It's a debate that's been raging in France for years.
Last summer French President Nicholas Sarkozy said "The burqa is not welcome in France".
That lead to an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the traditional Muslim covering.
Today the results of that investigation are out. It's a controversial and complex story, and Genevieve Oger will break it down for us on the show.

An Ipsos poll for Le Point magazine claims 57 per cent of French people support banning the burqa.
But many in the French Muslim community say that will alienate Muslims and violates civil rights. Incidentally, there is at least one Imam in France who actually supports the ban. He argues the covering has no basis in Islam.
France has traditionally upheld the separation of faith and state. But The Economist predicts lawmakers will face criticism from the global community if the ban is enforced.
 

Thousands of Haitians spent a third night on the streets. Bodies are piled everywhere. An estimated 50-thousand people have died. Thousands are still trapped in the rubble. UN Peacekeepers says survivors are becoming increasingly angry that aid has not reached them.

Meanwhile, aid workers are gathering on the border with Dominican Republic. They are waiting to get into the country to help. The aid effort is being hampered by damaged infrastructure. Almost no help has reached quake ravaged communities outside the capital Port au Prince.

The CBC has set up a web site to try to help with the search for loved ones. Photos can be uploaded and information can be posted. Check out the site here.

The country's president says at least 100-thousand people are dead. A Haitian senator says the death toll may be closer to half a million. One Haitian said putting a number on the death toll will be as hard as counting raindrops.

The BBC's Matthew Price, reporting from Port au Prince says bodies are left lying in the streets and hospitals are overwhelmed.

The Canadian DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team) is en route and determining what role Canada can play.

Meanwhile the Better Business Bureau is warning against fake charities and telling Canadians to be sure they know the charities they are donating to.

Canadians concerned about loved ones in Haiti are being asked to call the Department of Foreign Affairs emergency operation centre at 1 (800) 387-3124, or inquire by email at sos@international.gc.ca.

Canadians requiring assistance in Haiti are being asked to contact embassy officials by calling (613) 996-8885.

The devastation:
The extent of the damage in Haiti is becoming clear.

A 7.0 magnitude quake has left hundreds, possibly thousands dead.

Phone lines are down, so information is still very hard to come by.

A five story U.N. building was destroyed. The presidential palace lay in ruins.

Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere is pleading for world aid.

US President Barack Obama has said his "thoughts and prayers" were with the people of that country and peldged immediate aid.

The US Coast Guard has mobilized cutters and aircraft to positions close to Haiti to give humanitarian aid if needed.

As Curt Petrovich has been reporting this morning, the buses are being called little more than very expensive window dressing.

* The buses cost more than two million dollars each... four times the price of a diesel model.
* The hydrogen fuel has to be trucked from a plant in Quebec.
* And during the Olympics bus emissions will actually increase when BC transit relies on more than 100 additional diesel buses to handle demand.

The David Suzuki foundation has panned the 89 million dollar project.
Former BC transit planner Stephen Rees says the money would be better spent bringing bus service to people who don't already have it.

"we can provide zero emission electric transport now - very effecitvely - using very old fashoined technolgoy like street cars or trolley buses."

John Tack is president of the canadian hydrogen and fuel cell association - who's industry members built the buses.

"The only thing that's coming out of the tailpipe is water vapour and heat - so that's where we need to go in terms of transportation in getting rid of pollution and green house gases."

The buses will keep rolling well after the Olympics.
BC Transit will evaluate how well they performed, in four years.

The success of 3D movies like "Up" and "Avatar" seems to have brought about a new era for entertainment.
But before the show even got underway LG made waves in the world of home entertainment.
Yesterday they unveiled a flat screen TV so thin - it'll give the set you have at home serious body image issues.

Amazon's "Kindle" - a device to read electronic books on - saw huge sales near the end of last year.
So tech gurus say more companies will be introducing E-readers at CES this year as well.

But don't take my word for it...
Peter Nowak is in Las Vegas and will have more on the must-have gadgets of 2010 on the show.

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So what's your take ? Are you concerned about privacy? Or will the scanners actually make flying safer for us all ?
Have your say here.

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A growing body of research suggests that supplements of the so-called sunshine vitamin may reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis, diabetes and breast and prostate cancers.

But much of the research comes from observational studies rather than placebo-controlled trials -- the highest standard in health research. Such rigorous trials to prove vitamin D's preventive benefits are expensive, and since vitamins can't be patented, pharmaceutical companies have no financial incentive to do the research.

In the midst of highly-publicized financial trouble, the city-state will cling to its reputation for the big and shiny with a fireworks display to mark the Burj Dubai's opening.

The building itself certainly captures attention. Check out the photo gallery on The Guardian's Web site.

Reaching more than 800 metres into the sky, the Burj Dubai shatters previous records.
Its observation deck will be on the 124th floor - and it boasts the highest occupied floor in the world.

You can see how the tower compares to other buildings on the BBC's page here.

To put it all into a Canadian perspective, the Dubai tower is at least 250 metres taller than our own C.N. Tower.

But behind all the glitz and glamour lurk some darker issues. Human rights groups are concerned about the treatment of migrant construction workers. Al Jazeera briefly mentions that angle in its coverage today - you can read that here.

Starting Monday, all travellers on U.S.-bound overseas flights will be subject to random screening, TSA said. Airports are also directed to increase "threat-based" screening of passengers who may be acting in a suspicious manner.

The State Department lists Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria as state sponsors of terrorism. The other countries whose passengers will face enhanced screening include Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.

The US and The UK closed their embassies in Yemen this weekend over fears that Al Qaeda was planning an attack.

Meanwhile, new concerns are being raised about Yemeni prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay. Republican Pete Hoekstra says some of them are back in action, part of the group taking credit for the attempt to bring down a US airliner on Christmas Day.

"The core group of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is formed by former gitmo detainees," he said. "These were people who were held in Gitmo, been returned and now gone back to the battlefield."

US President Barack Obama returns to Washington today from his vacation in Hawaii. Yemen, it seems, will be top of the agenda.