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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 31 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

The situation in Ivory Coast continues to deteriorate.

Overnight, supporters of Alassane Ouattara siezed control of , the administrative capital, and San Pedro, the cocoa port.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council approved a imposing sanctions on the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo.

South Africa's foreign ministry has just announced that Laurent Gbagbo's army chief has taken refuge in the South African Embassy in Abidjan.

We know that many of you have been wanting to talk about Ivory Coast for a while. Over the last couple of weeks I've been talking to people in Ivory Coast about how this ongoing conflict is affecting their lives. Today we'll be speaking to as many of them as possible to find out what is going on. And one of our regular contributors in Abidjan has written this post for us.

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This has been one of the most read stories worldwide for the last week. Nearly three weeks after the earthquake and Tsunami that led to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant, pressure is mounting on the Japanese government to extend the evacuation zone after and radioactivity in seawater reached more than 4,000 times its legal limit.

russferriday tweeted,

"There seems in the world to be an irrational fear of the fear of radiation. (sic) A little more fear of radiation could have prevented this"

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It looks increasingly unlikely that the opposition fighters will be able to force Gaddafi out without being given better weaponry. But should the coalition go a stage further and if so would the alliance hold?

There's talk of the legal concerns surrounding such a move and even the need for another UN resolution. There are clear fault lines emerging among the allies over how far they should go.

So as the future of Libya remains unclear --

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One in six people on the planet will be watching, that's one billion following a small matter of a cricket match between India and Pakistan on TV. It's the most talked about topic on the internet and has been for the last two days.

Today's will be the first time since the in Nov 2008, that India and Pakistan have played cricket on each other's soil.

Relations between the two nuclear nations have been at a low since the attacks in which 174 people died, including 9 gunmen. There were 10 co-ordinated shooting and bombing attacks across the city by the Pakistan militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.

So as sport forces them together, is this an opportunity to kick start in diplomacy?

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The television in our office has US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking right now. Her words:'We prevented a potential massacre'. Of course, she is talking about intervention in Libya. Sec. Clinton is one participant from the 40 delegations that are meeting right now in London to discuss what might be the 'endgame' for Libya. Last night on the WHYS, Ian Black from the Guardian (though insisting he has no crystal ball), predicted a stalemate that could continue for some time in Libya. We expect some sort of announcement in advance of the programme about where the countries now stand in relation to Libya. There has been much discussion of the divisions within the coalition and in particular Europe. We'll bring you all the updates and get your reaction. And, Libya is far from the only country in the news.

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Representatives from 40 countries are heading to London for talks today on as the UN-backed military action goes on. UK Prime Minister David Cameron is hosting the meeting to ensure what he calls "maximum political and diplomatic unity".

It's hoped that the presence of Arab countries like Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates will help strengthen the alliance behind military action.

But Russia, which says the action has gone beyond the terms of the UN resolution that authorised it, has already said it will not attend.

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If true, it could be a significant turning point in the conflict in Libya: a rebel spokesman claims they have , the home of Colonel Gaddafi.

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Government forces dispute this. As I write this it is impossible to verify who is in control.

But what is certain is that rebel forces, bolstered by coalition air strikes, have made a quick advance westwards. Over the weekend they have taken control of the key towns of Bin Jawad, Ras Lanuf, Uqayla, Brega and Ajdabiya. But the Libyan government says the allied bombing is going beyond the UN mandate. It comes as Nato has agreed to take charge of military operations from the US...

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I've been at the 大象传媒 for almost 20 years, mostly reporting from the field. I was the (a return to old stomping grounds for me: I started in journalism at the there.)

I've also been as the 大象传媒's South Asia Correspondent and at the , travelling around in the press corps with then .

Since 2005, I've been based in London but still focused on Asia and reporting there on assignment as much as possible.

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NATO has taken over responsibility for imposing the UN resolution on Libya. They've said they expect to be there for 90 days. We invited Dominique de Villepin, the former French Prime Minister and Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, the former Secretary General of NATO onto the programme to answer your questions about what the coalition should do next.

