http://www.dianaswednesday.com Where the world comes together Wed, 14 May 2008 17:34:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Wednesday Night's discussion encompassed lunar-based solar technology, reports by Kimon of exciting developments in the New School of Athens global governance initiative, the environment, the economy and, of course, acclamation of the publishing achievement that has given birth to The Metropolitain. It was a full ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/wednesday-night-1367/ May 14 Zimbabwe violence could reach crisis levels: UN HARARE (AFP) — The UN warned on Tuesday that post-election violence in Zimbabwe was rising to near crisis levels ahead of a planned presidential run-off, with opposition supporters bearing the brunt of attacks. May 10 Zimbabwe Rival Agrees to Runoff PRETORIA (Reuters) - But chances of ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/zimbabwe/ More on Wednesday-night.com Haiti, among the countries hit hardest by the global food crisis, should return to more homegrown food staples such as corn, experts say. But in this analysis of why the Caribbean country's food crisis runs so deep, the Los Angeles Times reports that local ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/world-hunger/ As Home and Resort Development Cools, Conservationists Snap Up More Land By JIM CARLTON (Wall Street Journal) There's a green lining to the real-estate cloud: Developers are dropping plans to build on some choice pieces of land and instead are selling [them] for such uses as public parks and nature preserves. One of the ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/real-estate-drop-has-a-green-lining/ See also Tibet and The Olympic Protest Primer May 11 Don't coddle Beijing - it must account for its role Darfur: Roméo Dallaire Many consider it taboo to speak of the genocide in Darfur and the upcoming Beijing Olympics in the same breath. I disagree entirely. I believe the two should be firmly ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/spielberg-drops-out-as-adviser-to-beijing-olympics-in-dispute-over-darfur/ AIRSHIP George Monbiot in The Guardian If there is a God, he's not green. Otherwise airships would take off Many will cite the Hindenburg, but flying without harming the planet is possible. These craft are worth developing Of all the charges levelled against environmentalists, perhaps the most unfair is the accusation that ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/airships-aviation-and-the-environment/ (Strategic Forecasting Inc.) Kosovo, Russia and the West 2007 saw the resurgence of a long-dormant issue: independence for Serbia’s breakaway province of Kosovo. The tiny region is a key pressure point on the fault line between Russia and the West. The subject of independence for Kosovo is re-emerging as a serious issue. ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/serbia/ (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 ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/lebanon/ http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/david-rubinger-israel-through-my-lens/ -----Original Message----- From: Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org [mailto:avaaz@avaaz.org] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:02 AM Subject: Burma: 100,000 dead Dear friends, Staggering new estimates suggest that 100,000 people may have died in Burma's terrible cyclone. Incredibly, the corrupt and brutal Burmese government has stopped most international aid at the borders and is impeding the relief ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2008/05/avaaz-on-burma/