Iraq: counting on change

iraq-elections09Iraq began a year of elections with regional council votes in 14 governorates on Saturday. Yet more work has still to be done to guarantee a fair national dialogue on the issues – in the press, through the national media, the public broadcaster and by the independent election authority itself. Rohan Jayasekera reports

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Snow censored

Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow has claimed that his ITN bosses frequently censor his blog.

Speaking at the Hay Literary Festival in Cartagena, Colombia, Snow said as many as one in four of his blog post is supressed.

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Slumming it

slumdog_millionaireIndians calling for the banning of hit film Slumdog Millionaire are displaying a very skewed sense of priority, says Salil Tripathi

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