Monday 19th November..lots to talk about...
Hi It's Karnie attempting to set the agenda for the first time..It;s a gloomy day here in London. I tried to get here as early as possible to get the morning blg going but was stuck on delayed trains. I commute from Berkshire every day, which is about 30 mins drive outside London, so it takes me that bit extra to get in each day..BUT I had the opportunity to have a good read of the newspapers tghis morning and this is what I have come up with..Quite a few things have caught my eye ...let us know what you think and what you'd like to talk about....
Asean and Burma
The Association of South East Asian Nations has rejected a US Senate call to suspend Burma from the organisation. Secretary general On Keng Kong says the organisation did not believe in a confrontational approach. He says: "It's like you as a parent, if you have a troubled child, do you say, 'Go to the sanatorium, go out of the house, I don't want to talk to you'?"
"Our approach is not to take such a confrontational, drastic action, especially when it doesn't yield good results," he added.
What do you think? Do you agree with him? Critics says that sanctions imposed by the west do not work..what should ASEAN do to resolve the crisis in Burma?
This caught my eye this morning...US ELECTIONS
The US campaign has been tainted by a "dirty tricks scandal" agents of Hilary Clinton say they have obtained unspecified "scandalous information" about Mr Obama. His campaign have challenged Mrs Clinton to make the information public Is this a desperate attempt to smear the campaign of a strong candidate? OR if the allegation is true..should it be disclosed? Dirty tricks or simply the way the world of politics operates?
Fisher Island
America's wealthiest area (once home to stars like Oprah Winfrey, Jula Roberts, Robert De Niro) has come under the spotlight...Fisher Island, better known as Fantasy Island is in the midst of a racial segregation row...Workers who are employed by wealthy residents on the Island say they are being discriminated against.
In 2007 should these workers made to feel like second class citizens just because they are not as wealthy? Or is this kind of divide inevitable because of the wealth divide? Is Fisher Island being left behind the rest of America because of it's racial practice?
Love...
Is love over rated? In a week when Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edingburgh celebrate their 60 weeding anniversary we look at the subject of love! 60 years is a long time..is this just good old fashioned love..It's definitely stood the test of time. Marriage these days is very fragile. Divorce rates are on the rise in many countries.. A Ö÷²¥´óÐã documentary screened later this week will claim that love iS over rated and your family has the best judgement in deciding who your life partner should be...Do you agree
Bangladesh
We looked at Bangladesh on friday. The Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Mark Dummet in Dhakka gave us an account of the situation there. We also spoke with Alex Whitney from World vision (the organisation offering shelter to thousands of people affected by the cyclone...BUT the death toll is said to rise...many countries have pledged aid to Bangladesh. Should we revisit Bangladesh?
Whaling...
21 years ago japan halted it's commercial whaling industry..but continues to whale, claiming it does this for scientific reasons...
Tokyo agrues, whaling is an ancient Japanese tradition..Do they have a right to practice their tradition?
The Balkans
We'll also look at Kosovo and Bosnia..
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