World Affairs

keithwhu is asking Tony Blair

As one of the instigators of the Iraq War, which has the potential to become one of the longest running conflicts in history, what special qualities do you think you could bring to the job of "Peace Envoy"...

keithwhu is asking Tony Blair

Where do you stand on Turkey's proposed incursion to Iraq? What arguments would you use to convince them that invading a foreign country in the hunt for "supposed" terrorists was wrong?

sunnyday is asking Tony Blair

The BBC reports today on a suicide bomber blowing up mourners at a funeral. It is difficult to imagine the horror and personal impact this event must have had on the individuals involved and I feel shame...

rezashah is asking Tony Blair

You'll be earning a few million pounds a year in your new job at JP Morgan. How do you square that with your proclaimed devotion to the teachings of the Bible as espoused by the (Catholic) Church? Isn't...

acethanoi is asking Tony Blair

What attracted you to the post of Lecturer on Faith at Yale Uni?

acethanoi is asking David Miliband

In view of the S. Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, would you consider a blanket ban on Christian Organisations interfering in the affairs of other countries?

keithwhu is asking David Miliband

You are right to say that following the invasion of Iraq,many Muslims feel that we in the West want to 'dominate' rather than 'empower' them. What positive action can we take to change that view?

bonzo1 is asking David Miliband

Is it time that we adopted a consistent policy on intervention in the affairs of other countries? At the moment there seems to be no logical criteria for making that decision.I am thinking here of recent...

keithwhu is asking David Miliband

Do you think that for one country to criticise the human rights record of another country, that country should itself have an exemplary record on human rights? If so, could you give some examples of any...

MTyrrell is asking David Miliband

Citizens should have statutory rights to enforce their human rights in the UK courts. We will by statute incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law to bring these rights home and ...

sunnyday is asking David Miliband

China is the second fastest growing economy in the world - during your visit, has it been apparant that there any lessons which we in the UK could learn from them?

redboy is asking David Miliband

would you consider use of military force against President Mugabe if he chooses to maintain control of Zimbabwe?

hanoian is asking David Miliband

Isn't the comparison of values between countries very difficult? Kim Howells recently spoke about the UK and Saudi Arabia sharing values. At the same time it has been made clear we don't share values ...

PikkuMemy is asking David Miliband

Do you think that sanctions against one country and it's citizens are right from human rights percpective? Do you think that possible invasion of Iran would be right policy for Britain if you take in ...

keithwhu is asking David Miliband

Following the announcement of emergency Rule being invoked in Pakistan, you have urged President Mushareff to "harness the power of democracy." Is it possible that our Western idea of "Democracy" just...

cardiojp is asking David Miliband

In the conduct of a "legaly prosecuted war" why is killing an enemy combatant not an abuse of his human rights whilst torturing the individual if captured is? The implication of this is that an individual's...

sunnyday is asking David Miliband

How can Muslims the world over be expected to believe that we value their lives as much as a Westerners when the recent figures of "only" 480 deaths in Iraq during December is seen as a success. In any...

sunnyday is asking David Miliband

With the USA seemingly oblivious to Russia's objections to a missile "shield" being placed in NATO countries and with Russia's increasingly aggressive posturing am I just being naive in asking whether...

sunnyday is asking David Cameron

Would you have handled the disaster in Burma any differently from Gordon Brown?

keithwhu is asking Hugo Chavez

What would your reaction be if President Bush closed down a TV station which criticised him?

keithwhu is asking Hugo Chavez

Mr. Chavez, regardless of your personal opinions of the man himself, can you understand why the King of Spain got annoyed with you at the recent Ibero-American Summit?

TJH123 is asking Barack Obama

would you reform campaign funding

TimHood is asking Barack Obama

What was it like when you went to Kenya?

redboy is asking Hillary Clinton

What is your policy on the current situation in Palestine and Israel?

keithwhu is asking John McCain

How do you feel about the resignation today of Admiral Fallon?

