Thursday ideas
It's late I know, but lunch got in the way and around 100 emails!
Quite a mixed bag today, violence in Sri Lanka, what constitutes a resgination in politics, asexulaity and rebuilding New York.
Sri Lanka
We want to kick off with some voices out of. The Sri Lankan government says it has ended its strikes against Tamil Tiger rebel targets in the north-eastern town of Trincomalee. The strikes were in retaliation for a suicide bombing on Tuesday in the capital, Colombo, which killed nine people. Both sides have promised to retaliate if attacked again, and there are fears that Sri Lanka could slide back into civil war after a four year ceasefire.
What do you think this will now mean for the peace process? Can it get back on track. You can post your comments , or send us an email direct.
When to resign?
It's not been a great week for some . This week has seen nurses boo the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, the deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has had to admit to an affair and the home secretary, Charles Clarke faces calls to quit over foreign prisoners not being deported. Politicians under a cloud of scandal or accused of failings face calls to resign around the world. Where you live, is a there a political figure that you think should step down? Why? And when did you lose confidence in them and your Government?
Asexuality
Thousands of people in the US say that they have never experienced any form of sexual attraction, and so they should call themselves 'asexuals'. The debate is really about being recognised as a sexual group, one that chooses to be celibate because they have no sexual feelings at all. Are you one of them? Do we need labels to define our sexuality?
New York
And finally, a deal has been reached to start redeveloping the World Trade Centre site in New York. The agreement ends years of often acrimonious talks over the proposed redevelopment between the by site landlord, multi-millionaire developer Larry Silverstein, and port and city officials. Well we talked to some of those opposed to the idea of re-development when we were out in New York last month. We're hoping to speak to them again tonight to find out how they feel about the agreement.
That's it for now, but if there's anything else you think we should be talking about, do get in touch.
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