Two of Europe's big political names - former Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and former French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin - were on air on World Have Your Say on television, taking your points on the situation in Libya.

was Nato Secretary General from 2004-2009.

Before the intervention, he had been sceptical of the chances of anything happening, because of Russia's resistance to the idea. He also raised fears that the US itself is actually very divided over its Libya action - perhaps reflected in the continued message from the White House that they are only acting as part of Nato.

But he has also recently argued that the Libya crisis has , and has now pleaded for Arab countries to get more involved:

"We saw the GCC and Arab League give political coverage to military action in an Arab state, and the United States and its allies did not want to act without their support. Active Arab participation in the enforcement of this resolution should follow... we should use this moment to intensify the political dialogue between Nato, the EU and the GCC.""

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This blog was written by Mark in Jamaica and posted by me.

Do people in Antigua feel they have anything in common with people in St Vincent? Do Jamaicans talk about the same things as Bajans?

Is there a common Caribbean identity - which means something more than just geography?

More than 20 years ago the Trinidadian Calypsonian David Rudder , which was ostensibly about the region's slow decline from being the world's number 1 cricket nation - but was more about a call for Caribbean countries to get together and support each other.

David once opined that music and cricket were the only times that the West Indies stood together.

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'The People I Hear' is a weekly column I'm writing about some of the conversations I have and hear on WHYS. Here's this Friday's:

Annie emailed from Kingston, Jamaica. 'Either do it consistently or refrain from interfering all round. Being selective raises questions about the motives behind military interventions.' Libya and Ivory Coast are the country that she and many others have in mind.

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This subject was discussed on 24th March 2011. You can listen to it here.听

There are reports this morning that at least 10 anti-government protesters have been killed in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, after police opened fire on them.

Others have been putting the number of casualties at significantly higher - one human rights activist in Syria puts the total at 37 - and the number who were shot at is put in the hundreds.

Discounting what has been happening in Libya in recent weeks, this is the third time since Friday that protesters have been fired on in a Middle Eastern country.

Previous action saw protesters cleared from Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout using lethal force, resulting in many deaths, while in Yemen, at least 45 people died when snipers fired into a crowd in the capital Sanaa.

Barbara Bodine, former US ambassador to the Republic of Yemen,

When we spoke to New York-based on our pilot programme on Wednesday, she said that Libya has dominated global attention and the world was not paying enough attention to what is happening in Syria.

So what's your reaction to events in these smaller countries? Are their leaders taking advantage of Western attention being focused on Libya to crush dissent? Or should we accept that, in the words of one diplomat, "accidents happen" when trying to keep a country under control?

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 23 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

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Lots of you have been getting in touch to compare the situation in Libya with what's happening in other countries, like Cote D'Ivoire, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria.

That steered our conversation through Wednesday talking about why - if foreign intervention is justified in Libya - there hasn't been the same action in those other countries by the international community so far?

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 22 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

It's hard to imagine what it must be like - in the space of 45 seconds - to lose your home, perhaps some of your family and definitely some of your friends.

Harder still to imagine spending the next 14 months (and counting) in a tented-camp with thousands of other people and with only a sheet or tarpaulin separating you from the Caribbean sun.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 22 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

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There have been explosions and heavy anti-aircraft fire in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for a third night.

The Libyan authorities said that a naval base and a fishing village near the capital were also hit by air attacks from international forces.

Fighting continued on the ground on Monday despite the continued air offensive.

In the only big rebel stronghold in western Libya, the city of Misrata, at least nine people were reported to have been killed by troops loyal to the Libyan leader. In eastern Libya, a rebel advance from the city of Benghazi was repelled by government tanks.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 21 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

All day we've been monitoring your comment as we've done mini WHYS on 大象传媒 World Service radio. Here is a taste of what you've been talking about regarding Libya.

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There are a few sure signs that you are somewhere near a polling station on an otherwise quiet Sunday.

One is the armoured UN car. Others include the with troops parked outside, Haitian policemen looking uncomfortable in 90-degree temperatures, and - if candidate "Sweet Micky" Martelly is about to cast his vote - a fooball-style crowd of thousands and bodyguards incongrously dressed in pink shirts.

