New Orleans revisited
Morning, it's Vicki here in London doing the early post on the blog. Can't say I have much sympathy for the team in New Orleans and the heat they're having to deal with......we're having a dreadful summer here and more rain is forecast for the weekend. My lawn desperately needs mowing.
In the US the team has got guests lined up as Anna mentioned in her post, including some of the people we spoke to after Hurricane Katrina. What would you like to hear from New Orleans? Let us know if there are particular stories you're interested in or questions you have.
Otherwise the news in the UK is still dominated by the at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳. There's lots of soul-searching here and talk of the possible fall-out. There's a feeling that because the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is funded by the public through the television licence fee they have to pay, there's a different relationship between us and our audience than with other broadcasters. Can we win back their trust?
caused by a ruptured underground steam pipe during the evening rush hour. At least one person died and around thirty were injured. People described clouds of steam gushing up, and mud and rocks being thrown into the air. It does sound pretty scarey. Are you in New York? Did you see it ? How's the morning commute been today? Are people still a bit shakey?
Tony Blair faces hiswith the meeting today aimed at re-opening the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. When they say the Palestinians at the moment they only mean Fatah in the West Bank. So what can they hope to achieve? And could they actually be weakening President Abbas' mandate? We've asked before whether Blair is the man for the envoy's job and whether the international community should be talking to Hamas. Do you want to revisit the subject?
? The electoral college will vote on a new president and Pratibha Patil, the candidate of the governing Congress party and its allies, is expected to win. We'll know the result on Saturday. But how are people in India reacting to the idea of their first female president? Can women bring different skills to such jobs?
We keep mentioning following the storming of the Red Mosque last week. There has been a wave of bomb attacks against government targets since security forces flushed out the mosque controlled by radical Islamists. In the latest attack 30 people have died. Should we be worried about the growing instability in the country? What are people there saying?
Tomorrow we're hoping to talk to Ali in Kuwait, who criticised the portrayal of Islam in the media. We posted his comment on the blog and a heated debate has been building. There's still time for you to take part, so let us know your thoughts on the issue.
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