A couple of years ago a friend of mine, who worked in publishing, emailed me suggesting a guest for CNN. 
The guest was an author doing well in America and was about to start selling her books in Europe. My friend was a big fan of the books but also the author who apparently had amazing story to tell.

Author Stephanie Meyer attending the Los Angeles premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

I agreed to have the author on the show and I'm glad I did because it became one of my most memorable interviews. I heard how a deeply religious housewife had a dream that she turned into a book. She was caught out by her success but was riding the wave.

Her name was Stephanie Meyer, and her success was nothing compared to what it is now. Its one of those interviews that gets better with age because you know it was the beginning of something huge. See it here and get a sense of just how big the author of Twilight has become on tonight's show.

Also give us your thoughts here on the housewife, writer and, now, Hollywood big-hitter that is Stephanie Meyer.

If ever there was an example of where the international effort in Afganistan isn't working, it came this week.

British soldiers mentor Afghan police. But has the risk become too great?

Five British soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman they had been training. It came as no surprise that the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated the police and carried out the attack, but it was still a major dent in confidence of British forces who believe they are making a difference.

Kim Howells, a former Foreign Office minister with responsibility for Afghanistan, said the killings strengthened the case for bringing British troops home early.

The current UK government responded by saying forces will only be withdrawn once the Afghans have been given the training and support they need to protect the country themselves.

But, given possible infiltration, should the training continue despite the risk to more foreign soldiers' lives?

When you consider the victims in a war crimes trial, you don't normally consider the defendant first.

How should the war crimes court handle Radovan Karadzic's trial?

But ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is trying to play that card in The Hague: he's trying to take control of the proceedings by portraying himself as a victim, denied justice by the West, and sinking under the weight of more than a million pieces of paperwork thrown at him by the prosecution.

I have heard western lawyers suggest that the best thing for everyone is for him to boycott the trial so the prosecution can make its case without further distraction.

But justice should be seen to be done and, vitally, all parties concerned - including Bosnian Muslims and Serbs – need to perceive the trial as fair. How does the court strike the right balance?