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A welcome surprise

Peter van Dyk | 09:20 UK time, Thursday, 14 December 2006

To come in and find that England are . Of course, by the time you read this it may have all gone pear-shaped () but let's make hay while the sun shines, as they say.

Anyway, what to talk about today? David suggest the news that in heterosexual men .

The New York Times says it may be the since antiretroviral drugs were introduced a decade ago. Would you get circumcised to protect yourself?

A question that we've been mulling for a couple of days is "do developing nations benefit from multinational investment". This came out of the news that Liberia had .

And a suggestion from a caller yesterday: Bashir in Kabul says people don't understand what's going on in Afghanistan. There is no security nor stability, especially in the border region, and it's Pakistan's fault - they don't want a strong Afghanistan. I'm sure we'll be in touch, Bashir, but perhaps not today.

Having said that, Timothy Garton-Ash delivered a in the Middle East, including Afghanistan, over the past five years.

Something else to think about: the inquiry into the crash that killed Princess Diana in 1997 is .

Lord Stevens is expected to conclude the crash was an accident. Do you want to ?

And meteorologists in Britain have concluded that this will be . How's it been where you live? And earlier this week we were wondering about who stands to benefit from climate change, like the shipping companies when the , opening a northern route between Europe and Asia. Interested? Let us know.

Meanwhile, the day's play has finished at the Ashes in Perth. England closed on 51-2, less than 200 runs behind Australia. Hopefully tomorrow the news will be as good when I wake up!

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