Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008	Western leaders blast Russia for recognizing Abkhazia, S.Ossetia
MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign leaders spoke out Tuesday against Russia's decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while people in the Georgian breakaway regions greeted the news with raucous celebrations. Britain, the United States, Germany, France and Italy expressed...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	Cannon fodder for the market
Reflections of Fidel: PERHAPS some governments are unaware of the concrete facts, and so for that reason Raúl’s message setting Cuba’s position seemed to us to be very timely. I shall be generous in the aspects that cannot be dealt with in a brief and precise official statement. ...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita Posted On:  Aug 9, 2008	New Muslim wedding contract in Britain
New from Britain: a new Muslim wedding contract has been implemented in the UK . Because it offers certain rights for women - and demands certain things of men (women are guaranteed the right to divorce, men must vow to not be abusive), it has been called “revolutionary”....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	The Two Koreas
Reflections of Fidel: PART I - THE Korean nation, with its unique culture that differentiates it from its Chinese and Japanese neighbors, has existed for three thousand years. These characteristics are typical of societies in that Asian region, including those of China, Vietnam and...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Jul 14, 2008	Corporate Multiculturalism - do we have it ; does it need to change?
Does Canadian multiculturalism need some tweaking or a major overhaul? This past spring, Trevor Phillips , Chair of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission visited Toronto, generating as always,  discussion about the nature of diversity and citizenship in a post 9/11...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	THE POWERLESS POWERS
Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jul 14, 2008	Corporate Multiculturalism - do we have it ; does it need to change?
Does Canadian multiculturalism need some tweaking or a major overhaul? This past spring, Trevor Phillips , Chair of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission visited Toronto, generating as always,  discussion about the nature of diversity and citizenship in a post 9/11...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 11, 2008	Bahamas Equipped To Tackle The Future - Says Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham On The Country's 35th Birthday
PM: Bahamas Equipped to Tackle The Future: By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas: In his Independence Day address to the nation, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday urged the Bahamas to draw on all its talents, resources and cultural strength in facing internal and external...... [view]

Posted By:  rebeccalatham Posted On:  Apr 9, 2008	Finch & Blossoms Miniature Painting - Watercolor
This is a new miniature I painted that went to England for a miniature art exhibit. It is a finch with apple blossoms and is a little smaller than 4×6. My Dad has some awesome flowering fruit trees that I love …which inspired this painting… (I have ’spring...... [view]

Posted By:  Steve04 Posted On:  Apr 12, 2008	EXTRADITION -WHO ART THOU?
The radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko which led to his horrifying death in London raised international furore with Britain and Russia as the principal actors. The genesis of the dispute can be traced to the foundation laid by British detectives that Alexander Litvinenko was...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	The Chinese victory (Part II)
Reflections of Fidel: WHEN World War I broke out in 1914, China joined the allies. As recompense, China was promised that the German concessions in the province of Shandong would be returned to them at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Versailles, which President Woodrow Wilson...... [view]