TJH123 is asking Angela Merkel

what's the funniest thing (like George Bush's 'Yo Blair', for example) you have heard at a EU summit?

keithwhu is asking George Bush

"The United States will work with other nations to establish a new framework on greenhouse gas emissions for when the Kyoto protocol expires." Rather than talk about maybe doing something 5 years in...

keithwhu is asking George Bush

America won't allow missiles on its doorstep ie. in Cuba, but seems to feel it has the right to place missiles wherever it wants in the world. How do you justify this seemingly double standard?

acethanoi is asking George Bush

After the Paris Hilton prison fiasco affair, what kind of reaction would you expect from the American public if you intervened in the Lewis Libby case?

rezashah is asking George Bush

Can you remind the world why the USA maintains an embargo against undemocratic, Communist Cuba and not against, for example, the powerful economy of undemocratic, Communist China and similar states?

rezashah is asking George Bush

North Korea most certainly does have nuclear weapons and other WMDs and seems to be under no real threat of invasion whatsoever from the USA. If you'd really thought that Iraq had WMDs, would you really...

rezashah is asking George Bush

I've become a bit bored and been told to join a club or something to occupy me. How does one get in to The Axis of Evil? I have an Iranian name, (but no Iranian blood), if that helps.

acethanoi is asking George Bush

What is the USA's reasoning behind the Cuban trade embargo and will it be lifted when Castro goes?

rezashah is asking George Bush

Please remind the world once more why you think some states are evil and repressive,e.g. Iran, while others which seem very similar are good allies,e.g. S. Arabia. If you had to decide which was a worse...

keithwhu is asking George Bush

Rolling Stone Magazine seems to think that you are the worst President in American history.Surely, this can't be true. Who do you think was worse than you?

sunnyday is asking George Bush

Where does the US stand on "water-boarding" being used on its own citizens by the State Agencies of other countries?

rezashah is asking George Bush

OK, incredibly you did complain about the most popular blogger in S.Arabia (www.alfarhan.org) being jailed just for supporting the idea of the introduction of democracy. Good! But you never complain about...

keithwhu is asking George Bush

Interesting that you believe Iran "threatens the security of nations everywhere". On what basis have you come to this conclusion? The same intelligence which told you that Iraq possessed WMD's? Perhaps...

acethanoi is asking George Bush

Now that Castro has said that he won't stand for re-election, will you stop trying to assassinate him or will he still have to check that the legs on his zimmerframe haven't been sawn through by CIA a...

Londontowner is asking George Bush

Could you explain your comments about the lesson of the US withdrawal from Vietnam-that it led to 'the killing fields and the terrorists following us home'? Am I wrong in thinking that the Vietnamese...

keithwhu is asking George Bush

Surely, the most important lesson to be learned from the American war with Vietnam was ignored the day that you and Tony Blair decided to invade Iraq?

rezashah is asking George Bush

How do you justify vilifying certain states and befriending others that are very similar if not "worse"? eg. IRAN: hardline Islamic, sexist, links with terrorism?, has elections, women can drive; SAUDI...

keithwhu is asking George Bush

If you accept the invitation to visit China next year, will you be taking your own food and toothpaste?

rezashah is asking George Bush

One of your reasons for invading Iraq - apart from the non-existent WMDs -was a supposed connection between Saddam, (an evil, SECULAR dictator), and Islamic terrorists. This connection has never been ...

rezashah is asking George Bush

Pakistan's General Musharraf came to power in a coup. He is both head of the army and head of state. He has recently curbed freedom of expression. His country acquired nuclear arms in the face of international...

keithwhu is asking Faye Turney

You seem to have dropped out of the news recently. What was the final outcome of your de-briefing and do you expect what happened in Iran to affect your future career?

MichaelOBrien is asking Bono

Don't you feel there is an inconsistancy in your stance on world poverty and your efforts to avoid paying your fair share of tax in your native country?

baltika33 is asking John Howard

You often use the term 'mateship' as an example of what being Australian means. Can you define 'mateship'?

iberian is asking Vladimir Putin

which are more important in the long term to a nation's well being- human rights or internal security

RuanRayno is asking Angelina Jolie

Why did you choose a Vietnamese boy?

