Monday's early thoughts
"When taking visiting family on a boat ride on the Thames on a scorching hot summer's day, don't forget the suncream". Those were my early thoughts as I got out of bed this morning, with my crisp, beetroot red shoulders causing me much discomfort. (Well that's the polite version anyway).
Here's my thought for today's programme having read the news.
. The former Liberian leader will be the first African head of state to face such a trial. The atrocities in Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war are well documented, and make for pretty sobering reading on a Monday morning journey to work. But there are signs of support for Taylor, apparently posters of the man with the words ``God willing, I shall return鈥 around the streets of Monrovia.
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi says:
This sets a serious precedent鈥.This means that every head of state could meet a similar fate.
What is the reaction in Liberia and around the African continent?
China climate change
. It says it鈥檚 intent on tackling the problem but not at the expense of economic development.
Scientists expect China to overtake the United States this year as the biggest producer of carbon dioxide. China has set itself the target of reducing energy consumption by twenty per-cent over the next three years, and to get more of its energy from renewable sources. The minister who launched the plan, Ma Kai, said China should not be expected to make the same sort of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as developed countries. What are your thoughts on this?
LA Hilton
as I type, is news of Paris Hilton鈥檚 stay in Los Angeles County Jail. The socialite most famous for being rich and for having a sex tape put on the internet, is to serve a 23 day sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol. She鈥檚 going to be separated from the main prison, to be housed in a block reserved for celebrities, public officials, police officers and other high-profile inmates. Sounds like being grounded for three weeks in one of her Daddy鈥檚 hotels would serve as the same level of punishment. I haven鈥檛 heard her take the opportunity to use the fact she鈥檚 being jailed for drink driving to heighten awareness of this potentially fatal activity (it was revealed in the UK just last week that incidences of drink driving are actually increasing). But let me know if you think I鈥檝e got that wrong鈥.
Israel to boycott Britain?
The Israeli parliament is to debate a draft law that could lead to a . This is in response to recent threats from Britain鈥檚 largest trade union to boycott Israel.
"This is not a one-way street" says Danny Yatom, a member of the Israeli parliament. Sounds like one that could be up for discussion today.
Violence continues in Lebanese camps
Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed, as fighting with militants at Lebanon's Ain al-Hilweh camp, near the southern city of Sidon, continued into a second day. Clashes with the Fatah al-Islam group at the northern Nahr al-Bared camp went on during the night, taking the fighting into it's third week. How can the Lebanese state deal with militants on its territory?
Bob Woolmer was not murdered
That was the news that caught my eye the most over the weekend. Scotland Yard have told Jamaican police that , brought on by chronic ill-health and possibly diabetes. Former Pakistan player Asif Iqbal told the 主播大秀 that Jamaican police carried out a "Bollywood kind of investigation". Sighs of relief all round for the players and that were all finger printed and treated as suspects in the investigation. But what about evidence that he was strangled? There are plenty of questions that remain unanswered, so I would like to hear this on the show today.
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