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Kenya 2008-2011
December 8, 2011, Comments Off on Kenya 2008-2011

The Greenbelt movement ; CIA World Factbook ; CIDA overview of Kenya 2011 Kenya: Elections & Aftermath – compr ...

Wednesday Night #1553
December 7, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1553

See exchange on the Middle East with David Oliver & Joumane Chahine With great thanks to Margaret Duthie for her cop ...

The Arab/Middle East world in 2011
November 29, 2011, 2 Comments

The Charlie Rose Islam Series: Inside Islam ; The Guardian: Arab and Middle East unrest ; Iran, Israel/Palestine, Libya, ...

U.S. in 2011
November 29, 2011, 1 Comment

Monitor some of the predictions and see how accurate they were The new census data may favor Republicans, but long-term ...

Wednesday Night #1550
November 15, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1550

This week, we have a double treat. Fiona is flying in from Calgary for a 5-day visit, neatly arranged to permit her to b ...

Europe before and after EU
November 11, 2011, Comments Off on Europe before and after EU

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 ...

Collapse of the Soviet Union and its importance in 2011
November 4, 2011, 1 Comment

Chanting ‘Russia for Russians,’ thousands of nationalists and neo-Nazis march through Moscow (WaPost) Thousands of f ...

Helmut Schmidt: The Truth About Europe's Economic Problems
October 28, 2011, 2 Comments

Helmut Schmidt’s Remarks at the European Central Bank As Europe’s leaders debate what to about the continent ...

Wednesday Night #1545
October 12, 2011, 2 Comments

The main topic remains the Economy – a tradition for Wednesday Night, but we are beginning to wish for a little va ...

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