Good morning on Monday April 2
Welcome to April, did you get fooled yesterday? I guess next year whichever WHYS staffer is writing this will have to be careful. On to today in a minute, but first a reminder of Britain's most celebrated April's Fool.
Right, that's enough of that. What to talk about today?
There's been a tsunami in the Solomon Islands, hundreds more Ethiopian troops have arrived in Somalia's capital amid the worst violence in 15 years, and British scientists have grown part of a human heart from stem cells.
What do you think?
How about a programme about kidnapping? BBC journalist Alan Johnston is still missing in Gaza and Palestinian journalists have begun a three-day strike to protest the efforts of the Palestinian Authority to secure his release; meanwhile, a British oil worker is still missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria; kidnapping is big business in some countries; and Iranian TV has shown new footage of two of the British navy personnel captured nine days ago - what is gained by parading the troops on TV?
Elsewhere, there are signs of cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbours, and Iraqis find a reason to celebrate after their countrywoman wins a pan-Arab TV talent show.
In other news, it's the 25th anniversary of Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands. Britain on Sunday expressed regret over the deaths on both sides in the conflict.
And a story from Jamaica that isn't the Cricket World Cup (where the West Indies look like they've had it, and England's coach has realised they must do better. Which at least shows more awareness of his team's performances than Steve McClaren sees to have.) - the government says crime is rising because Britain and the United States keep deporting criminals back to the Caribbean.
In the not so much news department, a "No Impact Man" in Manhattan is trying to live as greenly as possible for a year, and blogging about it, and also on the web, a man is webcasting every minute of his life at Justin.tv.
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