Emergency rule in Pakistan: Your views

Send us your thoughts on President Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule in Pakistan. Read more


Seeing the light of day

Oh, the light! The autumn light! Is there anything more glorious than an October day, awash in the sun's low-slung amber rays? And yet ... perhaps you feel the dread, too. Read more


In the first place, simple pleasures were fun and free

Sunday, November 04, 2007 November marks the first anniversary of Tales of the City. During the past year, we've received personal essays on every sort of topic: geek love, accidental encounters, the saving grace of music and dealing with cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Read more


PARKER: Waffling, not being a woman, makes Hillary a target

Saturday, November 03, 2007 When you're leading the Democratic presidential race, as Hillary Clinton is, you might expect other candidates to focus their sharpest criticism your way. Yet the spin coming out of the Clinton campaign is that the men were ganging up on Hillary. Read more


Black: Have it all,or have what makes you happy

Saturday, November 03, 2007 NEW YORK — There's a phrase that came into vogue awhile back: "having it all. Read more


All news [archive] RSS




Read more news here:



Thompson: "Wrong Answer"

Thompson: "Wrong Answer"

Fred Thompson has some thoughts on Hillary: I've mentioned it before, but Fred does very well in this kind of informal chat video, which is not really an ad. But what if this is what Fred's ads will look like?...



Is it economic to be green?

How concerned are you about the economic consequences of climate change?

The world faces an economic collapse on the level of a World War or depression within the next century if climate change is not averted, with billions of people displaced and resources destroyed, according to the Stern Review.

The review, headed by Sir Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, was drawn together to highlight the economic cost of not retarding man-made climate change.

Does the emphasis to change the way we live lie with businesses or the individual? Would green taxes be effective in tackling climate change? Is this the best way to halt global warming?

We will be discussing this on our Have Your Say programme at 1400GMT on Sunday 5 November on World Television, World Service Radio and Online. If you want to take part please include you phone number. It will not be published.

BBC experts answer your questions

Click here to read the main story

Original text is here



  Add comment

Name: 
E-Mail: 
Comment: 
Enter code: 


Main page | Rss feeds | News archive | All news | |