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As Anu wrote earlier, with yet another person related to a presiding judge killed in Baghdad, the trial of Saddam has run into more problems. What should happen now?
And you've been telling us about a new documentary called Jesus Camp. It's only been shown at a film festival or two, but already it's one of America's biggest talking points.
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You can read emails and text messages here, and of course post your own comments as well.
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Fair trial or farce?
Today, of another judge in has been shot dead. Does it make sense to carry on trying him as the country falls apart all around? Do you think Saddam's trial is as fair as possible, or a farce?
Jesus Camp
Have you seen the documentary , which follows three children a the Kids on Fire Pentecostal summer camp in North Dakota? The pastor in charge says she's training Christian children for war. What did you think of it? True faith, or indoctrination? Keep reading for more details and please get in touch if you saw the film or want to talk about it!
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Two particularly good ideas you've sent in. Have a read and tell us if you'd like to discuss them. Or post your own!
Montgomery wrote:
"The matter of pensions of African soldiers who fought for France in the Second World War highlights the marginalization which many people of color who fought in the Allied Forces, have been relegated. As the son of an African-American who fought in Europe with the U.S. Army, I well remember my father's stories of meeting Senegalese and Moroccan soldiers. I hope Chirac will finally give these soldiers their due. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THIS ISSUE DISCUSSED."
Serina Dal says:
"I am hoping that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã will talk about asylum seekers at a time when immigration is a touchy issue."
Montgomery, Serina- thanks for these fantastic ideas. I just wondered if you would like to come on air today to share your idea with other listeners, so we can get a conversation going. I have no way of contacting you, so if you see this post, please email me.
It's James here, and as always, we're turning the show over to you. You set the agenda, so what do you want to talk about today? Here's some ideas to get you started, but if you've seen a great story that i've missed, let us know by posting a comment on our blog.
Perhaps we should turn our attention to , where voters will be heading to the polls on Sunday for presidential elections. In the news today, current president has with other candidates hours before it was due to go on air. It's the latest instalment in a campaign beset by allegations of dirty tricks and corruption. Will you vote in the Brazilian election? What are the main issues at stake for you? And if you're outside Brazil, let us know what you think about the possibility of another Lula term.
Leave your comments here on the blog, or have your say in our .
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As *Anu* wrote earlier, today we're talking about President Musharraf. We want to know if you think Pakistani president is doing enough to fight terrorism.
And, later in the show well be finding out your reaction to the decision by the International Cricket Council to find the Pakistan team not guilty of ball tampering but guilty of bringing the game in to disrepute by walking off the pitch during their test match against England this summer... Post your comment now.
You can read emails and text messages here, and of course post your own comments as well.
Here goes...
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Last night, here in Britain, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Newsnight programme with President Musharraf of Pakistan. He's been quite the charmer in Washington as he promoted his , poked his finger in a few political eyes and appeared on the , a popular comedy act, eating Twinkies and joking about Osama bin Laden (and George Bush). Today, it's all a bit more serious. He's meeting Tony Blair and no doubt they'll be discussing .
KEY EXCERPTS...
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It is customary on World Have Your Say to ask the world what it wants to talk about. That means YOU. What issues or events are sparking your interest?
I have a few ideas of my own, but feel free to totally undermine them with your own, much better, talking points. Leave us a comment on the form below (and don't forget to give us your number although we won't publish these).
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We're an open news programme where you set the agenda and today you want to talk about the intelligence report by 16 US agencies which say the Iraq conflict has helped fuel terror around the world. Has it?
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Just to add a few things to James' post about the National Intelligence Estimate in the US. Here's what some of you are saying:
"This is the only possible consequence from an unjustified, unrighteous war. This is exactly what I expected would happen. What did you think... the Muslims were going to throw a party and rejoice because the United States invaded the Middle East?" -Christos Damalas, Virginia Beach, VA
And so far, a lone voice of dissent:
"Most of the people always relate war, with 'bad things', but is not true. If it wasn't for the war many Iraqis would have still been tortured by Sadam's terror regime. Freedom is not free, sadly the result is terror for the innocents."-Jaime Ortega Simo, Madrid, Spain
Speaking of dissent, we all might be part of the same happy , but we certainly don't see eye to eye.....
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It's James here looking after the blog today. Mark wants to know what you think about today's top story - the US intelligence report which says that the conflict in Iraq has . President Bush has denied this, and has decided to make some of the report available to the public. This includes sections which support the White House view that a victory in Iraq would be a big prize, with fewer enemy fighters inspired to carry on. What do you think? Has the Iraq conflict caused more global terrorism? Or is it just an excuse for violence by extremists?