Jessmica is asking Angelina Jolie

what programs does angelina jolie run that helps third world conutries

Jessmica is asking Angelina Jolie

why did angelina jolie start a school to have a fair education

NhungNguyen is asking Al Gore

Can you give an forecast on the global climate in 20 years time?

sunnyday is asking Al Gore

Will the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize cause you to reconsider running for the Presidential Candidacy next year?

someone is asking Al Gore

You have laid down the gauntlet and raised the profile of a (you would argue THE most) significant issue facing humanity. What is your greatest fear and, conversely, your greatest hope in your climate...

CptnCaveman is asking Al Gore

Hi Al! Have you heard about the project LocalEyes (www.localeyes.org) it has the potential to engage and organise public opinion & action from grassroots resulting...

keithwhu is asking Gordon Brown

What did you hope to achieve by expelling the Russian diplomats? And were you surprised by Russia's reaction?

acethanoi is asking Gordon Brown

Would you allow a UK citizen to be extradited to a country with which we do not have an extradition agreement? And if not, why should Russia allow the extradition of Lugovoi?

keithwhu is asking Gordon Brown

Could we have a "corruption amnesty" similar to the one China had recently and which encouraged 1,800 people to come forward? Or do you think we don't have any corrupt officials in the UK?

rosssurfin is asking Gordon Brown

With Zimbabwe, an ex-Commonwealth country, in such a terrible state, why are we not doing more to help free the people, when we are more than willing to follow the Americans into Iraq?

keithwhu is asking Gordon Brown

Is it possible to do more for the people of Zimbabwe than just threatening to boycott a meeting which Mugabe would probably not have attended anyway?

bonzo1 is asking Gordon Brown

Why did you choose the "non-action" of a boycott rather than going to Lisbon and confronting Mugabe in person? What is it going to need for you to take some positive action - somebody to strike oil under...

acethanoi is asking Gordon Brown

Isn't trying to sort out Kenya's election problems a bit like treating a dying cancer patient's tickly cough? Don't the problems in Africa run much deeper - to a time when British and other Colonialists...

sunnyday is asking Gordon Brown

If, as Vladimir Putin seems to believe will be the case, there is another arms race, at whose door would you lay the blame? The West for insisting on placing missiles close to the Russian border despite...

keithwhu is asking Fidel Castro

Why do you think you are a better person to run the country than somebody younger and in good health?

acethanoi is asking Fidel Castro

I was watching a documentary about you on National Geographic today (in Hanoi) and it was being highly critical of you. The channel was blocked 40 minutes into the programme. How do you feel about this...

acethanoi is asking Fidel Castro

Out of all the World Leaders you met during your Presidency of Cuba, which ones did you admire the most?

acethanoi is asking Fidel Castro

What advice would you give to your successor in order to stop them making similar mistakes to the ones you made?

keithwhu is asking Michael Geist

You recently criticised the Universities which had banned their students from using Facebook. How would you react to criticism posted by your students? Would you honestly be able to retain an impartial...

rezashah is asking Ban Ki-moon

It's a widely accepted fact that Israel unofficially has had nuclear weapons for a while now and didn't adhere to any international treaty in their production. Would you support applying any measures ...

rezashah is asking Ban Ki-moon

A friend of mine´s relatively new Hyundai car recently broke down without warning. You, more than most people, must see that it's clearly another act of sabotage of The Axle of Evil. It reeks of the foul...

rezashah is asking Ban Ki-moon

(PART 2) Or if not a war, at least ban all exports of Hennessy to North Korea immediately?

redboy is asking Ban Ki-moon

would you supprot sanctions against Israel for their current illegal actions in Gaza and are you concerned that the current siege will endanger the lives of both innocent civillians and Un Officials?

rezashah is asking Donald Rumsfeld

Now that so many Western politicians like yourself care about the horrendous, (sometimes chemical), attacks on various groups carried out by Saddam Hussein's regime in the past, do you personally regret...