A World Have Your Say team has come to Port au Prince to follow the long-delayed run-off to the presidential elections, and to keep a promise made last year that we would come back.

So, yesterday morning, we found ourselves in Petionville - a Martelly stronghold - and watched him cast his vote in a building that featured a picture of his rival Mirlande Manigat outside the front door.

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The UN has passed a resolution calling for "all necessary action" against Libya, including a proposed no-fly zone. Colonel Gaddafi has declared a ceasefire in response. So what now?

Here is this Friday's 'The People I Hear'. If you hear conversations on the programme that you think I should include, you're always welcome to get in touch with me on .

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Each week, I'm writing an article about some of the conversations I've had or heard while hosting WHYS. The articles are going to be carried by newspapers and websites, but I'll also post them here as well. Here are the first two in reverse chronological order.

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I'm always trying to think of new ways that we can make connections with people, and new ways that we can help share your stories around the world. Clearly, our weekly TV edition and Chloe's new radio edition are going to help. We're also very close to a much better place on which is brilliant. And from this week I'm going to try something else...

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This topic was discussed on 18th March 2011. Click听 to listen to the programme.

UPDATE: 14:06 Story is moving quickly, David Cameron tells the 大象传媒 Col Gaddafi will be judged by his deeds not his words after the announcement from the regime of an immediate ceasefire. Check out the latest here /news/world-middle-east-12776418

UPDATE 12:38 GMT Libya's Foreign Minister says his country is committed to accept the UN Security Council resolution, and so has decided an immediate ceasefire and the stopping of all military operations.

Coming in on the train this morning, everyone was reading the same story. The headline: 'UN backs a no-fly zone over Libya'

What does that mean? Well, it's not completely clear what form the intervention may take, but we do know the resolution backs "all necessary measures" to protect civilians short of an invasion. Read the full text here. You might be interested to know the resolution passed 10-0, with Brazil, China, Germany, India and Russia abstaining. Are you from one of the countries that voted for it or abstained? Please do get in touch.

The 大象传媒's Caroline Wyatt interprets it like this:
"The UN resolution is so broad it allows military action against all threats to civilians - so could even involve bombing Col Gaddafi's forces on the ground if deemed necessary".

All eyes are on France as the Agence France Presse news agency is reporting that French government spokesman Francois Baroin has just said the strikes听may come "rapidly ... within hours".

The reaction from around the world has been swift and passionate.

In rebel-held Benghazi, locals cheered, fired guns in the air and let off fireworks to celebrate the imminent no-fly zone.

@BlakeHounsell from Foreign Policy tweeted:
Amazing to see a Western diplomatic move met by cheering crowds of Arabs live on Al Jazeera, for once

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Over the last few days much of the world's media has been focusing on the nuclear threat to Japan, as the government continues to fight to control the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

But perhaps in amongst that people are are going through. The lack of food, water and information is.

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Are there any World Have Your Say listeners out there who are musicians, rappers or poets who might like to make us a new jingle ?听听We're launching a second daily edition of WHYS in a couple of weeks time. We'll be on at 1100GMT / 1200BST from Monday to Friday and we're looking for a new jingle. Sing us a song, write us a poem and record something for us. We'd like you to use our original听one as a guide but we want you to play around听with it听in any way you like, to make it听sound a听bit different.

Have a listen to what the rapper NYOil did with our jingle.

Here's the link to our original jingle:

And here's the jingle adapted and recorded by , a rapper in New York who's also a听World Have Your Say listener:

If we like it, we really will use it !

If today we are stuck, it's not only because Europe is impotent, it's because at the Security Council, for now, China doesn't want any mention of a resolution leading to the international community's interference in a country's affairs...

All this apparent foot-dragging is making people doubt the whole purpose of the U.N.

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The world's attention has been on the tragedy in Japan as radiation levels increase, and foreign governments .

The 大象传媒 livepage has the latest updates and here's an .

But while Japan tries to cool its nuclear reactors,听events have been escalating in听Bahrain, Libya and Yemen.

