion. That prediction was wrecked by plummeting […]

More on Water and on Wednesday-Night.com     Thirst a powerful slide show on water ; Stockholm International Water Institute ; Nanotechnology for clean water
Clean Water Should Be Recognized as a Human Right
Firstly, access to clean water can substantially reduce the global burden disease caused by water-borne infections. Secondly, the privatization of water—as witnessed in Bolivia, Ghana […]

See also Canada after 2008 election and Canada’s political showdown and Liberal Party Convention 2009 ; “Being Michael Ignatieff” by Michael Valpy
Robert Galbraith’s photos of Liberal Fundraiser in Montreal - June 4, 2009
Ignatieff on how the West will be won
… In part, he said, the Liberals have tried to win votes in Toronto […]