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China: Tiananmen Square
June 4, 2009, Comments Off on China: Tiananmen Square

(CBC Archives) Massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square live reporting from June 4 1989 Jeff Widener: Returning to T ...

Wednesday Night #1422
June 3, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1422

The Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour  funds students in three disciplines that contribute to Quebec’s econom ...

Afghanistan & Pakistan
April 29, 2009, Comments Off on Afghanistan & Pakistan

(FP Morning Brief) The Pakistani military is fighting to retake the Buner district, just a few dozen miles from Islamaba ...

Darfur – A plan
March 22, 2009, 2 Comments

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...

Capitalism and Adam Smith
March 13, 2009, Comments Off on Capitalism and Adam Smith

Despite all [Adam] Smith did to explain and defend the constructive role of the market, he was deeply concerned about th ...

Global Treaty on Climate Change
December 15, 2008, 3 Comments

(IPS coverage) Climate Change Conference — Poznan More than 190 countries meet in Poznan, Poland, for U.N.-sponsor ...

Global Trends
November 21, 2008, Comments Off on Global Trends

(Foreign Policy Morning Brief) U.S. power and influence is waning, according to a new report by the U.S. intelligence co ...

Wednesday Night #1390
October 22, 2008, 2 Comments

T H E  R E P O R T Maureen Farrow paid an unexpected – and most welcome – visit, contributing immensely to ...

Russia & Georgia – another viewpoint
September 2, 2008, 1 Comment

This fascinating counter view of the respective roles of the belligerents and those of the U.S. and the U.K. is a must-r ...

Beijing Olympics III
August 28, 2008, 6 Comments

NBC coverage and Photos of venues Reuters   New York Times     CBC China, Beijing Olympics ; Tibet Official websit ...