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Samira Shackle

Samira Shackle is a freelance journalist, who tweets @samirashackle. She was formerly a staff writer for the New Statesman.

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US health-care reform by numbers
24 December 2009

We go behind the figures that have dominated debate on the Senate bill

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Education contradiction
23 December 2009

£533m cuts to university funding point to contradiction in Labour policy

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Claws out: five top 'PM under attack' quotes
23 December 2009

Politicians say the nastiest things . . . about each other

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A winter of discontent
22 December 2009

Official figures show that this is the longest, deepest recession since the war

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A lukewarm electorate
22 December 2009

The latest polls show voter disillusionment, and support for the Tories coming mainly from the rich

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Blacking up: nope, it's still not funny
21 December 2009

Tory MP asks why it is offensive to black up in one-man mission against political correctness

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"Today, censorship cannot hide the truth"
21 December 2009

Upsurge of citizen journalism in Iran as funeral of dissident cleric turns into opposition protest

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Free and Independent?
18 December 2009

Talks between INM and billionaire Lebedev are back on

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"We control and manage internet" . . . wink wink
18 December 2009

Iranian group hacks into Twitter to display anti-American message

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Politics and the law: on collision course?
17 December 2009

The diplomatic storm over Tzipi Livni continues

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