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Paul here: Douglas Paal is on today from the Carnegie Endowment for international Peace, he says the West often misunderstands China.

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New blog post: Is it time for Western countries to ban the burqa? http://bit.ly/958ETP

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New blog post: A changing agenda at the Catholic Church? http://bit.ly/akgXtm

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Good news, we're back at our old Twitter account - BBC_WHYS. See you there!

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Now we're debating bailing out Haiti based on the New York international aid pledge.

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An interesting discussion just had on apologies from Serbia and the Pope from opposing views.

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Programme on air - Mark Lowen in Belgrade is explaining the decision by the Serbian Parliament.

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@bigaone22 thank you!

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Helen:last day of work! So worried about my leaving speech I spent last night working on it but we're so busy I needn't have-no time for it

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New blog post: Is it right to sing lyrics that are offensive? http://bit.ly/aVkZaf

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Nuala: Want to sign up for WHYS daily email? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2005/12/ros_daily_email_tweets.html

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Claudia: I'm working on Serbia and apologies. Looking for Serbians. Just fixed our man in Belgrade.

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Is it ok to sing something you would not say to someone's face?

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It boils down to two stories - Serbia and apologies, or Haiti aid - your vote please

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Nuala suggests a story about a young woman committing suicide in a Massachusetts school -how does bullying play out around the world?

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Claud mentions the Burqa ban in Belgium

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Paul suggests a story about an Afrikaans song being banned in South Africa. Would you say what you sing?

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Haiti conference is another option. The government want another $4bn. Should Haiti get more aid?

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Does an apology have to be genuine?

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Serbia apologising about Srebrenica is a big story-how should we address it? The Pope's apology has been criticised for not being enough too