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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 ...

Why Baobab?
July 23, 2010, Comments Off on Why Baobab?

A charming piece that explains the origins of the title of The Economist’s new Africa blog. We have been fascinate ...

Wednesday Night #1481
July 21, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1481

Wednesday-Night.com for photos and more Ron Meisels was warmly congratulated on the recent announcement of the Caldwell ...

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 ...

Poland 2010
July 4, 2010, 2 Comments

Komorowski wins Polish presidential election Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland’s ruling pro-business C ...

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 ...

Wednesday Night #1476
June 16, 2010, 1 Comment

China Two Wednesday Nighters who have recently returned from a trip to China sparked the discussion of the signs of seem ...

Ixtoc Disaster Holds Clues to Evolution of an Oil Spill
June 16, 2010, Comments Off on Ixtoc Disaster Holds Clues to Evolution of an Oil Spill

By Matthew O. Berger and Emilio Godoy* WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jun 16, 2010 (IPS) – On a spring day in the Gulf of ...

Wednesday Night #1475
June 9, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1475

Good policy is not the property of any political party and good ideas that are in the interests of the country need to b ...

Afghanistan post 2009 elections
June 2, 2010, 1 Comment

Afghan elections 2009; Hamid Karzai More on Afghanistan Afghan “peace jirga” is marked by rockets, suicide a ...

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