The World This Weekend - 02/08/2009

Is the United States preparing to ask Britain to provide more troops in Afghanistan? As a committee of MPs urges the government to focus its efforts there on security alone, we hear from Washington, and the Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell. What impact will Germany's involvement in Afghanistan have on its federal election campaign? The Archbishop who speaks for the Catholic Church on medical ethics reflects on Thursday's judgement on 'assisted suicide'. What does national reconciliation mean in Zimbabwe?