In Manama today, security forces used tanks, helicopters and jeeps to two days after the king of Bahrain brought in . Doctors听have told the 大象传媒 that听many people are injured and but that they can't get medical attention. You can get on the crackdown here.

PraveenDabre has tweeted: "Troops have stormed into #Bahrain's Salmaniya hospital. What kind of ghoulish behaviour is this? Who attacks the injured?"

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This topic was discussed on 15th March 2011. Click here to listen to the programme.

Hi, this is Martin again and not Ben Sutherland. I am still awaiting my own logon:

The Japanese authorities say that the radiation levels at the Fukushima nuclear plant are now high enough to affect human health.

There has been a third explosion and fire there. Officials have extended the surrounding danger zone, warning people within 30km to evacuate or stay indoors, while radiation levels in Tokyo are reportedly higher than normal.

The new explosion appears to have damaged one of the reactors' containment vessels for the first time. If it is breached, there are fears of more serious radioactive leaks.

In a televised address, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said: "There is still a very high risk of more radiation coming out."

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This topic was discussed on 14th March 2011. Click here to listen.

On today's two editions of the programme (one for those of you in the States as your clocks have changed, another at the usual time for everyone else) we'll simply continue what we've done ever since Friday. 大象传媒 correspondents, experts on nuclear facilities, aid workers, and some of you affected by the disaster, will share experiences and answer some of the key questions being raised around the world. If you want to get in touch, post here, or on , or on .

The bbcnews.com is the best way to follow the story.

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There are reports that 11 people were injured, one seriously, in the explosion. But the key thing is that the reactor core remains intact, and radition levels remain below permissable limits, Japanese officials have said.

Nevertheless, the fear of a nuclear catastrophie - - has gripped the world.

Thousands of people have already taken part in an anti-nuclear protest in Germany. There is also set to are set to be protests today in Paris from groups saying nuclear power is dangerous.

In the US, Senator Joe Lieberman said the country should "until we can absorb what has happened in Japan."

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I'm Martin Vennard, not Ben Sutherland, as the entry would suggest. I'm just borrowing his logon till I get my own.

There are reports from Libya that forces supporting Col Gaddafi have advanced on rebel-held strongholds, recapturing the eastern town of Brega. Dozens of rebel fighters have pulled out of the area amid heavy shelling.

In the last major rebel base in western Libya, Misrata, tank fire has been reported from the outskirts of the city.

Reporting from the town of Bin Jawad, the 大象传媒's Wyre Davies in Libya says anti-government forces seem to have lost the initiative.

Does this signal the beginning of the end for rebellion or are reports of its demise premature?

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We've the Japanese Prime Minister's spokesperson, representatives of two major aid organisations, some of you who are in the affected areas, and 大象传媒 correspondents in Japan. If you've comments, questions or experiences that you want to share, please post them here. You can get all the latest on the disaster at . Speak to you in under an hour.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 12 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

Today the Japanese authorities are beginning the to help the victims of Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

World Have Your Say is doing a special radio broadcast at 1300G to talk about the latest from Japan.

The main worry today is over the over the safety of the Fukushima nuclear plant where there has been a large explosion. Many thousands of people have been evacuated from the surrounding area.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on听11 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

A major has triggered a tsunami on the north east coast, sweeping away cars, ships and buildings. Many buildings have collapsed or are on fire, and there are fears many people could be killed or injured. The Cosmos oil refinery outside Tokyo . You can watch footage of the devastation , and the 大象传媒 Japan tsunami livepage has live updates on the situation.

We'll be talking about the Japan tsunami today on 大象传媒 World TV at听1500 GMT.

Residents in felt the tremors, reporting shaking and rocking buildings, even though the epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from the city. People spilled out into the streets for safety.

Adel emailed us听from Tokyo: 鈥淢y house just got hit with the earthquake and I am bleeding all over. My house just fell and I have got three sons and one daughter. PLEASE HELP???鈥�

The 听have spread to听the , , Taiwan, the Pacific coast of Russia and Hawaii.

