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A bank holiday

Peter van Dyk | 10:52 UK time, Monday, 28 August 2006

It's a here in the UK, so things are pretty quiet at Television Centre. But the world doesn't stop just because Britain does, and we've got a full team working on today's World Have Your Say.

So what would you like to talk about?

The top stories this morning are (in no particular order) Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.


The two Fox News journalists hope their kidnapping won't be an excuse for news organisations to pull reporters out of Gaza.
"I hope that this never scares a single journalist away from coming to Gaza to cover the story because the Palestinian people are very beautiful and kind-hearted," Mr Centanni said.
"The world needs to know more about them. Don't be discouraged."
Mr Wiig also urged journalists not to be put off, saying that "would be a great tragedy for the people of Gaza".
So, are journalists as important as we think we are?

Does it justify law breaking?
The Sudanese government charged Paul Salopek, a foreign correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, with espionage and entering the country illegally.

And also in Gaza, four Palestinian militants from the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement have been killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip.


In Lebanon, Hezbollah's leader said yesterday he would not have captured two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would trigger a war "of this magnitude". But Hezbollah will "choose" when to strike back against recent ceasefire violations, he warned.
The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, is l, Beirut, to in the country, two weeks after bitter fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas was brought to an end.

Of the 15,000 troops, around 6,000 will come from the European Union. Is it enough? The that if the big powers want the United Nations to keep the peace, they'Â’re going to have to put more of their own troops on the line.

And on to Iran: Teheran has insisted despite a looming UN deadline to halt the sensitive atomic work, which the West says is part of an effort to build atomic bombs.
And in a further sign of Iran's position, it on Sunday in the Persian Gulf during the ongoing massive military manoeuvre, the Iranian state television reported.

And to have a look at - Glasgow city council may prosecute Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards over breaking smoking ban while on stage.

Before I go, this is something we saw last week: A discussion on the Forbes web site about . This is on top the news that nearly a third of married women in the United States now earn more than their husbands. Maureen Dowd had in the New York Times.

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