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Burma/Myanmar 2012-2016
October 24, 2016, 4 Comments

(BBC) Should it be Burma or Myanmar? CIA World Factbook: Burma Aung San Suu Kyi (The Elders) Desmond Tutu: Speaking to A ...

Climate change and uncertainty 2012 -2013
December 23, 2013, 2 Comments

The science of ice storms: Why the freeze was so fierce Although no single weather event can be attributed to climate ch ...

China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...

Wednesday Night #1636
July 10, 2013, 1 Comment

The Lac-Mégantic disaster has, perhaps, brought out the best in human beings. What would have constituted a disaster un ...

Japan 2011-2012
July 13, 2012, No Comments

China, Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea (The Diplomat) Although the sovereignty dispute between China, Japan and Tai ...

Population growth, migration and climate change
June 1, 2012, 2 Comments

Forced Migration Online UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Making data dance (The Economist) Hans Rosling has bec ...

Québec in 2011
December 14, 2011, No Comments

Dossier Cyberpresse: Crise au Parti québécois Plan Nord The Plan Nord is the project of a generation. It first offered ...

Turkey
November 5, 2011, 1 Comment

TURKEY: A Rising Influence Among Arab Nations (IPS) Assurances to women by the winners of the Tunisian elections that th ...

Wednesday Night #1533
July 20, 2011, No Comments

The Prologue Maureen Farrow‘s appearance this Wednesday could not be more timely; we eagerly await her world view. ...

Wednesday Night #1522
May 3, 2011, 1 Comment

A recent Facebook post sums it up: Tornadoes, Royal Wedding, Bin Laden, and now Harper. Okay, that’s it. This week ...