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People from the Ivory Coast who have fled to Takoradi, Ghana, to escape the violence there that has resulted from last year's disputed presidential election tell World Have Your Say their story.

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This topic was dicussed on March 10. Listen to the programme.

Hi from Cairo. I'm sat just by the Nile, with a bridge carrying very slow moving traffic stretching across the water. If you'd like to follow us while we're here, , , and are all good places to go.

to see a video I've just recorded.

There are three big stories dominating the news here in Egypt....

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 9 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

Colonel Gaddafi has again appeared on state TV making a defiant speech saying his people will take up arms if a no-fly zone is imposed by Western nations or the UN, as many of the rebels have been calling for. It's an option actively being , although only with UN backing. France is also backing Britain's push for a no-fly zone.

Meanwhile in Libya the fighting is continuing. Forces loyal to Col Gaddafi have been continuing a major offensive in the western city of Zawiya.

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They to mark international women's day calling for harsher punishments against sexual harassment, fairer representation in parliament -- and for a woman to stand for Egypt's presidency. Basically equality. Yet the hundreds of women who demonstrated yesterday in Tahrir Square in Cairo, the backdrop for the recent pro democracy protests, were verbally abused and sexually assaulted by a large group of men according to witnesses.

This, Glen Johnson, was there

"One man, Yousef, dressed in a well-cut suit and wearing Oakley sun-glasses, was yelling at the three women. "Not now," he chanted, in chorus with the rest of the mob. Yousef explained, with a slight American accent, that Egyptians could not focus on the grievances of one group of people. "It is about all Egypt now. We have to stand together. No one group should act alone. We have other goals first. Later they can talk about what they want."

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People don't agree what constitutes sexual harassment. What one woman thinks is harassment, another may think is harmless fun. And what about the guys? How do they manage to walk the line between sexual flirtation and sexual pestering? Is an unwanted compliment, harassment? What about three times from the same person, is that okay?

How do you see groping and mauling? Where does that come on the scale? And, there is sexual assault and rape, are these the听only incidents you would call harassment? Or maybe it's all of the above?

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 7 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

The crisis in Libya continues and the world has been scrambling to find the right response. There's talk of no-fly zones, and recently the UK sent a diplomatic team, including six soldiers, out to Libya to speak to the opposition. They were detained and turned back... So what's the best way to deal with the problem? Do you think your country should support or oppose Colonel Gaddafi?

That was the verdict of , when I asked him for his views on Ghana as the country celebrated its 54th birthday.

Just before we spoke, I had watched as members of Ghana's army had released celebratory blank rounds from a cannon outside the square.

The smoke from the rounds enveloped the famous Independence memorial, obscuring the black star atop it that symbolises the country.

But these cannons have never been used in anger in defence of Ghana. Neither have the three Mig jets that flew overhead, nor the long columns of army and navy forces that paraded in front of the crowds that had filled the stands all around the square.

It was not just Hayford - many of the people we spoke to during the two hour-long display expressed their pride at the benefits 54 years of relative stability has brought.

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The World Have Your Say team are in Ghana this week. We will be the first programme to be broadcast on World Service on FM in Takoradi - the new FM transmitter goes live on Tuesday - but there's other reasons we're here too. Have a quick look at this video to see why:

Ben Sutherland meets some of the people in and around Ghana's Independence Square to get their views on the country as it celebrates 54 years of independence.

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There is an interactive poll running on the homepage of the Yemen Times which asks: "Do you think khat affects the political process in Yemen?" You can .

Khat is illegal in the United States and the World Health Organization classifies it as a drug that can cause mild psychological dependence. But 80 per cent of men and听45听percent of women in Yemen are regular khat leaf chewers

Thousands of people in Yemen during the past few weeks. But Khalid al-Hamri, a student in Yemen, it would be pointless to protest in the afternoon: "In the morning, all the government officials are in their offices. They will hear our protests. In the afternoon, nobody will listen to us because everybody is chewing khat."

Khaled Abdullah suggests in an article for Reuters that khat addiction 听The article quotes aluminum worker Ahmed al-Hazoura: "Nothing quiets people like khat ... If it wasn't for khat, everyone here would be in the streets protesting."

