Archive for July, 2007

World Bank report on governance
July 13, 2007, Comments Off on World Bank report on governance

WORLD BANK DIRECTORS TEST ZOELLICK By Krishna Guha in Washington and Richard McGregor in Beijing Published: July 12 2007 ...

Tension in Georgia may harm economy
July 12, 2007, 2 Comments

12 July Georgia, Washington and Moscow: a Nuclear Geopolitical Poker Game (GlobalResearch.ca)Moscow has stepped up ties ...

Iraqi Insurgent Media: The War Of Images And Ideas
July 12, 2007, Comments Off on Iraqi Insurgent Media: The War Of Images And Ideas

Thought you might appreciate this if you haven’t already seen it–the RFE-Radio Liberty website, currently en ...

Canada raising limits on pesticide residue
July 12, 2007, 1 Comment

Canada is raising the limits on pesticide residue permitted on fruits and vegetables, to bring Canadian standards into l ...

Florida's new emissions standards
July 12, 2007, Comments Off on Florida's new emissions standards

… Charlie Crist, Florida’s Republican state governor, has just announced that he will sign into law some of the ...

Peter Ratzer joins IIED Board
July 12, 2007, Comments Off on Peter Ratzer joins IIED Board

Maggie Catley-Carlson was in town this week and I have now joined her as a trustee of the International Institute for En ...

Wednesday Night #1322 – Postscript on pension plans
July 12, 2007, 1 Comment

DB Plans Rapidly Disappearing: Study July 12, 2007 An increasing number of corporations are doing away with traditional ...

Wednesday Night #1323
July 11, 2007, 5 Comments

Scribe’s Prologue Individual feeling of entitlement usually take precedence over the collective sense of responsib ...

The many faces of Al Qaeda
July 10, 2007, Comments Off on The many faces of Al Qaeda

Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting) 10 July 2007 By Peter Zeihan With all the talk about al Qaeda “leaders,” al ...

Scandals hint at reality behind China's 'miracle'
July 5, 2007, Comments Off on Scandals hint at reality behind China's 'miracle'

  By Howard W. French   July 5, 2007 SHANGHAI: This has been the season of scandal in China, from the revelati ...