You can leave your comments on the blog, or in the online debate.
To get you thinking, says it's absurd for George Bush and Tony Blair to deny that Iraq has increased terrorism. But says just leaving Iraq isn't the solution.
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Hi there. It didn't take long in this morning's meeting for us all to realise that it's the European Union that has got a lot of you . Romania and Bulgaria and will become the Union's 26th and 27th members at the beginning of next year.
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Today's top story is the . That's due today at around 1500 CET. The conditions will be tougher than for any previous entrants - we went to , but what do people there think now it's a reality. Assuming it is of course.
You can online already, or have your say here, of course.
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As , today we're talking about a new movie about - sort of - Kazakhstan, the rise of the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia, and asking if television shows are chasing too much danger.
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Hello. Three subjects are going to occupy us this evening. The comedian is making a lot of people laugh, but not a lot of friends in at the moment. His character is a Kazakhstani reporter who, well, doesn't really represent his country as those who really live there might want. You'll get the gist of it by watching the trailer.
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The Kazakh president will probably arrive in the US tomorrow an unhappy man. Borat: Cultural Learnings Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has recieved rave reviews in the US, but the comedy creation of Sacha Boren Cohen AKA Ali G has who would really rather not have their country portayed as sexist and racist, however satirical it is.
Are Kazakhs really offended by Borat? Do you think they are right to take offence? Have you seen the film? Does Borat put you off visiting Kazakhstan, or has he sparked your interest in the Central Asian republic?
This isn't the only thing we wil be talking about today though, so send us your ideas of comment on any of mine...
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Today in a special edition of the programme we're live on Jozi FM in Soweto as well as around the world on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã.
We've joined forces to pay tribute to a brilliant young reporter from Jozi FM, Jabulani Mlangeni. Jabu helped out with World Have Your Say's trip to South Africa in May, but was murdered three weeks ago.
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Yesterday's programme was an oddity. Good subject, a good response , and good guests, but it didn't gel on air. There were some technical difficulties (bad phone lines and a long "delay" on a couple of the lines out of Uganda and Nigeria) but nothing insurmountable but for whatever reason we didn't sell the subject well enough on air and as Liliane, a much respected boss here, put it- "it didn't grip me". So i'm sorry, i hope we'll do better today.
Today's has previewed our special programme today, and i sincerely hope you've read Ros's excellent blog posting. which doesn't need anything added from me
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It's normally a great pleasure to talk to you on this blog, but this is a post which I'm very sad to be writing.
Back in May, I travelled to Johannesburg with Mark and Fiona from and two colleagues from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's domestic news and sport station Five Live. Three of the shows were broadcast from Soweto and we asked a number of Sowetans to help us get the shows off the ground.
One of first people we turned to was Jabulani Mlangeni, a brilliant news reporter for Soweto's community radio station . From the moment he greeted us in with a huge smile and a handshake worthy of old friends, he was a joy to work with.
Last week we heard the terrible news that . Shot dead as he walked home from work with a colleague and for no apparent reason. His assailants said little, and took nothing but his life.
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Good Morning! This is the daily call for any ideas of what you would like us to discuss on todays's programme. What stories and events have caught your eye? Please let us know.
At any rate, we definitely want to talk about violence in South Africa...
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Today, as Thailand enters its third day under military rule, we're asking if a coup can ever be justified, and when a coup becomes a revolution.
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We talked about Thailand on the programme on Tuesday just an hour or so after the bloodless coup began. We heard voices from Bangkok and elsewhere telling us that people were- broadly speaking- supportive of the action to depose Thaksin Shinawatra , regardless of the fact that the action is . We thought we'd go back to Thailand for today's programme but widen the debate out a bit.....
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Welcome back to out triumphant EU team. They should all be back in London by now and no doubt full if tales of how well the programme went. We're keen to hear your feedback.
World Peace Day -
It's the 25th, and was set up by the UN. Now, is the world really a more peaceful place..? I'm sure many people would scoff at the mere idea of marking today when you consider all that is going on. Tell us what you think?
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Admittedly there's nothing new in this poll' the world opposes aggressive means to stop Irans possible nuclear arms programme. It also says that world opinion rejects Iran's claim that it is simply trying to develop nuclear energy. Will the powers that be really listen to the world?
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...and London, which is where I am. So welcome to our EU accession special, which Richard has been working on for some time. He's in with our audience there, while Priya is with our guests in and Ros is in charge of the discussion from .
You can read emails and text messages here, and of course post your own comments as well. And if you're torn between emailing or posting on the blog, please post a comment here as it's more likely to make it on to the site.
