The astrology debate really got under my skin! My mother had my birth chart done when I was young. The chart says I will die when I'm 83 (!). It made me angry more than anything else! My parents still make ALL their decisions based on advice from an astrologer. They even objected to my marriage for years before finally giving in. And yet many of my close friends are fervent believers and seem to get some comfort from their horoscopes.
Speaking to Barry, from the Astrology Shop, after we went off air was intriguiging. He says eastern astrology only uses the planets we can see (ie. NOT Uranus, Neptune and Pluto). So, for a start, eastern astrology has no element of individual choice (Uranus). He also says, for him, what's interesting is how people use the information he gives them. For example, staying in a marriage when things are bad, because they know it will pass.
Common sense or sun, moon & stars-- you decide!
And of course, by that, I mean a . It's not a reality yet, but it's one step closer. The effects are reversible.
What do you think? Would you use it? ?
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Do you believe in astrology? Hundreds of millions of people around the world do, but researchers this week declared there was .
We want to hear from you, whether you think astrology is a waste of time, or if you live your life according to an astrologer's predictions. Join our debate .
So what do you want to talk about today? There's a bit floating around - here's where we're starting from:
Chinese President Hu Jintao has from the USA. What do you think of China's role in Africa? Join our online debate . And for an African view, check out .
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We've had an email from Justin, a listener in Arizona, with an idea for a discussion on the programme. His message was straight to the point: "Why not speak about people with disabilities getting jobs in developing countries?"
We thought that sounded like a good idea, so we asked him to elaborate, and we're going to help him find out. Here's what he had to say:
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Today on the programme we'll be talking about asexuality.
A group in the US say that not wanting sex should be considered a sexual orientation in the same way as homosexual and straight. They also say that unlike celibacy, being asexual is not a choice but rather a feeling.
It's a debate that's be going on in the for the last month and we're wondering if there are similar groups to the in other parts of the globe.
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It's late I know, but lunch got in the way and around 100 emails!
Quite a mixed bag today, violence in Sri Lanka, what constitutes a resgination in politics, asexulaity and rebuilding New York.
Sri Lanka
We want to kick off with some voices out of. The Sri Lankan government says it has ended its strikes against Tamil Tiger rebel targets in the north-eastern town of Trincomalee. The strikes were in retaliation for a suicide bombing on Tuesday in the capital, Colombo, which killed nine people. Both sides have promised to retaliate if attacked again, and there are fears that Sri Lanka could slide back into civil war after a four year ceasefire.
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Another long commute with lots of opportunities to catch up on my news and blog reading. I got an e-mail from Farid Pouya, who we've had on the programme several times to discuss Iran. He said the talk in Iran today is about whether women should be allowed ? (OK, and I'll use this as a shameless excuse to put a pic of former US soccer star Mia Hamm on the blog. Women should not only be allowed to watch but also play, but that's another debate for another time.)
Petrol prices are still a hot topic in the US. And what's this?
Those are just some headlines and e-mails that caught my eye. What are you talking about? What do you want to discuss on your programme, World Have Your Say?
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Most of today's programme was about the legacy of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. We heard from Ukrainians at home and abroad, and Oksana, a Belarusian in Spain who pointed out that Belarus was in fact the country most affected by the fallout from the explosion.
I went to an exhibit on Chernobyl at the Ukrainian Association of Great Britain with a sat phone so we could talk to our guests on a quality line. Leo told us how his brother and sister had both died of cancer, aged 38 and 25 respectively, in his village in western Ukraine, while Vasyl said his father was being treated for cancer and Lyudmila was close to tears when she said how afraid she was for the health of her daughter, who was a year old in 1986 when the family lived in Kiev.
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As any visitor to the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s web site is probably well aware, today is the . The commemorations have been leading our news bulletins most of the day, and we'll be starting our programme by hearing from Ukrainians in the country and around the world.
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Not too many ideas kicking around today, but we're clear that we want to hear your stories of Chernobyl. Amidst all the debates about the political impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the current intense debate about nuclear energy, we shouldn't lost sight of the human impact of the accident. We want to hear from Ukrainians and others about their memories of the incident and its continuing effect on their lives.
