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Zarqawi, World Cup and the Thai King

Rabiya Parekh | 12:22 UK time, Friday, 9 June 2006

Well it's been quite a day already, and it's only midday! World Cup Have Your Say kicked off this morning and it really was a great listen. As I'm sure you're all aware by now, a special offshoot of WHYS hits the airwaves everyday throughout the tournament. It's your chance to have your say on everything the World Cup has to offer.

But back to today's World Have Your Say agenda.

Zarqawi

Last night we heard peoples reaction to the news of the death of the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Well people have had around 24 hours to digest the information, so how are Iraqi's feeling today? Any safer?

, amid fears of bomb attacks and reprisals. Last night we also had a few texts and emails in wanting to talk about whether Zarkawi would now be seen as a martyr amongst some people, are people talking about that where you are?

World Cup

The greatest sporting event on earth gets under way an hour before we go on air, how could we ignore it. Although estimated audiences are expected to reach in to billions around the world, some fans may not be able to watch a single game.

have been hit the hardest because wranglings over an agreement to air the games live and for free on terrestrial television have had a major setback. A Saudi-owned satellite channel bought the exclusive broadcast rights for the entire region and demanded that Egypt pay up to $5.2 million to relay the matches, a figure considered exorbitant.

So for a country whose number one sport is football, what lengths are people going to watch the games? And what price would you be prepared to pay to watch your team from the comfort of your home?

We're also hoping to catch up WHYS Peter van Dyk who'll be watching the opening game in a square in Munich and finding out how people are feeling as their watching the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej

The much loved , has addressed a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands of people in Bangkok's Royal Plaza during colourful celebrations to mark his 60 years on the throne.

He's the worlds longest serving monarch, and very popular. But what's the secret to his success? We want to talk to people around the world who have ruling monarchs to find out if the share the same sense of admiration for their Royal family.

Get in touch of you live in one of the 28 countries around the world that have monarchies, to tell us what it's like where you live.

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