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	WEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY 22:30 GMT - BBC TWO FROM PETER BARRON, PROGRAMME EDITOR Hello, The tsunami and its aftermath continue to dominate news but today the focus moved to Britain and Europe as tens of millions observed three minutes silence in commemoration of the victims. But as Tony Blair promised to match public giving, pound for pound, some have begun to wonder if we are experiencing a kind of grief inflation and competitive compassion. We'll be debating the question of whether the public and government response to the tragedy is losing its sense of proportion. We have a fascinating, and perhaps instructive film about international aid, not from Asia but from Africa, as Tony Blair kicks off his presidency of the G8 with a commitment to solving the crisis in that continent. Our film, authored by the Ghanaian campaigner Yao Graham, is highly critical of the dependency culture which he believes foreign aid has created in his country. We'll be putting that argument to Sir Nicholas Stern of the Government's Africa Commission. And is America a power for good or ill in the world? Following the tsunami conspiracy, rumours have been circulating on the internet of how the US base at Diego Garcia managed to avoid casualties while those on neighbouring islands suffered huge losses. Was there a malign hand at work, or has America's role in the crisis in fact been a model of humanitarian leadership. click here to tell us what you think See you at 10.30pm Peter Barron If you have a story for Newsnight, please send us an email via our website:  bbc.co.uk/newsnight
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