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(From ROS).....Should Bulgaria and Romania be allowed to join the -indeed, do they want to?
It was a very early wake up call this morning, as David, Puja and I have taken the train from London to Brussels ahead of tonight's programme. But you won't find me complaining. Compared with the regular trains in Britain, the feels like the Royal Train and we've been greeted by a crystal clear Autumn day.
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Thanks very much to everyone in Thailand - from Qon in Pattaya to Ron in Bangkok- who took the time to speak to us on the programme. Without wishing to generalise, the "mood" of our contributors seemed to be that the coup isn't much of a surprise and it's unnerving rather than frightening. Many reported the international tv channels had been blocked. We also heard from Robert in Chang Mai who told us there are all sorts of rumours that phones and internet access is to be cut off.
later on we talked about politicians lying and had a lot of callers from Budapest-some of whom said their PM admitting to telling porkies had actually made him more popular.
Within the last few minutes we've been hearing that the army-owned television station in Thailand has suspended its regular programming and is broadcasting images of the royal family and songs which correspondents say have been associated in the past with military coups. The Reuters news agency says tanks have been seen around the government headquarters in Bangkok.
The Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is attending the UN General Assembly in New York, has declared a state of emergency.
If you're in Bangkok, or you have relatives there,what are you hearing?
We'll get you as many voices as we can from Thailand on the programme in just over an hour's time..
What's the old gag about how you know when a politician is lying ; you'll see their lips move. Do you need a certain level of dishonesty to get on in the back stabbing world of politics? Ferenc Gyurcsany, the Hungarian PM says So, do you need to be untruthful to get on? Whether to protect state secrets, or other individuals or for what you think is the country's best interests?
Or do you think it's a cynical view and there are plenty of straight, honest politicians out there?
We'll talk with you about it on today's show..
Although it's well past lunchtime for most of you. Anyway, today we think it's time to move on from the Pope's comments. If you disagree, let us know by email or a post on the blog. (As an aside, your comment has more chance of making it to the web site if it's posted on the blog rather than emailed - this goes for while the programme is on air as well.)
What we think we should turn to today is the . The prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, has .
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The bandwagon of criticism grew bigger today. Everyone from Chechen rebels to British Muslim clerics have condemned the Pope's speech in which he appeared to express negative views of Islam.
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What does the reaction to the Pope's comments say about Islam? You've seen the stories of people burning effigies. Of the . The British columnist, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown , asking why Muslims aren't protesting about Darfur. And tens of thousands of you have written in, . In fact, we're still struggling to read and post all your comments.
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There's no question what you want to talk about today! Earlier this week, Pope Benedict gave a speech on religion and violence in Germany. He quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things. Read excerpts of the Pope's speech .
So should the Pope apologise? Should he and other religious leaders be allowed to speak and debate freely? Or was he being plain offensive? You can join the debate .
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Good Morning, I'm back in West London looking for the topics and news stories that are and will get you all talking on tonight's programme. Fancy giving me a hand?
Here's some of mine...
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Today, we want to hear your reaction, especially if you're in Canada, to the We'll also be talking about a that men, no matter what race, age or occupation, are smarter than women. And the comedian who's got Kazakhs and his fellow Jews hopping mad.
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You don't normally get real bona fide thunderstorms in London, but last night was a bit special. At least I thought so. And so today I'm in bright and early to demand some more ideas from you. Any flashes of inspiration? Send them our way.
Here's an interesting idea...
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Today we are talking about employers spying on their workers, and if there should be a ban on skinny fashion models... read on to find out what our callers are talking about right now....
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Beautiful or bad for you? About time? Or too intrusive?
Speaking of intrusive, If they're paying you good money, is it okay for them to monitor how you spend your time, in the office, and sometimes even at home?
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A bit slow today on the news agenda, although there seems to be plenty of news around. Your challenge this morning is to turn the stories in to talking points you think we should be debating.
I have a smallish list, but I'll let you decide.
NATO
. Why is your country so reluctant to help out? Could be because NATO says Afghan suicide bombings kill 173 since January?
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Today we're looking at the lives of children around the world. It follows the publication of a letter in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, signed by several well-known experts on children. Tthey describe 'A sinister cocktail of junk food, marketing, over-competitive schooling and electronic entertainment'. The consequences, they warn, are increased child depression, slower learning, and weaker social skills. There's even talk of the 'death of childhood'.
We also talked about Madonna's controversial concert today in Moscow.
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I tend to go into the same shop each morning and cast my eye over all the newspaper headlines before taking my pick. One jumped out today. says the front-page of the Daily Telegraph. It’s referring to the paper has received from a number of academics and children's experts.
