Week of blunders (The Guardian, 08 Apr 2010, Page 27)

Karzai has not been performing well recently as this summary shows (e.g. he made unfounded accusations fo "fraud" by the West in connection with the elections in Afghanistan in which he himself is accused of fraud)

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Week of blunders

The Guardian
08 Apr 2010

Thursday Karzai sparked controversy when he denied he or his supporters had been guilty of election fraud and blamed outsiders. “There was huge fraud, there was vast fraud. The fraud is not by the Afghans. This fraud has been done by the foreigners.”...read more...

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Election tips (The Guardian, 10 Apr 2010, Page 39)

Can the result of the 6 May election be found in the running of the horses at the grand national?

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Election tips

The Guardian
10 Apr 2010

It is entirely possible that the result of today’s Grand National will give a clue as to the outcome of May’s general election. Tricky Trickster or Niche Market winning at Aintree might suggest a Cameron victory next month, while Can’t Buy Time or Big...read more...

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Electoral affinities (The Guardian, 10 Apr 2010, Page 38)

Labor and the Liberal Democrats need each other in this election year to battle for causes in which b both believe.

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Electoral affinities

The Guardian
10 Apr 2010

“Between Liberalism and Labour there are deep natural affinities,” the Manchester Guardian editor CP Scott wrote in 1923, “but for many a long day each is likely to pursue its separate path.” History has proved Scott’s prediction right. Today’s Liberal...read more...

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Terror attacks near embassies rock Baghdad, kill 41 - The Long War Journal

Terror attacks near embassies rock Baghdad, kill 41 - The Long War Journal

Here is Bill Roggio's take on the terror bombings in Bhagdad upon the embassies of Iran, Germany and Spain in which the death toll (so far) is at 41.

The Guardian, 05 Apr 2010. Page 11

The UK has tougher libel laws than does the USA. Under UK law a film like Oliver Stone's "W" probably could not have been released. An illustration of the tougher UK libel standard is shown by the BBC's decision not to go ahead with a docu-drama that would have included dramatic "reconstructions" (i.e. speculations) of Bush and Blair behind-the-scenes making decisions about Iraq.

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The Guardian
05 Apr 2010

BBC ditches TV drama on Blair and Bush that reopened â€�sexed up dossier’ wounds (The Guardian, 05 Apr 2010, Page 11)

The BBC has scrapped plans for a television series based upon "the accidental American" critical of Blair and Bush on Iraq -- as reported here by the Guardian.

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BBC ditches TV drama on Blair and Bush that reopened â€�sexed up dossier’ wounds
Ben Dowell
The Guardian
05 Apr 2010

The BBC has dropped a potentially controversial TV drama it was developing about Tony Blair’s relationship with George Bush in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, the Guardian has learned. A draft script ordered by the BBC, seen by the Guardian, included...read more...

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The Guardian, 02 Apr 2010. Pages 16 - 17

Here are views from several different commentators who have found good use for the ipad -- I could not justify the price tag of this new device and doubt it will sell to private parties in any considerable number unless the price is lowered.

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The Guardian
02 Apr 2010