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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 ...

Wednesday Night #1335
October 3, 2007, 1 Comment

3 October 2007 We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Dir ...

Crisis in Burma
September 30, 2007, Comments Off on Crisis in Burma

BBC page on Burma Protests See also Burma on David Kilgour’s website and on Wednesday-night.com Satellite images c ...

Wednesday Night #1310
April 11, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1310

11 April 2007 Hoping that your Easter/Passover holiday was pleasant and the Easter eggs were not all frozen in the snow ...

Wednesday Night #1281
September 20, 2006, 3 Comments

Last week’s Wednesday Night discussion was overtaken by events and thus focused mostly on local issues, with the e ...