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I had the 45 minute ride into work this morning on the tube so plenty of time to scan the headlines. A couple of things caught my eye. America seems to be talking about petrol prices, low by Europe's standards but outrageous to the average American.
It is the 20th anniversay of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. . Here are the .
That's just the big things. But there are a million conversations, a million stories out there. What are you talking about? What do you want to talk about?
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We are going to start the programme speaking to Egyptians about the bombing in Dahab. The country is , says our security correspondent.
But we are going to be talking to Egyptians on their reaction to the attacks. We'll also be talking to Nepalis about the announcement by the King that he is reinstating parliament.
And we will focus on Africa and its efforts to redistribute land. Whose land is it anyway? Send in your comments. I'm here to post your thoughts.
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Right, slight change to the plans today. We're now going to be discussing, "The fear of young people" later this week so keep your comments coming in. For those that don't know the story: are so fed up with anti-social youngsters making them feel like prisoners in their own homes they've decided to take on the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair's Labour party in this years local elections.
But as always on this site we want to hear from you. What's the situation like where you live? Is youth violence a problem? What can you do about it? Are you a young person? Do you feel picked on because you're young? Get in touch.
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The bomb in Dahab happened while we were on air yesterday - unfortunately we couldn't get a correspondent on the programme in time but 24 hours on we thought about how World Have Your Say should cover the blast.
With a day having passed, it seemed a bit late for eyewitnesses, so we talked about asking the question "would you visit Egypt", but that felt a bit far removed from the story - after all, almost all the dead were Egyptians, although a German boy was among three foreigners confirmed killed in the blasts.
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The Zimbabwean government has said that it is allowingfor land under its land reform policy.
We're going to be talking to one of the vice presidents of the in Zimbabwe and one farmer who left the country and emigrated to France about their reaction. We're also hoping to talk to black farmers whose land was confiscated early in the 20th century.
But this isn't just an issue in Zimbabwe, and we're hoping to hear from people across Africa about how they are dealing with the issues of equitable distribution of land.
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A lively editorial meeting this morning, resulting in some stories we definitely want to cover - Egypt, African land reform, the fear of youth violence - one to check out (Nepal), and some that we'll try and develop over the next day or two - wind farms, peak oil, and funeral music.
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Good morning, here's what we're thinking about today. First up is a look at land reform in Africa, following this week. We tried to do it yesterday but sometimes it's best to take a bit longer to make sure we can hear from the right people.
We're also thinking of going back to Nepal. We've heard from there quite a bit recently, and the response to the king's announcement last Friday that he was returning power to the people did not end the protests, but now the king has reinstated parliament the . Is this
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Osama Bin Laden is back with his latest video, this time referring to Sudan's troubled Darfur region and the isolation of Hamas by the West. As far a he is concerned this is all evidence of a "Zionist-Crusader war against Islam" and calls for a "long war against the Crusader plunderers in western Sudan".
The White House says that he is obviously on the run and under pressure, but the Democrats accuse the US government of failing to catch him after all this time.
What do you think? Is he a spent force? Is the West waging war on Islam? What do Muslims around the world think of him and his messages?
Today we'll be talking to four of the six winners of this year's .
We'll be hearing their stories and putting your questions to them.
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We've looked around. A lot of people are talking about Prince Harry's desire to see front line service in Iraq. Should he be ? Also, we'll talk to people who have won the for environmental activism.
Also, . Is he a spent force? Do you think the West is waging war on Islam? What does the Arab world make of it?
We're also hoping to talk to Zimbabweans about the . President Robert Mugabe has invited white farmers to return. Will they? Has land reform in southern Africa stalled?
We haven't even had our meeting yet but i'm giving you a heads up about some World Have Your Say stories you may be hearing later on today.
There's the, "should go to war?" talking point.
The US says new proves Al-Qaeda's on the run.
An new organisation called has been set up in the UK to combat sex tourism, will it work?
There's still violence on the streets of . What will it take to make it stop?
Panama's spending 4 billion dollars refurbishing it's . What do you think? Vital for it's economy or a massive waste of money?
