Voting in an online competition has catapulted Baghdad into pole position to win the honour of being named a 'Spice City' and to get a performance from the Spice Girls' on their forthcoming reunion tour. A spokesman for the band said: The girls will go anywhere in the world that gets the most votes - be it Baghdad or Antartica". Given that presumably few of the votes for Baghdad are actually coming from local residents, one hopes it doesn't come out top - I mean, it's one thing bombing them all into oblivion, but surely there's some kinds of human rights rules to stop us sending in the Spice Girls?
Though, no human rights legislation is stopping the following from having to suffer a visit from the Girls.
2 Dec: Vancouver
4 Dec: San Jose
7 Dec: Los Angeles
8 Dec: Las Vegas
11 Dec: New York
15 Dec: London
20 Dec: Cologne
23 Dec: Madrid
8 Jan: Shanghai
10 Jan: Beijing
12 Jan: Hong Kong
17 Jan: Sydney
20 Jan: Cape Town
24 Jan: Buenos Aires