Monday Morning...
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...
Two of the most read stories on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã website are pretty different:
Perhaps some of you are a little worried that you might have to work a little bit harder to stay fit?
Walking may not be enough on its own to produce significant health benefits, research suggests.
-The last port in southern Somalia outside the control of the Islamic Courts (UIC) movement has fallen to the militants without a shot being fired. Thousands of people are reported to have fled the city in recent days but others are celebrating on the streets. What is your reaction to this development? Is Somalia finally facing real stability? Should the government give up and hand over power to the Islamic Courts Union?
Many of you still talking about the Pope - he is meeting Muslim ambassadors today to discuss inter-religious dialogue. A lot of respondents to this feel that he has apologised enough...
The Basque separatist group Eta has said until the region gets independence from Spain. Will the Basque country ever be independent? Do ordinary Basques want this?
The is due to begin today, in a case that's highlighted long-standing ill-feeling between white settlers and black Kenyans. The defendant is Thomas Cholmondeley, who's accused of murdering an alleged poacher on his estate in the Rift Valley. Mr Cholmondeley is the great-grandson of one of the earliest British settlers in Kenya, Lord Delamere. The defendent was accused of something similar a year ago, but charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
There is talk in Kenya of a need for land reform like Zimbabwe - that large tracts of land still being owned by descendants of white settler is "neo-colonial"... Do Kenyans really want land reform? IS Zimbbawe really the model for any reform?
it froze 20 years ago following the accident at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine. It is unlikely to excite the same interest as Iranian plans for nuclear energy - why is this?
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