And finally, Afghanistans answer to Tupac Shakur - - is talking about peace not guns.
But of course this show would be nothing without you so if there's something you think we should be talking about let us know.
We've just finished our last programme of the week. One thing our new site, a weblog allows, is for you to tell us what you want to talk about. We've received a few text messages and e-mails over the last few days suggesting topics.
Read on for a few suggestions that we have received, and leave your suggestions here. This programme is about what you want to talk about. Here is the place to let us know.
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Often we receive so many text message comments from Africa we don't get a change to reach many of them out. But we can post them here to give you a flavour of what people are saying.
Chishamba sent us this message:
This programme is an eye opener i did not know this discrimination was this bad
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OK, I don't know why it falls to the American on the World Have Your Say team to write a post about . Ros is trying to teach me the national anthem, God Save the Queen, right now. Personally, I've suggested that we play out the of the same name on air.
That doesn't really have anything to do with my views (or really lack of them) on the Queen. What about you loyal or not so loyal subjects out there or those of you in the Commonwealth? What are your views? Are you celebrating? Or are you Republicans (the British variety, not the American kind) doing out there? Grumbling in your pints?
The Irish city of Limerick could go from being a city to a town overnight, and in the process lose millions of Euros of EU support. Why? It's down to a mass exodus of rugby fans this weekend, possibly as many 20,000 supporters of the will travel to Dublin.
Mayor Diarmuid Scully fears that if the fans don't come back in time for once every four year census and the count puts the city , it could cost the city dearly. We're hoping to have the mayor on the programme to plead with fans to come home Sunday night to be counted. Are you a Munster fan?
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On Last night's show we tried to discuss the murder of a but owing to bad lines we had to leave it. Nevertheless we don't give up that easily here on World Have Your Say and we're going for it again, but this time with a twist.
We're asking, do people with Aids face discrimination where you live? We want to hear your stories. What's it like living with Aids? Do you feel you're unfairly treated because you have the condition? Do you treat people with HIV/Aids differently? Get in touch.
We're starting off the programme in Nepal. Yesterday, we weren't talking about the unrest there, but as I watched the text messages come into the programme, we were still receiving texts from callers in Nepal who wanted to talk about the situation.
And here is place where we have the conversation online. If you want to comment on any of the stories that we're talking about today, post them here, and we'll read as many as possible on the air.
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Shortly after we interviewed Chinese filmmaker and blogger Hao Wu, he was detained by authorities in China. It is of his detention, and his friends and colleagues at Global Voices have started a and a to free him.
They are helping to on his condition, posted by his sister Nina. Global Voices managing editor Rachel Rawlins will be joining us to tell us about the campaign, and we're hoping that bloggers involved in the campaign will also be available.
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In February, we talked to people in East Africa about the drought there, and heard from a man in Somalia who had lost most of his livestock. A caller from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, told us how food shortages had pushed prices up there and people were struggling to afford the basics.
I'm trying to get in touch with people we talked to then to find out how the past two months have been. The rains have come, but the aid agency Oxfam says that flooding means they've done as much harm as good in the short term and it is in aid to feed 11m people in the region. What do you think of the latest call for aid?
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Our main story today is the the rioting in . We're hearing that police are using live rounds to disperse the crowds which are estimated at some 50'000 people. 
We're going to be speaking to people out there and asking them what's going on.
Check out the links if you want to find out more about the , it's and
Are you over there at the moment? What's happening? Do you have relatives in the area? What are people saying? We want to hear from you.
I need your help!
As you know, World Have Your say will be broadcasting live from this years We Media event in London on May 3rd.
This is a unique opportunity for us and we really want you, our loyal readers and listeners to get involved. I'm keen to ensure we use every from of commnication tool available to us to demonstrate how the global conversation works on World Have Your Say.
At this years event I really want to make use of the voice and video over the internet facilities that we have.
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One of those days when there's one obvious story - the huge demonstrations in Nepal - and lots of other possible stories to be argued over at our editorial meeting.
We've come up with a varied and hopefully interesting mix of other topics, including the latest famine appeal for East Africa.
