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Union for the Mediterranean
July 28, 2008, Comments Off on Union for the Mediterranean

Two and a Half Cheers for the Mediterranean Union by Chris Patten (Project Syndicate) Maybe it is time to be a bit more ...

Zimbabwe
June 18, 2008, Comments Off on Zimbabwe

June 18 South Africa’s Mbeki meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai : South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been des ...

Canada apologizes to aboriginal peoples
June 12, 2008, Comments Off on Canada apologizes to aboriginal peoples

The apology (excerpts of text) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) and Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fonta ...

Israel is 60
May 19, 2008, 1 Comment

See also Wednesday-night.com “Israel for ever” Magnificent Photos Israel through my lens: Sixty Years As a P ...

Wednesday Night #1367
May 14, 2008, 4 Comments

NAFTA/Mexico The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has proven beneficial to both United States and Canada, but ...

The Olympic Protest Primer
April 22, 2008, 1 Comment

An Xin (a Canadian ex-pat in Beijing) writes: So much of what is happening here now feels like a kind of déja vu. Once ...

China, Beijing Olympics
April 8, 2008, 3 Comments

 See also Tibet and The Olympic Protest Primer April 24 China to clear out students, refugees before Olympics Beijing & ...

Bush administration and dissent
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Bush administration and dissent

This piece published in December 2003 was forwarded to us recently with the comment: This is one of the most chilling ar ...

Climate Change Threatens Human Rights Of Millions – UN
February 19, 2008, Comments Off on Climate Change Threatens Human Rights Of Millions – UN

February 20, 2008 (Planet Ark) GENEVA – Climate change threatens the human rights of millions of people who are at ...

Barack Obama: My America
February 4, 2008, Comments Off on Barack Obama: My America

First, he captivated the world. Now a young senator from Illinois has a fighting chance of becoming the first black pres ...