From a windowless office somewhere in West London...
Morning campers, this is my first "early morning" shift for World Have Your Say, the part of the day where I drink my tea and ask YOU to set the agenda. What do you want to talk about on today's programme?
To start you off here are some stories I've pulled out of various dark and not so dark corners - do any of them inspire you?
The battle over Iran's nuclear ambitions rumbles on:
Top story on 91Èȱ¬ News Online:
China and Russia stress only talks will solve the crisis over Iran's nuclear work, after Tehran offers negotiations.
You can join the Have Your Say debate:
A suggests that Iran actually has a vibrant yet often polarised political culture, and is arguably more tolerant of debate than many other countries in the region. But there are also limits... What do Iranians think of this conclusion?
And to continue our favourite theme (the Middle East), has this to say about this "New Middle East" people keep talking about:
President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be quite right about a new Middle East being born. In fact, their policies in support of the actions of their closest regional ally, Israel, have helped midwife the newborn. But it will not be exactly the baby they have longed for. For one thing, it will be neither secular nor friendly to the United States. For another, it is going to be a rough birth.
And it appears that there may be on the horizon - for some reason people don't seem to be volunteering to fight. The US Marine Corps is considering calling up inactive service members to make up the shortfall...
In Poland, - the trade union he founded in 1981, the same one that helped bring about the downfall of Communism in that country. He has quit in protest over Solidarity's support of the new conservative government led by the Kaczynski twins who, between them, are President and Prime Minister of Poland. Is the new government really that bad?
And we could be hearing from Zimbabwe as its economic crisis continues: yesterday, . The result was a shortage of bank notes - at this moment some Zimbabweans are walking around with IOU notes and candy in their pockets instead of change....
in NYT on house husbands happy to sponge off their wives:
Government statistics show that nearly a third of married women now earn more money than their husbands, and nearly a fourth of women in unmarried-partner households make at least $5,000 more than their guys.
Does this sound familiar to you?
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