Daoud Sediqi is the former presenter of 'Afghan Star,' his country's version of the 'Pop Idol' TV talent show.

Send your questions for Daoud Sediqi.

Having been the show's host for its first four seasons, he is one of the most recognized names in the Afghani media.

A British documentary film about 'Afghan Star' has won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S..

The talent show and documentary have turned Mr Sediqi into an overnight celebrity. But his new-found fame has also brought him numerous death threats.

The Taliban and its followers do not agree with the cultural values of the show - which sees women dancing and singing, and promotes popular culture and democracy.

Since traveling to the U.S. to promote the documentary, Sediqi has chosen not to return to Afghanistan, and rumors suggest that he is attempting to apply for asylum in the U.S.

Send your questions for Sediqi below and we'll put the best of them to him on Monday's show.

Amitabh Bachchan rose to fame in the early 1970s as one of the hot new faces of Bollywood and has since become one of the elder statesmen of Indian cinema, having won many major awards in his long career.

Amitabh Bachchan receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Mumbai Film Festival in 2009.

As well as being an actor, Bachchan has also worked as singer, film producer and as a television presenter. He was also elected as a member of the Indian parliament from 1984 to 1987.

His career has not been without controversy: two years amid local elections in Uttar Pradesh he made a film in support of the Mulayam Singh government but his own party lost heavily in the elections.

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The introduction of DNA technology in crime scene analysis has provided a valuable tool for detectives who might otherwise be struggling for clues in their race to track perpetrators and prevent further felonies.

DNA tests can drastically speed up police work.

But, while it professes to drastically reduce error in securing convictions, its advent is not without controversy –particularly over the setting up of DNA databases.

Several law enforcement bodies, primarily in Britain, Australia and the U.S. state of California, are currently using DNA databases to hold data that could be used to identify criminals at a later date, but debate rages over how far they should go.

Some proposals for databases envisage collecting and retaining data from citizens linked to crime, even if they are proved innocent. Others are more extensive, seeking data from all citizens, whether linked to a crime or not.

Those in favor of databases say they would speed up police work and help tackle terrorists using false identities. People who have not done anything wrong, they say, have nothing to fear.

Those against databases warn of "Big Brother" regimes that would turn their country's citizens into "a nation of suspects," using costly layers of bureaucracy that could be exploited by corrupt police and others illegally trading in personal data.

What do you think about DNA databases? Would you voluntarily give your details to one? Post your comment below and join the Connect The World Skype chat today at 1800 GMT. All you need is a Skype username.

Taylor Swift has quickly made a name for herself. At 19 years old she has become one of the most successful recording artists of this decade in the United States.

Swift is now one of the world's bestselling country artists.

Already having two number one albums on the Billboard charts, Swift has helped bring country music back into the mainstream.

Her album "Fearless" is certified quadruple platinum, and her 60-date tour of the U.S., UK and Australia sold out in one hour.

Last year she earned $18 million.

2009 saw Swift become the first country music artist ever to win an MTV Video Music Award.

While accepting the award for Best Female Song for “You Belong With Me” at this year’s awards ceremony, Swift was abruptly cut off during her acceptance speech by rapper Kanye West. Ripping the microphone out of her hands, he announced that singer Beyonce was more deserving of the award.

Swift and the majority of the audience were stunned in disbelief of what had unfolded. Despite the embarrassment, Swift has truly become fearless in the eyes of her critics. The incident became a sensation on the internet and in the weeks that followed, Swift’s popularity and album sales only increased.

All of this success, for a woman who only learned how to play the guitar on her computer as a little girl.

Now reportedly dating teen heartthrob Taylor Lautner, Swift is topping headlines in the entertainment news.

In this Internet age, the playground has gone digital; and with it, the bullies.

Facebook has been urged to take action.

Now a senior British police officer responsible for preventing online bullying claims the world's biggest social networking sites are failing to combat abuse.

Jim Gamble, head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) Center, said Facebook and MySpace, which between them have more than 500 million users, could work harder to stamp out bullying.

He wants the sites to follow the example of Bebo, which has adopted an initiative whereby children who fear they are at risk can press a panic button. This allows users to report online abuse, bullying and illegal activity.

But will the button really make a difference, or will it induce panic rather than preventing it?

And will it deter children from taking their problems to the adults in their life, thinking they can combat the problems alone?

We want to know if you think the initiative is a step in the right direction, and how you'd like to see social networking sites beat bullying online.

Post your comments below and we’ll include the best ones in tonight’s show.

Most people know her for her role opposite John Travolta in the international smash-hit film Grease. With a soundtrack that includes the unforgettable songs, “You’re The One That I Want,” “Summer Nights” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” Olivia Newton John has been in the spotlight for over thirty years. 

Olivia Newton John

Building on her success from the film Grease, Newton-John’s 1981 record “Physical” set many trends in the 1980’s. Wearing neon-leg warmers in the accompanying music video, this fashion trend soon became a staple in everyone’s wardrobe. Like the ubiquity of her leg-warmers, Billboard named the multi-platinum Physical the most recognizable and successful song of the 1980’s.

Newton-John found her stardom to reach heights she never even imagined. However in 1992 poised for a comeback tour, her life came crashing-down after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought and survived this episode and found a new casting call for her career. Following her struggles, she became one of the world’s leading voices and advocates for breast-cancer research and survivors through-out the world. This is a role that she proudly reprises to this day calling for early screenings and detections.