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The dominent news stories of the day seem to be Nepal, Iraq and Guantanamo which have all been around for a while and we've discussed them numerous times on the programme. So we either find a different route in to the item or cast our net further afield.
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We're going to start off talking about what the UNHCHR calls . And we'll talk to callers in Nigeria and Nigerians abroad about their governments efforts to deal with unrest in the . We're going to talk to refugees to find out how hard it is for them. We're also going to be talking about .
You can leave your comments here, or send us an e-mail.
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Here's your chance to tell us how much you trust the media in a unique edition of World Have Your Say next month.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ and the global news agency Reuters are hosting a two day conference in May in conjunction with .
The We Media Global Forum brings together people who work in the media, advertising, entertainment and technology to name but a few, to exchange ideas about the changing face of global communication.
The theme for this years event is trust in the media.
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World Have Your Say's Richard Bowen was first in this morning and took a quick look around the headlines. Here are the stories that caught his eyes. The . A Ukrainian woman in the UK. ? Tom and . Islands. Read on for more and to let us know what you want to talk about.
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Today we're asking if you are worried about the rise of China, talking about what it's like to live in an earthquake zone and hearing from Mexico about the nine-year-old boy who is a bullfighting sensation.
I'll be keeping up with our callers' comments, and your comments as they come in.
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One hundred years ago today an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale levelled the city of killing 3,000 people. While people in the city gather to pay there respects the threat of a quake, not only in San Francisco, but across the world is never far away.
Do you live in an quake zone? What's it like? What preparations do you have to make on a daily basis? Have you been caught in an earthquake? How did that affect you? Why do you still live in the area? Send us your views.
The talk in Mexico is about the His name is Rafita and he's nine years old.
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We've just had our editorial meeting, and started off talking about the Middle East. The Israeli cabinet is considering its response to yesterday's suicide bombing. We briefly considered asking for your views on what should happen next, but decided it was too vague a topic and would go over much of the same ground as we covered yesterday.
We decided that there was more mileage in the Chinese president's visit to the United States. It's a tale of two Washingtons - first the west coast state, where he's being hosted by Bill Gates; then the other Washington - DC - to meet with President Bush.
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Every day, we start by looking around the web (well some of us actually still read paper newspapers, but not me) and finding the stories that catch our eye and that people are talking about. A in the Netherlands? A for independence?
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Some fiery conversations today. First we heard from Tel Aviv where the first suicide bombing since Palestinians elected Hamas. Nik had been to the scene and described the devastation. Listeners sent us their response and you can read them here.
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OK, I'm not nearly that clever. I'll tip my hat to my colleagues at ABC in the US for What's this about? Gay and lesbian parents have camped out for tickets at the annual easter egg roll at the White House to make a statement about their family values.
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Reportedly, there are some 30,000 Elvis impersonators out there, and they might be Robert Sillerman, a billionaire media entrepreneur who owns American Idol, has bought an 85% stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises, and his company might move to officially authorise Elvis impersonators in the US.
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In addition to the bombing in Tel Aviv, we'll also be talking about unrest in Nepal after one of our listeners sends in his first person account of an attack on government offices in his village by Maoist rebels. A possible end to Elvis impersonators? Are African universities too expensive? And gay and lesbian families go to the White House for an Easter celebration.
On World Have Your Say, we often open up the programme to hear from people affected by events in the news. Today, we want to hear from those of you in Tel Aviv, where and injured many others.
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On Friday, we talked about calls from a number of US retired generals for Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to resign. It sparked a great discussion on air, but the conversation continued online well after the programme. Read on for the summary.
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We started the programme talking about the movie United 93 and whether it was too soon to turn the events of September 11, 2001, into art.
We were joined in the studio by MC Riz and heard some of his song Post 911 Blues. You can hear it on , and find out about Riz. Some members of the team were very impressed and keen to have him back on the programme. We'll see...
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We also want to talk about the violence in the , that has left at least 25 people dead.
A dispute over who can take sand from a riverbed in Namu in The Plateau state has erupted into violent clashes which have left at least 25 dead and hundreds homeless.
