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Wednesday Night #1490
September 22, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1490

Peter Trent made a brief and welcome visit, having completed the ‘monastic pursuit’ of writing of his book o ...

Wednesday Night #1488
September 8, 2010, 1 Comment

Wednesday Night never fails to surprise – and usually delight – us. This one was no exception, despite the m ...

Canadian general election – the (Liberal) aftermath
September 4, 2010, 2 Comments

See also Canada after 2008 election and Canada’s political showdown and Liberal Party Convention 2009 ; “Being M ...

Wednesday Night #1487
September 1, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1487

If you want to run fast, do it alone. If you want to run far, do it with other people – South African saying The d ...

Wednesday Night #1486
August 25, 2010, 1 Comment

It was noted that Herb Bercovitz is celebrating his 86th birthday on Wednesday 1486, which explains his absence. All pre ...

Conflict minerals
July 24, 2010, Comments Off on Conflict minerals

With thanks to David Kilgour for bringing this to our attention. This is the first time that we have seen the topic rais ...

Stateless persons
July 4, 2010, Comments Off on Stateless persons

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Refugees International – Statelessness An estimated 12 mill ...

Wednesday Night #1478
June 30, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1478

As we approach the second decade of the twenty-first century, the changes, or reluctance to change, on the part of gover ...

How Canada made the G20 happen
June 18, 2010, Comments Off on How Canada made the G20 happen

John Ibbitson and Tara Perkins: How Canada made the G20 happen The expanded group of leaders from Western and developin ...

The Ghosts of Gandamak
May 8, 2010, Comments Off on The Ghosts of Gandamak

By WILLIAM DALRYMPLE * (NYT Op-Ed) THE name Gandamak means little in the West today. Yet this small Afghan village was o ...

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