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The Fall of the Berlin Wall – 9 November 1989
November 9, 2009, Comments Off on The Fall of the Berlin Wall – 9 November 1989

World leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall (FT) World leaders on Monday called for a new spirit of co-operation in tackling ...

Afghan elections 2009
November 3, 2009, 1 Comment

(BBC) Afghanistan country profile ; (Government of Canada) Afghanistan elections 2009 Election officials give Karzai sec ...

The Maurice Duplessis legacy
October 23, 2009, Comments Off on The Maurice Duplessis legacy

An icon of Quebec’s misunderstood past Commenting on Brother André’s canonization, Conrad Black invokes the ...

R2P : Responsibility to protect
September 22, 2009, 1 Comment

The INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (ICRtoP) ; Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Right ...

China post 2008 Olympics
September 4, 2009, Comments Off on China post 2008 Olympics

Chinese separatists blamed for syringe attack violence Chinese authorities dispatched police in riot gear to disperse pr ...

David Jones: Mohamud case not Canadian consular corps' finest hour
August 31, 2009, Comments Off on David Jones: Mohamud case not Canadian consular corps' finest hour

See also Rights of Canadian citizens Published in The Hill Times(subscription required) Khadour’s seclusion sugges ...

Wednesday Night #1434
August 26, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1434

Westmount Examiner: Bercovitz marks 85th in style This Wednesday Night, we plan to celebrate Herb’s milestone 85th bir ...

Rights of Canadian citizens
August 26, 2009, Comments Off on Rights of Canadian citizens

Cannon presses Iran over detained Canadian (CBC) Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has pressed his Iranian counte ...

Wednesday Night #1433
August 19, 2009, 4 Comments

More to come The U.S. Healthcare debate Throughout much of the world and certainly most of the western world, universal ...

Iran's fatwa for freedom
July 16, 2009, Comments Off on Iran's fatwa for freedom

John Locke meets Ayatollah Montazeri The spirit of Thomas Jefferson is alive and well and living in Iran. Grand Ayatolla ...

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