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March 2010
March 2010
Vol. 10, No. 7
Featuring a three article feature by Anthony King on the root of our problems in Afghanistan; Eileen… More…
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Banking Bill is a start, but still a long way from the end
Sheila Noakes – Monday Feb 9 2009
As MPs consider the Lords' amendments to the Banking Bill, Baroness Noakes identifies the major amendments that will affect the Bill.
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Housing need is not the same as the housing waiting list
Hal Pawson – Monday Feb 9 2009
On Wednesday this week, MPs will debate housing waiting lists; here Hal Pawson provides the background briefing that every MP needs.
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Rebuilding Gaza must not become a political football
Sultan Barakat and Steven Zyck – Monday Feb 9 2009
With a ceasefire in Gaza, Sultan Barakat and Steven Zyck explain how reconstruction can promote peace.
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Torture has no place in Obama’s US and now is the time to say so
Paul Wilkinson – Monday Feb 9 2009
Last Thursday David Miliband made a statement on Binyam Mohamed. Here Paul Wilkinson asserts that the US about turn on Binyan Mohamed's case would be an early sign of putting its new vision on foreign policy into action.
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Truth and Reconciliation in NI? Not much hope of either
Henry Patterson – Monday Feb 9 2009
Henry Patterson argues that the Eames-Bradley report on dealing with Northern Ireland's past would have an effect that is far from the community reconciliation that it claims is its main priority.
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This scheme for voluntary carbon offsets misses the mark
Jonathan Shopley – Monday Feb 9 2009
Carbon offsets are one of the key mechanisms for addressing climate change but DECC's recently announced quality assurance scheme ignores much of the market.
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