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You can see Paul's blog from earlier, suggesting topics for this meeting, here.
And we're off...

We have Rosita, Ros, David, Richard, Anna and Paul in the office and we will be joined by Dan in Detroit, who called us on 0044 0207 55 70635.

First up, Ros has been casting his newsgathering net far and wide, and suggests the following:
'I heard this on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ just before going to bed last night. It's a who's offering pay for all 2000 people in an Israeli town, which often comes under attack from Palestinian militants, to go on holiday. Apparently, hundreds of them have taken him up on the offer. I'd be interested in speaking to them and finding out about life in their town. We could tie it into to Robert's idea of hearing about life in parts of Gaza most affected by israeli military operations.'

We're discussing the billionaire's reasons and some practical issues of calling the Middle East. What do you think? Post a comment at the foot of this blog.

Ros is also interested in following up the four suggestions he blogged about yesterday. In particular, violence in schools, as suggested by Marcy who emailed us.

Dan is talking by campus police. The incident has been captured on camera, and is on YouTube. He says this raises issues of police brutality, and the boundaries of power. The team isn't sure this can be discussed until all the facts are known, but Dan thinks we can take a broader look at the issues of student security and police powers.

Ros thinks the question is about the balance between strict policing and security. Paul thinks that its not about terrorism, but police brutality. It's an interesting story, but can it be a topic for debate? Is it too local? Let us know your views...

Anna is interested in who has been told to pay child-maintenance for a patient who became pregnant due to the doctor's mistake.
What does this mean for doctors? Is this fair? Are there two sides to the debate? Talk to us! Comment! Email!

Richard wants to ask 'Should you be able to police-check your partner?'

Single mothers in the UK will on their partners to find out if they're a sex offender under a move being considered by the home office. Anna asks 'Why would you be with someone who you wanted to police-check?!' She's very trusting. The boys in the studio can see it being very useful. Dan's concerned as to how much this service will cost!

Is this right? Should everyone be allowed to check on their partners, not just single mothers? How would you feel about your partner checking on you? Is this kind of service available where you live? Let us know.

Paul is talking about databases of sex-offenders being available on the internet. Should you name and shame them? Dan mentions that in the US, it is possible to get photos of local sex-offenders.

James has joined us, and wants to discuss the UN Development Index, especially if we can get people from Norway (who came top of the Index) talking to people from Niger, at the bottom of the Index. 'It's a light-shiner' says Ros. Does anyone know what he means? Post a comment on the blog!

Next, Rosita is thinking about alcohol. More specifically, .

And finally! We've been wondering when to talk about Segolene Royal, the Socialist Party's nomination for the Presidency of France in 2007. Paul talked about this earlier. David wants to get some French people on the air, and talk about their views of Mme Royal. The team thinks that she is evidence of a new type of political leader that is emerging, one who has more style over substance. Is this too harsh on her? Ros thinks we're going to early on this story - 'she's not won yet!'

VOTE TIME!

Pens at the ready...we're choosing which stories we're going to run with.

We have Russian billionaires, teen drinkers, French women leaders, Tasers, Development Indexes, sex-offender registries, German doctors, doubting partners...

And the winners are: , , and the .

If any of these fail, there's always .

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