Hello this is from our own correspondent a download from BBC Radio and here with the latest

edition is Kate Aide.

Hello today the winds of change whisper in the trees a North Korean waitress sings us a Christmas carol as her country undergoes

its biggest leadership upheaval in years. We find out why more than a thousand women

a year seek out the skills of an American they call the

Michelangelo of the nipple tattoo.

Here about a Syrian Air Force officer imprisoned by his own government, locked up by the rebels and then held captive over the border in Lebanon.

And can it be true, are French women really starving themselves because they believe a fat female is a failure?

First though to Thailand where the leader of the protest group trying to bring down the government

says the Prime Minister must resign. If she doesn't, she'll be forced out.

The Prime Minister, Ying looked Shinnawat, who's already called an election in a bid to

placate the protesters, has now arranged a meeting for tomorrow to discuss the reforms they're demanding.

What happens next could depend on the country's powerful army, which so far has declined to

take sides.

Jonathan Head in Bangkok says at the heart of this political turmoil

is a debate about democracy. When more than 90 people died on the streets of

Bangkok three and a half years ago, most to the guns of their own army, many ties hoped

that the shock of so much violence would bring this country's warring factions to their

senses, that this could never happen again. Those of us who've lived in this country for some time

have learnt never to say never again. For the past two weeks I've watched old battles replayed, often in the same old way, sometimes in the same

places. To the outside world it must seem that Thailand has gone mad. A veteran politician and ruthless backroom dealer has decided to

overthrow a government that was legitimately elected and still has a

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