Fifa has announced a crackdown on racist chanting in football stadia, which should come into effect in July, but Uefa has apparently decided that sectarian songs have been for so long there is nothing European football's governing body should do about it.
Is sectarianism as bad as racism, or was Uefa's disciplinary panel right to wash its hands of the issue?
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Six retired US generals have called on Secretary of Defence Donald . President Bush is standing by his man.
It's set off a furious debate online. Some say its long overdue, and others say the .
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Today we're looking at your reaction to the portrayal of in film, music and the arts.
With the release later this month of the first major Hollywood film to deal with the events of 9/11, attempts to tell the story of passengers on board the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.
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Today we've been talking about Iran's announcement that it's successfully enriched uranium. In our one hour Iran special we spoke to a nuclear expert in the UK, heard voices from inside Iran, and from around the world.
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We also have an expert on non-proliferation joining the programme, Elahe Mohtasham, to answer your questions.
She was given rare access to Iran's Esfahan's nuclear facility. We'll give you a rare opportunity for you to ask her questions about Iran's nuclear programme. What do you want to know?
, who covers Iran for the Global Voices blog project, will be joining us to talk about what bloggers in Iran are saying. Iranians are some of the most prolific bloggers in the world, making Persian the fourth most common in weblogs.
Also joining us is , also known as Hoder. He's a bloger, a citizen journalist and an online activist. Read on to get a taste of what bloggers are saying.
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One of the watershed moments for us at World Have Your Say was early on when we talked about Iran and its nuclear ambitions. We didn't expect a call from Tehran, and we didn't really expect the caller to say that he wanted his country to develop nuclear power but not nuclear weapons.
With President Ahmadinejad's announcement on Tuesday that, the stakes were raised. We've been asking you what you think the world should do next. to have your say. What do you think? What do you want to know? That's our focus today.
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Today we're starting the programme with reaction in Iraq to the comments by Interior Minister Bayan Jabr that sectarian death squads operating in Baghdad are not part of the security forces.
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One of Italy's most famous men is heading for prison. No not Silvio Berlusconi but the reported head of the Italian Mafia who's been on the run for the last 40 years. The 73-year-old known as "The Tractor" - due to the brutal way he dealt with his victims - was captured at a farm house near his birth place of Corleone in Sicily.
Are you in Sicily? What's the mood like? Are you pleased he's been caught after all this time? Do you feel safer? Or, are you worried about the possibilities of violence as the next Mafia leader is decided?
We've just had our midday meeting to think about the stories of the day. The Iraqi interior minister for sectarian violence. Italy is buzzing with news of the . Should sorry make a difference if you beat your wife? may get off lightly. What's after yesterday's bombing? And a listener in Nepal tells about a Maoist rebel attack on her village.
But what are you talking about? What do you want to talk about? What's the news where you live?
Today we heard from Karachi, Italy the US and India. You had plenty to say in reaction to the debates we aired on World Have Your Say.
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In explaining his failure to mount a challenge to at the Masters golf tournament in Georgia, Tiger Woods said that he played like "a spaz" on the greens.
He has since apologised for the comment. Do you find his words offensive?
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Today we'll be talking about the , , Tiger Woods putting like "", , and - what's the strangest thing you've seen for sale online?
This is where you can read a selection of your comments and emails that came in during todays programme.
Denmark
We began the programme by returning to Denmark, where the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a newspaper led to sometimes violent demonstrations around the world and the boycott of Danish goods, especially in the Middle East.
Among others, we heard from Asmaa Abdol Hamid and Arne Notkin, respectively the presenter and co-producer of a Danish TV programme, Adam og Asmaa, set up to discuss the effect of the cartoons and reaction to them. We also heard from Morten Messerschmidt, of the Danish Peoples Party, and Vibeke Mannichee - the head of Women for Freedom Association.
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On Friday we heard from Nepal about the protests there, and heard Rajesh in Biratnagar argue with the government's information minister, Shrish Shumsher Rana, about the political standoff in the country.
