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Kurds claim responsibility for oil line blast
(FT) Kurdish separatists claimed responsibility on Thursday for an explosion that has halted the flow of oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, helping to push […]

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It was a brilliant evening in every respect - and there was not even mention of the G8 meeting. There is no way that a summary can reproduce the articulation and clarity of analysis of the two distinguished guests, nor the many excellent interventions from the other informed and focused participants. […]

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Happy Fête nationale to one and all!
This week we are very pleased that Guillaume Lavoie, a seasoned international observer and consultant in government relations has offered to come to Wednesday Night to discuss his recent trip to Iraq, and more particularly, Iraqi Kurdistan.
He “got to […]

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“Israel for ever” Magnificent Photos
Israel through my lens: Sixty Years As a Photojournalist
by Shimon Peres (Foreword), Ruth Corman (Contributor),
David Rubinger (Photographer)

The June 10, 1967 iconic David Rubinger photo above of three Israeli paratroopers who had reached the Western Wall has very special significance to us. David gave us a […]

(Reuters)FACTBOX: Facts about Lebanon’s Hezbollah
(Al Jazeera) Timeline: Crisis in Lebanon

May 11
Fighting spreads east of Beirut
Fighting between rival militias in Lebanon has spread to the mainly Druze mountains just south of Beirut.
Hezbollah and its anti-government allies, using heavy weapons and small arms, attacked areas held by followers of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.
May 10
Hezbollah Begins to […]

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WHAT WENT WRONG - The Economy ; What’s next? ; and related posts on The Economy; Global Monitoring Report and World Hunger

US blights Asia outlook
Emerging Markets - 5th May 2008
By Steve Garton
The credit crunch has not yet played itself out, and Asian economies are not immune from the effects of falling export […]

First, we would draw your attention to last Wednesday’s discussion of China, Tibet & the Olympics - a number of points worth pondering.
NB:
Those of you who were with us last week heard about the Spring Concert to be performed on April 26th by Octet Plus, a choir that includes David Oliver and Holly Jonas. […]

World Bank IMF
IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf)
April 11
Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda
(Reuters Planet Ark) WASHINGTON - Climate change is now one of the World Bank’s top concerns because of its expected impact on health and economic growth in developing countries, the bank’s lead environmental economist said.
Latin […]

This Wednesday, it is a somewhat random-access agenda. Despite (or perhaps because of) our careful monitoring of topics of interest, we find that many are in the category of “been there, done that” too recently and there is little obvious progress in the files. However, there are others that have been somewhat neglected in […]