rezashah is asking Donald Rumsfeld

Now that your plans- or lack of them- for the disastrous invasion of Iraq have been called "intellectually bankrupt" etc. by military chiefs, do you admit your mistakes? (Some would also call you morally...

rezashah is asking Donald Rumsfeld

keithwhu is asking Prince William

If Diana had been alive today, which contemporary issues do you think she would have been supporting?

bonzo1 is asking Alistair Darling

Could we in the UK follow the Italian's lead and publish on the internet everybody's declared earnings? I'd love to know what my wife ...

keithwhu is asking Alan Johnston

Were there any conditions imposed upon your release?

keithwhu is asking Alan Johnston

would you rule out a return to Gaza any time in the near future/

rezashah is asking Hu Jintao

Surely the recent scandal about the use of (child) slave labour in Shanxi and Henan, involving the son of the local Communist party chief, is further proof that your party preaches one thing yet in practice...

acethanoi is asking Hu Jintao

Many countries have episodes in their past of which they are not proud. Why do the Chinese people persist in reminding the world of the Nanjing massacre which happened 70 years ago?

rezashah is asking Pervez Musharraf

Your country is in a mess- growth in support for hardline Islamists (who barricade themselves in mosques with hostages), Taleban (and other) terrorism, Sunni-Shia sectarian violence, extreme sexism, ...

rezashah is asking Pervez Musharraf

I claimed back on 10 July on Yoosk that your country was in a mess and you had to act immediately. You have done nothing but go from bad to worse since then. As regards the mounting problems, it seems...

rezashah is asking Pervez Musharraf

Before Benazir Bhutto's assassination you seemed to want to delay elections as long as possible. With her dead, you now seem eager NOT to delay too much. How do you justify this to those who find you ...

rezashah is asking Pervez Musharraf

Your govt. changes opinion yet again! Now, fearing that Bhutto's party will win on a wave of sympathy at her death, you'd like to delay the elections again! Doesn't this seem like moving the goalposts...

rezashah is asking Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear)

Dude, your tip-offs were always right even though your sources were shady. You'd never say somebody had WMDs if they didn't. Have you ever thought of becoming Director of the CIA? You'd be better than...

keithwhu is asking Mark Thompson

Whilst I don't argue with your right to publish negative stories about China it seems that you ONLY publish negative stories about China. Doesn't this kind of reporting only encourage the seeming paranoia...

acethanoi is asking Mark Thompson

China's recent attempt to occupy the Spratley islands, which are widely agreed to belong to Vietnam, seems to have gone unnoticed in the media in general. Why do you think this is?

shea5000 is asking Bill Gates

Since no one seems to know what to do about education do you think you could use your talent and money to provide the ultimate software to teach people a standard education that's easy & fun? How ...

Frings is asking Lindsey German

What is your reaction to news today that the cost, for this financial year, of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts is likely to reach £3.297bn?

ryanscribe is asking Peter Hitchens

What's your take on the Sudanese teddy bear case?

rezashah is asking Jamal Harwood

You (unjustly) complain of discrimination against you in the UK yet are happy to see Christians and others mistreated in Muslim-majority countries. Aren't you basically childish, ignorant bigots who can't...

rezashah is asking Jamal Harwood

United Caliphate- what a load of claptrap! Even centuries ago the Muslim world didn't agree over succession. Thus the Suni/Shia split, which still encourages so-called "Muslims" to murder each other today...

rezashah is asking Jamal Harwood

Thankyou for your answers, Mr. Harwood. While I agree with you that the disastrous and immoral invasion of Iraq has sadly exacerbated the mistrust between many Sunnis and Shias (and Christians), I believe...

keithwhu is asking Jamal Harwood

You mentioned in one of your answers on Yoosk that Islam forbids Muslim's from killing Muslim's, so why are they doing it in Iraq and what would be your solution to put an end to it?

