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Arctic Ice, Oil Sands Protests, and Canadian Climate Change Policy
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- October 10, 2011
Last month saw two events of interest on the climate change front. One is the protest on September 26 in Ottawa by activists opposing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to be built from Alberta to Louisiana in order to take oil from the Alberta oil sands/ tar sands (the label indicating your position on the
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La discrète commémoration du centième anniversaire de la Révolution chinoise de 1911
- Analysis
- October 9, 2011
Il y a un siècle, une des plus importantes révolutions de l’histoire modernes emportait l’Empire mandchou, connu aussi sous son nom chinois de dynastie Qing. Un quart de l’humanité venait de basculer dans la tourmente de la modernité politique. La Chine allait entrer dans quatre décennies d’une pénible période de tourments générée par les rivalités
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Financial Markets and Legal Corruption
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- October 7, 2011
One of the world’s most astute financial experts and investor George Soros is warning that the debt crisis that has plagued Europe and the U.S. since 2008 reminds him of the final years and collapse of the Soviet Union. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Soros is claiming that the financial markets in some respects
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The Arab Democratic Wave and the Middle East Conflict: A Window of Opportunity
- Analysis
- October 4, 2011
In the past nine months popular demonstrations have swept the Middle East and have led to the toppling of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and later Libya. At the same time, other governments in the region have been experiencing intense popular uprisings challenging their rule and asking for political reforms: some are trying to repress
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