Olivia has been involved in many community organizations and causes. Last year Olivia married her husband John in South America and the two have since become involved together in a business that produces natural remedy products from the Amazon. She and her husband regularly travel to South America to raise awareness of deforestation

Olivia Newton John will be our Connector of the Day on Monday and will talk about her experiences filming Grease, her music career, her fight with breast cancer and her work to save the rainforest .

Whether you love or loathe her, the self styled polemicist is arguably one of today’s most well-known conservative authors, columnists and political commentators.

Once described as the “Michael Moore of the right”, the so called ills of liberal American society have come under fire in her columns and novels which regularly top the New York Times bestselling list. During her colourful career, the vociferous republican has evoked both revulsion and praise for lampooning everything from pro-lifers to Islam.

Ann Coulter – the 'Michael Moore of the right'

In her most recent book ‘Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America’, the liberal left are persistently blamed for promoting single motherhood – which she opines is a “recipe to create criminals, strippers, rapists and murderers”.

An opponent of President Obama (who she refers to as ‘B. Hussein Obama’ to emphasise his Muslim background ), she claims that, along with celebrities such as Halle Berry and Alicia Keys, he perpetuates America’s “culture of victimhood” by identifying with the ethnicity of his absent black father.

Of the recent Fort Hood massacre, Coulter was quoted as saying “We have a caste system in America with different levels of victimhood. You have the feminists, gays, blacks, Jews. But the number one victims, (...starting on 9/11 when they killed 3,000 Americans), became Muslims.”

Vicious vitriol or a brazen breath of fresh air? What do you think? Send your questions for Ann Coulter and we’ll put a selection of them to her on Wednesday’s show.

Time to think laterally, it's time for the Connect The World Six Degrees challenge.

What links Jenson Button to Hu Jintao?( Photos: AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Here’s how to play: We choose two people in the news this week and ask you to connect them through the six steps.

This week we want you to link Chinese President Hu Jintao to Formula 1 champion Jenson Button.

Need some inspiration? Check out this effort by last week's winner Sonja Osterwalder from Switzerland.

She connected singer Dolly Parton and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and here's how:

- In the 1980s Dolly Parton sang a duet on television with Oprah Winfrey...

– Whilst for her O-Magazine, Winfrey interviewed CNN's Christiane Amanpour...

– The Chief International Correspondent once attended a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall by Eric Clapton...

– Clapton had a short affair with the current French First Lady Carla Bruni...

– Bruni is now married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy...

– Who last week rekindled the flame of the unknown soldier in Paris, alongside Angela Merkel.

Leave your submissions for this week's challenge in the comments section below, and the team will pick the most creative connection, and we'll announce the winner on Friday's show.

Remember: you need five other people between those two: no more, no less. If you want your friends to take the challenge as well, then click the “share post” button below. To see previous challenges, click here. Happy connecting!

Drug prohibition in various forms has been in place for over 100 years. Based on the simple premise that drugs are bad for the people who take them, and for communities as a whole, Governments spend billions on attempting to eliminate the supply and use of illegal substances, like cocaine and marijuana.

Send your questions for Steve Rolles.

While it seems wholly plausible that a drug-free world would make it a better place for the majority – there is overwhelming evidence that the criminalisation of drug production/ supply/ possession is not largely effective at creating a 'drug free' society. In fact there are many who argue that the "War on Drugs" has been a failure. Under prohibition drug usage has risen, drugs have become cheaper and more available, and illicit production has easily met the growing demand.

Worse, the policy of making drugs illegal may have led to a series of catastrophic unintended consequences associated with illegal trade – violent criminals rule production, increasing drug-related crimes manifold. The drugs industry generates over $300 billion each year which has been associated with funding corruption and terrorism (building an arms insurgency which has fuelled civil war in Colombia for example, and reportedly providing income for the Taliban.

Steve Rolles is our connector of the day on Tuesday. He works for the UK group 'Transform' which campaigns for the legalisation of all drugs. In his book "After the war on drugs: Blueprint for regulation" Rolles argues that we have a clear choice: drugs markets can remain in the hands of organised criminals and street dealers, or they can be controlled and regulated by the Government. By legalising drugs, we can minimise the harms associated with drug supply and use.

What do you think of this argument? Send your questions for Steve Rolles here and we'll put the best of them to him on Tuesday's show.

U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from the rest of the world's top economic powers acknowledged Sunday that there is no hope of a major breakthrough over climate change by the end of the year.

Are world leaders taking climate change seriously?

This bleak acknowledgment followed comments from Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen at the APEC summit in Singapore that next month's conference in Copenhagen is no longer likely to yield a major accord to battle global warming.

Kumi Naidoo, the new International Executive Director of Greenpeace, told CNN that climate talks have so far been strangled by "short-term expediency, election cycles and national parochialism."

He said politicians need to realize that this is not a business negotiation because “nature does not negotiate.”

He added: “From Florida to Bangladesh one in 10 people live within a meter of sea level. The ice-caps are melting and it seems inevitable that all of those people will have to defend or abandon their homes this century.”

Read Naidoo's column for CNN

According to Mike Froman, White House deputy national security adviser, President Obama made a surprise appearance at a breakfast devoted to climate change at the APEC summit and told other leaders it's important for at least some progress to be made next month.

But Naidoo insists we need a deal now before it really is too late.

Do you have any confidence that the world’s leaders are united in their desire to secure meaningful agreements on climate change?

Post your comments below and we’ll include the best ones in tonight’s show.