Cold and grey
It's not nice outside today - I haven't warmed up properly yet - but I can forget about that for a while, especially since there are no windows in the office.
So if London isn't appealing, where in the world should we go? First suggestion is India.
Yesterday we saw that the government of India's Andhra Pradesh state plans to make it . A good idea? Would you be happy to be tested? .
Another story on the web site is the declaring that .
The invasion and the post-war "debacle" have damaged the UK's global influence, said the .
And what about the news that US President George W Bush is considering a short-term increase in the size of the US force in Iraq? Mr Bush also said he planned to expand the size of the military to deal with the broader, long-term fight against terrorism. Is he moving in the right direction?
Something else that's been much-reported on the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ this morning is Newsnight's into how billions of pounds donated to charities for victims of the tsunami has not been spent.
The Red Cross explained what was going on - and it made sense to me - so far more interesting is the record of governments. This is from the :
According to the UN DAD database Spain promised $60m and delivered less than $1m. France pledged $79m and came up with just over $1m. The Chinese promised even more - $301m - and delivered - just $1m. In the Maldives, Kuwait allocated just under $10m but they have yet to spend a single cent and in Indonesia America promised over $400m and so far has delivered less than $70m.
Following up our item on , her killer (the son of a governing party politician) has been . We won't go back to it, but just to let you know. For closure.
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