keithwhu is asking Jamal Harwood

I appreciate that, in the past, (Danish cartoons), we in the West have not been sympathetic to the feelings of Muslims around the world, but do you also appreciate the importance people in the West attach...

ryanscribe is asking Jamal Harwood

Jamal, Why can't children call their teddy bears Mohammed? Isn't Sudan just a ridiculous, feudal example of what would happen if an Islamic caliphate came into being: a backwards, medieval state ruled...

ryanscribe is asking Abdul Muhammad Bari

Isn't the current teddy bear case in Sudan just another example of why Muslims get a bad name: they may blame Islamophobia, but isn't it really Islam in practice, in the real world, that is giving the...

acethanoi is asking Osama bin Laden

What is your solution to the crisis in Iraq?

acethanoi is asking Osama bin Laden

What would it take for Al-Qaeda to end hostilities?

rezashah is asking Osama bin Laden

Why did you START your hostilities and do you even know who they're supposed to be against?

rezashah is asking Osama bin Laden

In the latest indiscriminate deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad carried out by Al Quaeda, 2 mentally disabled women known in the area were used as suicide bombers. Has your repugnant organization any limits...

rezashah is asking Osama bin Laden

Male martyrs are supposed to get all those virgins when they get to heaven. But what's in it for female martyrs? Don't tell me they get to make the bed for the boys?

acethanoi is asking Thaksin Shinawatra

How do you intend to spend the $1600m in frozen assets if the Thai Govt releases it?

ryanscribe is asking Than Shwe

Isn't it finally time that you left your jungle isolation and joined with the rest of the world in 21st century democracy?

acethanoi is asking Than Shwe

Isn't it a little divisive to force State employees to attend your Pro-Government rally whilst paying non Government workers.

sunnyday is asking Mohamed Al Fayed

What evidence is there to suggest that Diana's and Dodi's deaths were anything other than an accident?

sunnyday is asking Mohamed Al Fayed

How many assassinations by "car accident" have you ever heard of? Is it a method you would use if you were trying to assassinate somebody?

sunnyday is asking John McDowell

To claim that the operation which resulted in the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes was "the best" you could have done makes me worry about meeting members of your Force when they have an off-day.Is...

keithwhu is asking Condoleezza Rice

Mrs. Rice, when you have finished sorting out democracy for the Russians, do you think you could pay us in the UK a visit as our democracy seems to have gone awol recently. PS. You might also like to ...

redboy is asking Condoleezza Rice

do you consider the rising death toll among american forces in Iraq and Afghanistan show that the military intervention in both countries has failed?

keithwhu is asking Michael Martin

Further to the question from the6thestate to Nancy Pelosi on this site, I'd like to ask the Speaker of the house of Commons if the killing of the Australian Aborigines can also be recognised as genoci...

BurrusE is asking Jeremy Kyle

Me and my sister would like to find our father. We have never met him and only know his name and age. I have been told my many tracing agencies that i am wasting my time. Where do we go from here?

wepVad is asking Becky Slater

Is addressing plastic bag usage an important priority for environmental campaigners' resources, or should these be used elsewhere?

paulharnby is asking Craig Murray

having read the Guardian account of your experiences, would you recommend a career in the Foreign Office and why?

hanoian is asking Craig Murray

Do you support the policy of liberal intervention and if so, which heads of state would you like to see removed? If not, then what is the alternative?

bonzo1 is asking Craig Murray

Do you believe there are grounds for going after Tony Blair and George Bush for human rights abuses? Are there any leading figures you think might have human rights cases to answer?

lucy1983 is asking Craig Murray

Can a government ethically act on intelligence obtained through torture, if the intelligence is likely to prevent loss of life through, say, terrorist action?

paulo123 is asking Craig Murray

Is it any worse to torture someone yourself than to allow them to be tortured by another person/country?

