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By NICK STANLEY

Debt Relief for Poor Countries: Are the World Bank and IMF doing the right thing to assist poor countries with their debt? The IMF's Michael Hadjimichael will join Adam Lerrick from Carnegie Mellon University and Ian Vásquez from the Cato Institute for a discussion of debt-reduction strategies for the third world. Listen today from 8 am.

Elton John in concert: One of the most-popular artists of modern times will be playing an exclusive live show in the ancient amphitheatre at Ephesus in Turkey. Sir Elton will be playing a mix of old favourites and new material from 6.30am tomorrow. The webcast is pay-per-view.

The 2001 Webby Awards: Vanity Fair says the Webby Awards are better than the Oscars, and you can see whether you agree on Thursday from 3pm. The awards ceremony, at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House, will hosted by ABC television news presenter Sam Donaldson and the Herald's Peter Sinclair is one of the judges.

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Third World debt

Elton John concert

Webby Awards