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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 ...

The Ghosts of Gandamak
May 8, 2010, Comments Off on The Ghosts of Gandamak

By WILLIAM DALRYMPLE * (NYT Op-Ed) THE name Gandamak means little in the West today. Yet this small Afghan village was o ...

China 2010 Qinghai earthquake
April 22, 2010, Comments Off on China 2010 Qinghai earthquake

David Kilgour: A Tibetan Tragedy The earthquake that struck the Tibetan plateau is only the latest calamity to befall th ...

Wednesday Night #1467
April 14, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1467

See also Wednesday-Night.com for videos and photos Although 1467 was apparently a ‘common’ year with no eart ...

Environment and Law
April 13, 2010, Comments Off on Environment and Law

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecoc ...

Wednesday Night #1466
April 7, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1466

Given  that this  evening’s special guest was Nigel Penney, much of the discussion centered on science and educa ...

Invest in agriculture
April 6, 2010, Comments Off on Invest in agriculture

More on Agriculture & Food Emergent Asset Management How science could spark a second Green Revolution (CSM) To figh ...

Speeding Toward the Currency Graveyard
April 5, 2010, Comments Off on Speeding Toward the Currency Graveyard

We look forward to more comments from Wednesday Night economists – and others fascinated by the topic. From Kimon ...