http://www.dianaswednesday.com Where the world comes together Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  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 More on Wednesday-Night.com (Reuters) FACTBOX: Themes And Scenarios For G8 Summit In Italy The talks are expected to focus on the ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/g8-summit-july-8-10-2009/ See also Vice President (R) Sarah Palin She never ceases to surprise - and on the eve of The Fourth. Palin announces resignation Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she was resigning her office later this month, a stunning decision that could free her to run for president more easily but also ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/sarah-palin-ii/ BBC Iran country profile ; Iran on Wednesday-Night.com ; Search NYT for Iran ; Slate: Why the Islamic republic has such a youthful population ; Iran on the Economist ; Huffington Post Iran Uprising Live-Blogging ; The Land of Nod Who killed Neda? Not us, Iran claims (National Post Comment) ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/iran-2/ See also Wednesday-night.com on Burma (HuffPost) Gordon Brown: When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon meets the military dictatorship in Burma today he will have the whole world with him. His mission, to persuade the junta to release all political prisoners and engage with democracy, is critical to the future of the ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/myanmarburma/ Why airborne automobiles will never take off (The Economist) WHAT is it about “flying cars” that makes otherwise sensible engineers lose touch with reality? Ever since Glenn Curtiss, a seaplane pioneer, racing legend and the Wright brothers’ rival, tried to make a flying car early in the last century, tinkerers have ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/airborne-cars/ 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) - ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/montreal/ China to allow renminbi trade payments (FT) Beijing moves towards reducing reliance on the US dollar with new rules that will enable importers and exporters to settle their payments to select Chinese companies in renminbi 11 June China’s Commodity Buying Spree HONG KONG — Strong buying by China has helped lift ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/china-the-world-economy/ 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 ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/canada-after-2008-election/ BBC Iran country profile ; Iran on Wednesday-Night.com ; Search NYT for Iran ; Slate: Why the Islamic republic has such a youthful population ; Juan Cole's Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion ; Stratfor Iran Situation Reports and Analyses ; More on Iran It's not the ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/iran-analysis-and-commentary/ President Pushes Health Plan as an Economic Boon ANNANDALE, Va. — President Obama returned to the familiar trappings of a political campaign on Wednesday, holding a town-hall-style meeting where he sought to heighten the urgency surrounding the health care debate and dismissed critics who say the issue is too complex to ... http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2009/07/healthcare/