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Second question is: What about Afghanistan? - do Afghans want more foreign soldiers? - and who was remained captive after the government strick a deal for his Italian colleague to be released. Should the Italians have stumped up for both, or did they have no responsibility for the non-Italian? Or should they have refused to negotiate with the kidnappers at all?

Something we spotted yesterday - Madeleine Bunting warning in the Guardian that failure for Ségolène Royal and Hillary Clinton in their respective presidential bids . Although there are women presidents in Germany, Chile and Liberia, she argues that because Clinton and Royal have put their sex at the heart of their campaigns, "entrenched sexism" means the risks are high.

OK, we'll be back with more when the meeting starts in about an hour, but we'd like your ideas too - post them now.

The Meeting:

The blog is painfully slow today (it likes to be predicatable) so it's Anna now, adding on all the ideas from the meeting.

Iran - "Can anyone convince me we should be talking about this today" - asks Pete? Rozita says it could just be rhetoric, it's important, but it's not really moving. Jo isn't thrilled either.

Christiane suggests this - by hardline clerics who want her sacked after she was photographed hugging a man. Should the government do more to tackle hardliners in Pakistan?

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This links with a story in the UK about cyber bullying - . We've had an admission from Karnie that she used to be a teacher, so it's a subject close to her heart. She tells us about the situation in South Africa where discipline is also a problem. .

. Under present law, abortion is only permitted when the life of the mother is at risk, or in the case of rape. 200,000 women are treated every year for complications following abortions. Should abortion law be about religion and morality or purely an issue of health?

It's - her ex partner doesn't want her to use frozen embryo's. There's a ruling in Strasbourg today, so I think it's a great one for us to talk about, with many issues arising.

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They're the third largest faith group in the UK, and a "model migrant community" - so why shouldn't Hindus be allowed traditional funeral rites? Mr Ghai (founder and president of the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society) - can we hear from him and opposition? Karnie suggests this may not be an issue for many Hindu's, probably only the older generation. Can we hear a debate between Hindu's?

A couple more from Pete.

and attacked the army, Sudan says, in what would be their first direct battle.

And as part of efforts to persuade Khartoum to accept a new peacekeeping force in Darfur.