They are talking about life in Britain, but what about the rest of the world I thought with an eye on today's programme? It seems Priya (who was the first in today) was having similar thoughts.
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That's what we are wondering. At this point in the morning it is customary to lay out some story ideas and then ask you what you think?
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I've just come out of the studio with a feeling that a couple of matters weren't cleared up on air as I'd have liked.
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Almost 3000 people died in the 9/11 attacks. The World Trade Center in New York was destroyed, the Pentagon - the home of the US Defense Department - was badly damaged... and a United Airlines flight crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
So what, on this anniversary, would you like to talk about? What are the issues, the feelings, the memories, that are most important to you today....
Later on, we will hear from Palestinians about the news the Hamas and Fatah are to form a governemnt of national unity...
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Hi there. I've not been working on the programme for the past few weeks (a new daughter has been keeping me entertained) and it's really good to be back. I have been reading your comments on the blog between nappy changes, but it'll be good to talk to you on air later. It's not too often on this programme that you know what we'll be talking about on the morning of a show, let alone several weeks in advance. But when I went off on paternity leave a few weeks ago, I noticed my first shift back would be on September 11th and I was pretty sure what would dominate the programme today. I listened to Friday's programme when some of you clearly felt there was too much discussion of 9/11 but there is no doubt that many more of you still want to talk about it.
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We've just come off air and I've been thinking about what Simon in Italy and Jason in New York were saying on today's programme. They disagreed about 9/11 commemorations, but agreed that the media really gorges on the tragedy. It's something all of us here on the team grapple with everday.
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Today we discussed security on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, asked you if you think there's been too much coverage of the 9/11 anniversary (and it's still three days away...) and heared from Star Trek fans on the 40th anniversary of the first show.
As always, you can post your comment here and read emails and text messages from other listeners as well.
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Ok we've put as many of your ideas into today's programme as possible. You sent in lots of different suggestions, including:
*America's deteriorating relations with the Arab & Muslim world.
*Rendition and secret prisons.
*Not to mention the on Monday.
Yet, Olen says:
It seems as if Ö÷²¥´óÐã radio is really looking at everything through a lens of horror and terror. There are a few news items that are good (eg. the resignation of Blair), but it seems that war and terror stories rule the day.
It's impossible to please everyone, but here goes. Today (drum roll please):
Has Pakistan given up fighting the war on terror? Have they effectively We're also asking if you're tired of 9-11 anniversaries?
Also, if you're a Star Trek fan, keep reading.
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I'm not sure if it's been mentioned before, but the producer on early shift to pull together the days news does it from Television Centre. On most days it doesn't feel like a chore to come right out to the very West of London and sit in a windowless room straing at our computer screens.
Today however, it really is. It is glorious outside! Autumnal sun and a fresh crisp breeze. In stark contrast, the office is dull, air conditioned and ever so slightly depressing. But I've had a great time trying to find some interseting stories to talk about.
First up is this question I came across in The Daily Telegraph. They are asking if A new study commissioned by former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith has concluded that marriage is the best environment to raise children because it offers the greatest chance of a stable upbringing.
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We begin with Natascha Kampusch, abducted and held for 8 years in an underground cell, giving her first TV interview. It's the most read story on the web….what did people make of her interview? Are Austrians feeling collective guilt over her story? What chance of her leading a normal life now that she's done this round of interviews?
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As you know here at WHYS we like to tell you, the audience, about any future projects we've got cooking. Well the next "biggie", so to speak, is coming up on September 20th. We're going to be doing a rather ambitious programme from three, yes, THREE locations at once. We'll be in...
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I've been away from the programme for a week (and away from the news too). But this morning, two stories really tugged at me: Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl, .... and the story of , even though they can see it breaking up all around them.
Did you see Natascha's interview? What's your reaction to her? Get in touch
Also- we'll be opening a rare window into life inside Iraq by talking to an Iraqi journalist who's fled. Get in touch to talk to him live on air. Or post your comments on the debate
Morning globe trotting bloggers. I hope today will bring you joys the likes of which you have never experienced before. I've already had a small gem today.
After believing that i'd missed the and therefore missed the opportunity to get the exploits of Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise onto WHYS, i find out that that the anniversary is actually tomorrow. And like a dejected Willy Fogg who'd thought he was a day late in his quest to make it around the world in 80 days, i too realised that i'd got an extra day to convince the team that we should celebrate this most moments occasion. If i succeed you'll hear about it tomorrow.
Right, onto today...
