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Alan Johnston
It's at the UN today, . A rally will be held for Alan Johnston at Ralph Bunche park, opposite UN headquarters. Please continue to send for our missing colleague, , or add a button to your blog.

Divided loyalties
The European Championship final won't be an all English affair this year after all, following . A Man Utd supporter caused uproar on domestic radio station Five Live this morning. He said he hoped the Italian club would thrash English side Liverpool in the final. Shouldn't he supporting the English club? There's years of rivalry between his team and Liverpool which means he'd rather see anybody win but them. Does this happen in other sports? Should national loyalties come before personal ones?

US immigration
Immigration authorities in the United States have been reviewing the visa waiver scheme which exists with Britain. that the Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has opened talks with the British government on how to curb the access of British citizens of Pakistani origin to the United States. The UK Home Office said it would be unacceptable to "single out citizens of any particular background" but the American embassy has dismissed reports that is considering such a move anyway. I remember the grilling I got when I passed through US immigration just a few weeks after my trip with World Have Your Say to India. What are your experiences of passing through immigration - into America or otherwise?

Israel
The Israeli parliament meets today in an extraordinary session, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert struggles to hang on to his job. , a report which has led to his own Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, calling for him to resign. We touched on this earlier in the week, but there's plenty of reasons for us to go back to it today. Who would you like to hear from?

Future of Iraq
and to reduce the number of terrorist attacks. Ministers from all of Iraq's neighbours plus various world powers will attend. This is the latest in several conferences to talk about how to rebuild Iraq. I heard Rageh Omar explain this morning that Iran are the key nation as they have more power inside Iraq than any other country in the world. Is he right? Can these talks make any difference? I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Wanders of the world
The names it's 25 wanders of the world today. Las Vegas has been included on the new list, along with the more conventional entries of Machu Picchu and Ayers Rock. and see how they compare with your own travelling experiences. Do have any other nominations?

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Head to head in the French elections
Outside London you can smell election. Three days before the final round of the French presidential election, Royal and Sarkozy went on head to head on a heated debate. There seem to be a little political cross-dressing here, as Royal went all out on attacking and the usually aggressive Sarkozy tried to keep his cool. So who got the upper hand? Who will you vote for this Sunday?

Turkey
On Monday we talked about Turkey's presidential election and whether it is secular vs religious politics. After days of protests and Turkey's court rule that there was no quorum for last Friday's presidential election (in which the ruling party’s Muslim candidate won) Turkey's premier has decided to call a snap election in June to resolve the impasse. So can politics not live without religious conflicts? Or is the court is right to decide that a Muslim president needs to have a stronger mandate?