Macleans.ca » Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DFAIT’s spinning on Syria and sanctions http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:57:50 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212551 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/01/dfaits-spinning-on-syria-and-sanctions/feed/ 4 If Canada believes its sanctions are effective, it should be able to say so Foreign Affairs flies into action on the Zahra Kazemi case: “We are concerned that a very negative story might be published on the basis of the above allegations.” http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/27/foreign-affairs-flies-into-action-on-the-zahra-kazemi-case-%e2%80%9cwe-are-concerned-that-a-very-negative-story-might-be-published-on-the-basis-of-the-above-allegations-%e2%80%9d/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/27/foreign-affairs-flies-into-action-on-the-zahra-kazemi-case-%e2%80%9cwe-are-concerned-that-a-very-negative-story-might-be-published-on-the-basis-of-the-above-allegations-%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:32:52 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=72879 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/27/foreign-affairs-flies-into-action-on-the-zahra-kazemi-case-%e2%80%9cwe-are-concerned-that-a-very-negative-story-might-be-published-on-the-basis-of-the-above-allegations-%e2%80%9d/feed/ 11 Last November, I published a story about an Iranian exile by the name of... Foreign Affairs: pursuing all channels to protect Canadians, as long as it doesn't involve leaving the embassy compound http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/canadas-department-of-foreign-affairs-pursuing-all-appropriate-channels-to-protect-canadians-as-long-as-it-doesnt-involve-leaving-the-embassy-compound/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/canadas-department-of-foreign-affairs-pursuing-all-appropriate-channels-to-protect-canadians-as-long-as-it-doesnt-involve-leaving-the-embassy-compound/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 02:17:48 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=59765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/canadas-department-of-foreign-affairs-pursuing-all-appropriate-channels-to-protect-canadians-as-long-as-it-doesnt-involve-leaving-the-embassy-compound/feed/ 2 Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout has been held captive in Somalia since August. In...