Published: March 18th 2009 - at 9:26 am

Top Stories and Blog Review Wednesday 18th March


by Andrew Hickey    

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Nationwide
MPs condemn Barclays gag on Guardian
Poll: Economic recovery could save Brown
Study: Girls do better without boys
Government bids to allay fears over GM food

International
Fury as Shell cuts back on renewable energy
Outcry in Washington over A.I.G. bonuses
The iPhone is gaining some editing skills
Pope’s attack on condoms sickens campaigners

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Andrew Hickey

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Sarah Ismail writes about disability and sexuality.

Andy Worthington has more on the disgusting way accused terrorists are being denied proper justice.

On my own blog I have a post on the necessity of checking facts before starting a campaign.

Stephen at Lib Dem Voice looks at the newspapers’ ideas about what would happen in a hung parliament, and compares them to reality.

Anton Vowl talks about how the Daily Mail doesn’t like migrants being barred from entering. Well, some migrants…

Amnesty have started a campaign to stop the mass executions of 128 people in Iraq.

In US politics Eli at Firedoglake wonders if Obama will ever have the guts for real change.

And finally John Scalzi on what not to call your TV channel, or you can browse through previous Netcasts


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1. Andrew Hickey

(Just so people are aware, the LJ link in the ‘about’ section is out of date. I now blog at andrewhickey.info )

Welcome to NetCasting! And thanks for the link!


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