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Wednesday Night #1353
February 6, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1353

If there’s anything going on in the world besides Super Tuesday, it’s hard to discern it in the media, wheth ...

Embroiderers & microcredit: Sheila Arnopoulos in India
January 31, 2008, Comments Off on Embroiderers & microcredit: Sheila Arnopoulos in India

January 30, 2008 From Sheila in Ahmedabad India with grassroots women embroiderers I’m deep into research into Ind ...

Wednesday Night #1348
January 2, 2008, 4 Comments

2 January 2008 Oh Come all Ye Faithful Pedant and Insightful Oh Come Ye, Oh Come Ye to Wednesday Night. Come and be clev ...

Wednesday Night #1347
December 26, 2007, 3 Comments

The amazing Oscar Petersen 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007 is mourned around the world. The last Wednesday Night ...

Asia in 2008
December 20, 2007, Comments Off on Asia in 2008

20 December 2007 The Economist The Olympics put China on the international stage IF THIS is to be the Asian century, fut ...

The Bali Conference – Special Reports to WN + Updates
December 14, 2007, 3 Comments

December 17, 2007 CLIMATE CHANGE: Forward, Hopefully Past the Hurdles Analysis by Ramesh Jaura BONN, Dec 17 (IPS) – ...

Wednesday Night #1344
December 5, 2007, 6 Comments

Oh the weather outside is frightful And the news is not delightful The pundits’ll trumpet our woes While the count ...

China and India resist emissions cap calls
December 4, 2007, Comments Off on China and India resist emissions cap calls

December 4 2007 Anyone in doubt about the pivotal position played by China and India at this month’s global climat ...

Democracy’s Root: Diversity — Tom Friedman
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Democracy’s Root: Diversity — Tom Friedman

November 11, 2007 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Last Tuesday, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican ...

Wednesday Night #1340
November 7, 2007, 2 Comments

7 November 2007 It’s a very mixed and quite bleak bag this week, with the crisis in Pakistan dominating the intern ...

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