We were thrilled to give Rajesh the chance to do that, and grateful to Minister Rana for staying on the line past 11pm in Nepal to listen to Rajesh and our other callers, and respond to their points. Today, following the over the weekend, we thought we'd go beck to Nepal and hear about the situation.
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Today we return to Denmark to see how Danish society and businesses have coped with the fallout since the cartoons controversy two months ago. In another twist, a new TV series dedicated to exploring the faultlines exposed, particularly between the Muslim and non-Muslim population, has itself become the centre of controversy.
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It's a bit scattershot today, but here's where we're starting from:
- It's a while since we've talked about the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad so we thought we'd go , the country where the row started.
- We're going to try to find out what and think about the current tensions between .
- French President Jacques Chirac has over the new youth job law that sparked weeks of protests. We'll find out what supporters and opponents of the law think of the president's u-turn.
- Following up on , we'll take you back to Nepal to see after the weekend's protests.
- In Canada there's shock after the in Ontario.
- And Lebanon is gripped by .
That's a lot to talk about, and some of it may have to wait until tomorrow, but get in touch if you want to take part, or if there's something else you think we should be doing.
We talked about two subjects today: and Iraq, and we asked you about a third: The story of two former New York policemen who .
We put your questions to ordinary Iraqis and talked about media coverage in Iraq. Here is a roundup of some of the questions that we asked. What questions do you still have?
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With the general strike beginning to get off the ground, according to , we'll hear from people in Kathmandu and, hopefully, Information Minister Shrish Shumsher Rana. We're on air pretty late in Nepal - around 11pm - but we're keeping our fingers crossed.
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A bomb has killed more than 40. Attacks and violence dominate the news out of Iraq. But what is life really like there? Does the news tell the full story? What questions do you have?
That's what we'll try to find out today by speaking to ordinary Iraqis, journalists and soldiers who have fought there.
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Today the ´óÏó´«Ã½ trying for a close-up look at and we'll be speaking to Iraqis and US military bloggers, and discussing the media coverage of the country.
We'll also cover the . Stay tuned for more details.
World Have Your Say is to be featured in some ´óÏó´«Ã½ research over the next few months asking audiences around the world about what interactivity means to them, and what interactivity "works" for them.
Seems daft to have a blog and not get your views......
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As always this is where we publish your comments as they come in during the programme.
We started off by talking about peoples fears about rising levels of crime and violence in Venezuela - the situation highlighted even more by the story of three young brothers who were kidnapped, held for ransom and tragically killed.
We heard from two worried parents, Nelson and Miranda. Nelsons daughter attends the same school as the three brothers and he told us how much the murders had frightened the community.
Miranda spoke of her anger at the lack of safety and policing in her area.
Here's a comment from David in the USA who emailed the show.
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Hao Wu is a Chinese-American filmmaker and blogger who was arrested in Beijing just a week after speaking to World Have Your Say about media freedom and censorship in China. His sister Nina has started her own blog to share her thoughts and
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On the programme today we'll be talking to people in Venezuela about the protests over the kidnapping and killing of three schoolboys in Caracas.
Miranda worries every day when she drops her daughter at school, while Boris has a colleague who was "express kidnapped" in December. We'll hear from them both.
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Greece is in the grip of one of the worst in the country's history. It's taken more than a year for the government to admit that the phones of the the Prime Minister, other ministers and journalists were tapped during the Athens olympics.
How are people reacting in Greece? Has this come as a shock? Do you worry about your civil liberties in your country?
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It's going to be a packed programme today. We want to hear your views on the following:
- The protests in Venezuela over the .
- The discrimination suffered by .
- Chinese Blogger Hao Wu has been .
- Models. The creator of Harry Potter hopes her daughters will not become .
- The Greek .
Hi guys, sorry for the delay - the discussion on the programme today is available here. it's a Real Media stream - it's about 10 mins.
Thanks for listening, and please let us know what you think.
We're talking about a wide range of topics tonight. First we talked about the killing of a former British spy in Northern Ireland and whetherin the light of the marches in Thailand and France.
We also talked about former deputy president of South Africa, that he didn't wear a condom when he had sex with an HIV-positive woman, but he did take a shower. And how much would ?
