It had been successful and valuable in matters involving espionage. And that they felt that this again was given the revolutionary climate they not they needed to have the authority to do. And just before 7 00 p. M. Eastern. And she said you were chosen. She was from czechoslovakia. She was there for four years in the concentration camp. She spoke. And they asked her whats happening . Where are our parents . And she said you see that smoke . There are your parents. Holocaust survivor anna gross recalls her familys experiences in the ghettos in nazi occupied hungary in poland and forced hard labor. This event was part of the United States Holocaust Memorial museums first person series. Then at 8 00 on lectures in history. Anarchists named alexander burkeman broke into the office in nearby pittsburgh. Shot him twice and repeatedly stabbed him. Burkeman, however is one of the great failures in assassination history. Not only did he fail to kill him, he also undermined the strikers for who
Among the partners, vietnam is the only country that bans independent religious groups, the only country considered one of the worst violators of internet vietnam harbors severe child labor and forced child labor violators and regularly jails and tortures those who speak out for human rights, political inclusion with a right to practice their religion. There are today over 100 prisoners of conscience in vietnam wynn van didefend of religious freem down and he was detained and detained last september for continuing his work. His arbitrary detention undercuts any claim that the current vietnamese leadership can become a trusted u. S. Partnership. Prior to his arrest i had the previous to meeting with him in hanoi at his law officer at 10 dwayne tran yip street in 2005. I was deeply impressed with his passion for truth, his defense of universally recognize the his tate, extraordinary courage and deep aabiding live for as a result name. He is truly a patriot. His wife Vu Minh Khanh is with
It is 6 00 here in london. We start in paris. French police have said shots the north ofed in the city in connection with the attacks on friday which left 129 people dead. Youre looking at live actors from where the action is taking place this morning. The french newspaper reporting that two people have been killed in the operation. Us from parisoins with an update. What can you tell us . We have to be very careful, because this Large Police Operation is still taking place as we speak. Le mond, two people have been killed but others are still barricaded inside. This is a very highly populated paris. Rhood, suburb of fareast three people so have been arrested but the operation is still underway. Several french media are reporting it could be a very highlevel operation targeting the mastermind of the attacks. This information is not confirmed at the moment, but if it was the mastermind of the weve been talking about him the last several days. He is 27 and was born in belgium. To be in sy
To tackle the countrys key challenges this year. Reporter in his eightminute speech, abe used the word challenge no fewer than 17 times. Translator we only have challenge, challenge and challenge. Its the year of challenge. 300 years ago, there was one who ruled the country and he was known to be a challenger. He did various reforms, including fiscal reconstruction. Reporter abe went on to list some of his Biggest Challenges boosting the economy and dealing with japans graying society. Japans population has been declining for nine straight years. In 2015, it fell by 294,000, the largest drop in postwar history. Revenues from taxes and Health Insurance payments are flat, even as Social Security costs mushroom. Translator we have three targets raising japans gdp to a postwar high of 600 trillion yen, increasing the birthrate and making sure no one needs to quit work to nurse elderly relatives. My challenge is to create a society in which all play an active role. Reporter abe also looked
System. I wont say too much but it is one of the hottest topics around and most important topics around. Of course theres china but theres the whole of asia. And i think the Financial System as weve all learned is one of the absolute requirements for growth. Deputy managing director min zhu was previously adviser to the managing director, senior adviser, and he was the Deputy Governor of the bank of china, and before that, chairing a working group on financial issues. So there is few i think in the world, if any, who knows more certainly about the chinese Financial System but now about the whole world Financial System than min zhu, our friend min zhu. And he makes us an honor to come to brookings for this event. So thank you very much. I will cede the floor to him. After his remarks the panel will i will introduce the panel and we will have some further remarks from two colleagues from the fund, from our own eswar prasad. I will then launch a discussion where we will go from a Panel Di