Top Stories and Blog Review – 24th February

by Newswire
9:00 am - February 24th 2009

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RETREAT ON DATA SHARING

Nationwide
Brown dragging Labour vote down, poll
Pro-nuclear Green candidate faces axe
Young. Gay. Proud. Battered to death
Taxpayer may get £500bn liability

International
Report: Gitmo detainees treated humanely
Survey reveals broad support for President Obama
Israeli coalition faces more blocks

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail

Moazzam Begg/CIF: Reminds us of a Guantanamo inmate that the media has forgotten.

Victoria Brignell/New Statesman: On assisted death after sudden physical disability.

Feministing: US university crowns it’s first male Homecoming Queen.

Rahila Gupta/CIF: On women fighting fundamentalism

Bartholomew’s Notes: Turned 5 on February 23rd. Happy Birthday!

Paul Rogers/Open Democracy: What will Obama do about Afghanistan and Pakistan?

I was interviewed at Mars Hill for the ‘Twenty Questions To A Fellow Blogger‘ series last weekend. And, previous Netcasts if you’d like a look.

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9:35 am, February 24, 2009

1. Lee Griffin

Great news on the data sharing…now we just have to see what the resulting legislation will be written like. Call me cynical but I don’t expect all of our worries to be written out or “safeguarded” properly.

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