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Madonna's forthcoming Confessions tour is charging £160 ($280) for the top seats. It's fair to say there has been considerable .
Is £160 (plus booking fee) simply a rip-off to see a woman in a leotard dance to rehashed disco tunes?
Or is it just the price you should pay to experience one of the world's biggest music legends?
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Nearly every morning, we consider discussing Iraq.
Today- we've decided to really go for it and find out what Iraqis are talking about. Is it Saddam Hussein's trial, the release of the latest kidnapping victim, or something else entirely?
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Ex deputy president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma is on trial for the rape of an HIV positive women. He denies the charges but admitted that he willingly had unprotected sex, despite the risk of HIV.
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Popular strikes and demonstrations have brought Thailand and France into the headlines this week, but have the protestors actually got what they want, in the end?
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Well Kevin got the ball rolling yesterday and it only seems right to try and keep up, so today a second attempt at posting your comments LIVE on to the website during the programme. Our topics today include , reaction to the news that is stepping down in Thailand, reaction to the news that is eligable to face the death penalty and a wadrobe malfunction at
Get in touch here and join the global conversation.
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In our bid for global interactive domination i'm delighted to say that the " World Have Your Say" empire has just got a little bigger. If you will become one of the many many millions around the globe who get addicted when the football World Cup arrives....read on....
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has spoken out against an issue which seems to be prevalent in a lot of Middle Eastern countries, but is seldom talked about.
writing in Pickled Politics came across his article recently about the poor treatment of migrant workers in the Middle East.
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A jury has ruled that Zacarias Moussaoui, who has confessed to being part of the 9/11 plot, is eligible for the death penalty. The jury will rule later this week whether he will be put to death or spend the rest of his life in prison.
Have you been watching the trial? What is your reacton? We want to hear from you. Read on for a roundup of comments online about the trial and leave your comments here.
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Indian police have been asked to investigate whether two models deliberately exposed themselves when items of their clothing fell off during fashion shows in Mumbai. Some say it was a publicity stunt.
Does the reaction show Indian society is still very traditional? Are the calls for an enquiry part of a backlash against the "westernisation" of Indian values?
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For the first time It's a by-election in the Salmiya district and two women candidates are amongst the eight people up for nominatation.
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It was the best and worst of times. A brilliant achievement from a brilliant team to sustain ten hours of live radio without the comfort blanket of a studio. But some of the stress levels will stay with us for a long time…..
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We're on the air now, and beginning today, we'll be posting your comments live on our website during the programme. If you have something to say on our topics today, the , a , in the US, a and the .
Leave a comment here. Join the conversation.
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in North Carolina in the United States is struggling with a firestorm of controversy after three players on its lacrosse team were accused of violently sexually assaulting an exotic dancer.
The players are white, and the dancer is black. The woman claims that they shouted racial slurs as they choked and raped her. What does this say about race relations in the US?
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The former president of Liberia, , is court in Sierra Leone today, where he is due to give his plea to charges of crimes against humanity.
Will the impending trial of Mr Taylor set a precedent? Will it lead to other African leaders having to answer for crimes they stand accused of? And will it change the way the continent's leaders behave in future?
The party of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wins a , but a political crisis looks unlikely to be resolved.
We'll be talking to Thai voters and asking them what they think of the standoff between the prime minister and the opposition.
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Italy is abuzz with talk of the kidnap and . Three people have been arrested, and a debate has started in Italy if those convicted of killing children should be put to death.
What do you think? Is this such a heinous crime that those responsible should be put to death?
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We're all back in the office, slightly bleary-eyed with jet lag, but it's the start of a new week and we're keen to get back in the zone finding the stories that you want to talk about. First up - dreamers who made it.
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Almost all of us are back in the UK following our US tour and bar a bit of jet lag, all seems to be fine.
A big thank you to everyone who emailed and contacted the programme while we were out there, it truely felt like a global conversation.
Just wanted to let you know that over the next few days we'll be posting the photographs we took during our trip on to this site, so keep a look out for them. s we've posted so far.