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Sorry for no presenter blog post earlier today, Rahul is new and can't cope with too many things at once!
Anyway back to today, we spoke all about Blair, Tony Blair that is. Many of his friends and colleagues in the Labour party say its time for him to go, he says they are being disloyal.This is what you thought...
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There are severe delays on the Bakerloo line, and severe over crowding on every other line. Just don't take the London Underground, its better to walk. Anyway, what shall we talk about on today's programme? I need your help.
Here are some of the stories kicking about today, the list is not exhaustive, so we really want to know if you think there is something else that people are talking about, or would want to talk about. So post a comment please!
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Later this year the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is launching Generation Next, a week of special programmes dedicated to understanding and exploring the world through the eyes of the next generation.
We want to find out what the two billion people under the age of 18 think is important, what they feel about the big issues of the day, and what stories we should be covering in Generation Next.
Here on World Have Your Say we'll be trying to hear from as many under-18s as we can, talking about what they want to talk about.
If you are under 18 then please get in touch - or if you know anyone under 18 ask them to contact us. If you're an old codger like me then please tell us what you want to hear from tomorrow's adults.
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Isn't it time Africa accepted gay and lesbian rights? That's what we're asking today. Ghana's government has due to take place there later today.
The Information Minister Kwamena Bartels said, "Government does not condone any such activity which violently offends the culture, morality and heritage of the entire people of Ghana." Do you agree with him?
Our correspondent there says gays and lesbians in Ghana maintain their relationships underground because of the social stigma associated with their sexual orientation.
And earlier this year, awas told by a church leader he is no longer welcome because of his views on homosexuality.
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I'm not excited about much that's out there today - perhaps you can help by telling us what we should be talking about.
I've included the top stories this morning, but one thing that caught my eye is the return of Iraq's parliament after a month-long recess - AFP reports that it will discuss breaking up country into semi-independent regions. Would that be a final arrangement or just a step on the path to a complete breakup of Iraq?
We also could talk about suicide in prisons - Ian Huntley, who was jailed for life for the 2002 Soham murders, was . Should a prisoner be allowed to take his own life?
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Hopes, Confusion and Passion
Good afternoon, I'm manisha Tank and I'll be presenting World Have Your Say this evening. Peering out of the window here in London at the last sun rays of the British Summer, it's easy to think that all is at peace with the World. Of course, I'm dreaming but it's dreams and a lot of hope that are holding together the fragile peace in Darfur, Western Sudan.
Just when the UN had decided it could send 20,000 peace keepers in to replace the African Union's 7,000 troops, Khartoum says would rather go it alone.
Is this the beginning, as the UN says, of a new man-made catastrophe for Darfur? How do the Sudanese people feel about this crisis and what do they want?
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A new dawn for World Have Your Say. Thanks for all your farewell messages to Kevin - it is an example to the rest of us (well, me anyway) about how he has talked to you. It's up to the rest of us to pick up the baton...
For today, the stories I'm most interested in are one in ten British Asians under-35s telling ICM (for the Asian Network) that honour killings can be justified.
Also, a tax expert has declared that Britain, America and Switzerland are more corrupt than developing countries because their tax havens do more damage. More details on that one down below, along with a proposal to pay young Britons for doing well in maths A-levels.
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The programme is finished and we had a good time with it. Thanks for all your questions to Jesse Jackson - sorry we couldn't pput more of them to him - he wasn't able to be with us for as long as we had hoped.
Before we talked to Rev Jackson, we discussed the case of 12-year-old Molly Campbell, who says she wants to be known by her Islamic name, Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana, and to stay in Pakistan. When do you think a child should be allowed to decide which parent he or she lives with?
Your emails and text messages are here, along with a hint of how the conversation went, and of course you can post your own comments to continue the discussion.
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An air of sadness at the meeting this morning, as Ben and leave the World Have Your Say team for pastures new .
So its bye bye to them but hello to the . He will be talking your calls for an hour tonight.
He is in the Middle East trying to secure the release of the being held by Hezbollah and Hamas.
You can talk to him about the situation in the , the civil rights movement in the USA in fact just about anything you want.
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Morning blog world. Before I get on with the daily post I must inform you that today is a sad day for World Have Your Say as not one, but TWO members of the team are leaving us. Mr Kevin Anderson, whose blog posts have kept you gripped for nearly six months, is heading off to the Guardian to be their blogger-in-chief (or something like that). And, "Gentle" Ben Allen, whose "sweet hording" has become legendry over the last three months, is leaving us to join the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Five Live Drive time show. They'll both be missed.
Right, blubbing over lets get down to some news......
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