HoaiHood is asking Janet Balaskas

Should pregnant women make their own choice of giving birth or would it be safer for the doctors/mid-wives to make that decision depending on the state of health of mothers and to-be-born babies?

sunnyday is asking Jonathan Evans

You have expressed concern at the rising number of potential terrorists within the UK and you have said "Long-term resolution requires identifying and addressing the root causes of the problem." What ...

keithwhu is asking Mehmet Ali Sahin

You recently said of the Turkish troops captured by the PKK: "As a Turkish citizen I cannot accept the fact that they went with the terrorists that night. Our soldier is prepared to die if necessary when...

bonzo1 is asking Niall Couper

Countries like Iraq, China and Pakistan have been criticised by Amnesty for their human rights abuses, but would you accept that some human rights abuse is the price that has to be paid to govern what...

cardiojp is asking Niall Couper

What arguments would amnesty international advance to Al'qeada to persuade them to respect the human rights of non-muslim caucasians?

sunnyday is asking Niall Couper

Is it possible to rank different human rights in order of importance? And, if it is, what would you say were the top 5?

johnread is asking Niall Couper

Can Amnesty International ever make a difference in places like Burma and Zimbabwe given that national governments fail to influence human rights abuses in those countries

lucylodge is asking Niall Couper

With the 2008 Olympic games being held in Beijing, are Amnesty planning on using the extra worldwide attention this will bring to highlight Chinese human rights policies or lack thereof, and if so, ho...

lucylodge is asking Niall Couper

moiraread is asking Niall Couper

Given the Catholic Church support for AI, how will Amnesty's recent decision regarding rape and termination of pregnancy in war affect this relationship longterm?

keithwhu is asking Yasuo Fukuda

Why do you persist in claiming that your country's annual whale slaughter is for "scientific research" ? You do realise that nobody actually believes this don't you?

bonzo1 is asking Rowan Williams

You talked in your Christmas Day Sermon about peace on earth, "..the peace the angels promise to the shepherds..." How does the recent pitched battle in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem between...

rezashah is asking Nicholas Sarkozy

Why are you so against Turkey joining the EU? Surely they are a much-needed model of very moderate Islamic governance that respects diversity? There are also democratic Christian parties in power doing...

keithwhu is asking Sadiq Khan

If the allegations are true and you were illegally bugged by Scotland Yard, who would you hold responsible - the head of Scotland Yard or Justice Secretary Jack Straw and what action would you like to...

Travesty is asking Kevin Rudd

Following the release of 10 South Korean sex slaves from a Sydney Brothel, and bearing in mind the reasonable assumption that there are many more who are still captive throughout Australia, isn't it time...

Travesty is asking Kevin Rudd

Isn't saying that you oppose the building of a Muslim school in camden on "planning grounds" a copout - if the school was built, surely the infrastructure would follow. Can you tell us directly if you...

bonzo1 is asking Prince Harry

How satisfying is it being in the army if you are not going to be able to carry out normal duties like any other soldier?

acethanoi is asking Cao Duc Phat

If it's illegal for us to keep our hamsters now - what should we do with them?

2manyojs is asking Sir Jonathan Sacks

What pressures led you to take the first copies of The Dignity of Difference off the shelves and republish the book with a less tolerant message regarding non-Jewish religions?

keithwhu is asking Ricky Panter

After having your complaint against GHD upheld by the Advertising standards Authority because they use the words "Thy...

bonzo1 is asking Fu Ying

When, and for what reason did China enter Tibet and what are the grounds for Tibet to be seen by you as part of China?

bonzo1 is asking Joanna Lumley

Do you see any difference between what China is doing now in Tibet and what your father was doing in the Raj when you were born?

Frings is asking Cllr Bobbie Chettleburgh

The council very kindly delivered new wheelie bins to us this morning and a comprehensive list of everything we can't put in them. This list of items we can't put in just about covers everything I may...

sunnyday is asking Gerry and Kate McCann

Following your recent appeal for more information about your daughter's disappearance, did anyone come forward? I would also like to know if you feel there will ever come a time when you decide that you...

sunnyday is asking Scott McClennan

In your book you say: “War should only be waged when necessary, and the Iraq war was not necessary.” I think that most people would agree with you, but couldn't you have mentioned this while you were ...