Our security correspondent says Western governments think it is strange that atsuchacriticaltime - when his Republican Guard units are starting to get engaged, when his people are getting pounded by bombs - Saddam Hussein got his information minister to deliver his latest speech.
First of all, President Obama spoke earlier today with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, to congratulate him on his appointment and to thank him for taking on sucha significant responsibility atacriticaltime.
This time we decided to look at the pressures facing councillors who have suchacritical decision ahead of them, given the amount of money that both the government and the nuclear industry put into the region both in wages and community projects.