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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Happold

On the news list today

SocietyGuardian will today be trying to work out whether the government's white paper on public health – think booze, fags and fatty foods – can really make us live longer. A smoking ban in restaurants and pubs that serve hot food looks likely, but we won't know for sure until John Reid addresses the Commons at 12.30pm.

We'll also be following the latest in Iraq and finding out what's going to happen to the US soldier who shot an unarmed and wounded Iraqi in Falluja. Will NBC's footage of the execution take on a similar iconic status in the Arab world of the photographs that leaked out of Abu Ghraib?

Simon Jeffery meanwhile will be trying to work out the true meaning of the phrase "l'amour violent", used by President Chirac to describe Anglo-French relations. The Guardian translates it as a violent love affair while the Independent takes it to mean "tough love", suggesting that the UK is a misbehaving teenager being reprimanded by the more mature French.

The Observer's sports editor, Brian Oliver, will also be online at 3pm to answer questions about the paper's investigation into the state of football, the game that ate itself. Forget Arsenal's effortless flowing play, he thinks the game is rubbish, do you agree? Post a question and let him know.

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