The Queen At 80 - How Do You Rate Her?

On 21st April 2006 Queen Elizabeth will be 80. The United Kingdom will officially celebrate and while many will take the opportunity to celebrate her reign, others will find it an appropriate moment to call for the the monarchy to be scrapped.Is todays monarch just the apex of an invidious pyramid of class distinction, perpetuating privilege and snobbery, or do they represent Britain in a positive light in way that no political figure could hope to achieve?

The Queen At 80 - How Do You Rate Her?

Bush - Would He, Could He, Should He Invade Iran?

In April 2006 the respected investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker wrote that the Bush administration was stepping up covert activities in Iran and was planning for a possible air attack while publicly advocating diplomacy.President Bush dismissed as "wild speculation" reports that his administration had considered nuclear strikes against sites in Iran to prevent the nation from building nuclear weapons.Hersh was adamant that "There's been a lot of planning going on. It's more than planning, it's operational planning. It's beyond contingency planning," and claimed that regular military forces had already infiltrated Iran. Would President Bush seriously consider attacking Iran, could he, should he?

Bush - Would He, Could He, Should He Invade Iran?

The Trial Of Zacarias Moussaoui

Zacarias Moussaoui is the only person to be prosecuted in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 and has been found by a jury to be eligible for the death penalty.The 37-year-old French citizen pleaded guilty in April last year to conspiring with al-Qaida to hijack aircraft and other crimes.Moussaoui was in jail during the attacks having been arrested in Minnesota a month before the attacks after arousing suspicion at a flying school. He initially told federal agents he was training as a pilot only for personal enjoyment. Reports have suggested that Moussaoui would prefer the death penalty rather than life in prison and regards himself as a martyr.If the death penalty is thought justified should he be executed or made to see the rest of his life out in prison?

The Trial Of Zacarias Moussaoui