natural disasters
Natural Disasters
May 21, 2013, 1 Comment

2011: A year of climate disasters (Spiegel) Natural Disasters Related articles, background features and opinions Extraor ...

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Canada 2012 – 2013 Science & Technology
May 20, 2013, 1 Comment

National Research Council of Canada Allan Gregg: 1984 in 2012 – The Assault on Reason Notes for Remarks to Carleton Un ...

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E is for Espionage
May 19, 2013, 2 Comments

See also M.S. Arctic Sea; The crypto machines of the NSA museum (photos) Remarks by Jim Judd, Director of CSIS, at the G ...

tar sands
Canada, the world & the tar sands 2012 -2013
May 17, 2013, 2 Comments

A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit (NYT) Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely vie ...

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Forests and Deforestation
May 16, 2013, 1 Comment

Illegal logging declining worldwide, but still ‘major problem’ A new report by the Chatham House finds that ...

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WTO
May 16, 2013, 2 Comments

WTO News on Wednesday-night.com WTO Annual Report 2012 (.pdf) The WTO Annual Report 2012 provides a brief summary of the ...

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Arctic Exploitation
May 15, 2013, 1 Comment

Who Owns the Arctic? A Stocktaking of Territorial Disputes     (NYT) The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to ...

U.S. and the world
U.S. Foreign Relations in 2013
May 13, 2013, No Comments

World Outlook for 2013 Foreign Policy: Obama’s Moment Zbigniew Brzezinski writes that President Obama should use t ...

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Africa: economy
May 10, 2013, 1 Comment

African Arguments African Development Bank African economic outlook Africa development indicators 2008-2009 Kenya SciDev ...

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Tibet
May 9, 2013, 2 Comments

See also China, Beijing Olympics and Olympic Protest Prime During Tibet’s early history it was an independent and ...