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 4 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

World famous singers and rappers,听a university and global business are all facing criticism for making money from Libya.

听have听been pressured to give back or give away money they earned from performing at parties thrown by Colonel Gaddafi's family.

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We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows. Ultimately, we as artists are to be held accountable.

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Today you can talk to Colonel Gaddafi's spokesman Moussa Ibrahim live on 大象传媒 World TV at 1500 GMT. He'll be answering your questions and explaining why Colonel Gaddafi is not stepping down.

Gaddafi told the world in a speech earlier this week: "I dare you to find that peaceful protesters were killed" and blamed young people for the violence. You can ask his听spokesman Moussa Ibrahim yourself about that.

Mr Ibrahim told CNN听the rebels are led by Al Qaeda and there has been no government massacre of civilians.

"I invite ... every fact-finding mission possible in the world. All NGOs, governments are all welcome to check that there are no massacres, no bombardments of civilians, and that the case in Libya is a case of an armed rebellion against a united country. "

"Thousands of highly trained al Qaeda affiliates who operate in Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Algeria, and Afghanistan have hijacked this movement ... These are young people who are led by al Qaeda fanatics."

You can read the full transcript of Moussa Ibrahim's interview with CNN's听Anderson Cooper .

Mr Ibrahim has also听told 大象传媒 radio that the International Criminal Court's plans to investigate Gaddafi for crimes against humanity are "close to a joke."

For the latest development in Libya see the 大象传媒's听Middle East听Livepage.

Call, text, email, post your questions to Gaddafi's spokesman.听You can talk to him听live on World Have Your Say on 大象传媒 World TV at 1500.

This blog post was written by Marcellin from Rwanda. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect those of the wider 大象传媒.

The city of Kigali is growing at an appealing pace, with new buildings taking shape in a town that was once worn-out by the 1994 genocide and war. Progress is seen in many sectors, for instance the nine year basic education programme. This allows every Rwandan child to have free access to education, with their parents participating in the construction of classrooms. We're seeing progress in social infrastructures too, which are currently getting a face-lift, not just in the City, but across the country.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on听3 March 2011. 听Listen to the programme.

There are that Col. Gaddafi has accepted an offer from Venezuela to mediate in Libya's political crisis after talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The plan would involve a commission from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East trying to reach a negotiated outcome between the Libyan leader and opposition forces which have seized control of large areas of the North African oil-producing country.

Details of the plan could be announced at an Arab League meeting in Cairo on Thursday.

Amr Moussa, head of the Arab League has confirmed that a Venezuelan peace plan is "under consideration".

"We have been informed of President Chavez's plan but it is still under consideration," he told the Reuters news agency on Thursday. "We consulted several leaders yesterday."

There has been no comment yet from the opposition.

What do you think of this development? We hope to speak with the Arab League on the programme today. Last night, many of you questioned the African Union's response to Libya. We are requesting a guest from the AU to take your questions today too.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 2 March 2011. 听Listen to the programme.

It's a human tidal wave. As I write, the Tunisian government say have crossed the border into Tunisia over the past week, escaping the violence in Libya. Most of them are Egyptian migrant workers, but the refugees come from all over the world. Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia, China, and the Phillippines are all scrambling to get away from the conflict in Libya.

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 1 March 2011. Listen to the programme.

"Nothing has changed. Our demand was the fall of the regime - not just Mubarak - and this has not happened yet," says Khaled Ibrahim, one of the Egyptian .

New rulers are in place in Egypt, Tunisia and parts of Libya. But how new are they?

Half of the new Egyptian cabinet were ministers under Mubarak. Tunisians just got rid of the second prime minister in two months because he was a remnant of the old regime. And the new interim government in Benghazi is headed up by Gaddafi's former Justice Minister, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, who only resigned from the Gaddafi government a week ago. (Time magazine looks at who's in charge ).

In Egypt, protesters have returned to Tahrir Square to demand the resignation of the new Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq. writes that the new Egyptian cabinet "is not a new interim cabinet but rather a ministerial reshuffle."听听

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