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View Article  Dwyer: Canada a vaccine superpower

In the February issue of The Walrus, Gwynne Dwyer makes the case that Canada may well be a vaccine superpower. He does this in the context of a review of the world’s ability to avert/prepare for/deal with a pandemic outbreak of avian flu:

“In 2001, the Canadian government contracted with ID ...   more »

View Article  Kristof on Darfur: Genocide in Slow Motion

An essay that is sad, angry, and horrible:

In Darfur genocide is taking place in slow motion, and there is vast documentary proof of the atrocities. Some of the evidence can be seen in the photo reproduced with this essay, which was leaked from an African Union archive containing thousands ...   more »

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