Published: February 13th 2009 - at 8:48 am

Top Stories and Blog Review – 13th February


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WHITEHALL PERKS REVEALED

Nationwide
Marriage rates crash to all-time low
Gordon Brown vows to ‘claw back’ bonuses
BT warns of more losses after profits plunge 81%
Icy roads warning amid big freeze

International
Mumbai terror attack planned in Pakistan
Hamas ‘set for truce with Israel’
World in denial about trafficking, says UN
Sri Lanka accused of planning concentration camps

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin

Andy Worthington has a superb analysis of where we are with the Binyam Mohamed case.

Vino S reviews the outcome of the Israeli elections.

Gareth Aubrey wonders why we’re spending £7bn on a set of diesel trains if we’re supposed to be helping the environment?

Jailhouselawyer discusses what purpose religion serves inside prisons and the danger of radicalisation alongside it.

Adrian Smith: surprise, surprise, government figures don’t add up to actually helping those that need it.

Chris Davies MEP blogs about his view in Gaza, and he can see the bright side of this awful situation.

Program your own mind (shameless plug) wonders why so little is being done to encourage school attendance rather than punish truancy.

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