14 September 2011 - Reasons for Venezuela election victories
14 September 2011 - Iraq internal violence is used to call for prolonging of US occupation
1 September 2011 - BBC misinterprets Hague quote in website headline

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Afghanistan: Ten Years of the Grand Narrative
Steve Nutt, 30 September 2011

The war in Afghanistan is fast approaching its 10th anniversary. In recent weeks we have seen coordinated attacks in Kabul and a number of high profile assassinations by the "Taliban" or the "Haqqani Taliban", NATO's opponents in its increasingly confused and labyrinthine occupation. From the start, the war in Afghanistan has been...

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Political Theatre: Using the Media to Campaign for Tax Cuts
Graham Bell, 26 September 2011

Early in September the BBC news reported on those calling for the 50p tax rate to be cut, by giving an enormous amount of attention on television, radio and online news to a letter sent to the Financial Times and signed by twenty people who wanted the top rate to be...

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