It is eight am december thirty first here in moscow welcome to the weekly with the top stories of the last seven years. This week has shed light on the fate of the small ethnic and religious minorities in iraq that over the years hes despite the fall of Islamic State thousands of this kodesh speaking group are still being held hostage many of them are children who have been abducted and sold at slave markets. And the men went off. In the evenings they would get together and treat their women and have their fun with us. So. It was indescribable for me. And i couldnt do anything but cry according to iraqi officials in twenty fourteen almost seven thousand people were kidnapped by ice so three thousand are still missing. Senior correspondent reports on the long way home of some. Terrorist captivity. Age location. Ten thousand dollars russia nine location. Fifteen thousand dollars penis age location syria starting bid. And dollars. Age fifty. Baghdad sold put two and thousand dollars d was
Much of mike were was involved with the boston globe for 11 years. Editor for the miami herald and work of the l. A. Times. Feel very strongly and strongly committed to the success of those institutions. They do face enormous pressures. Ill own up to the fact i eliminated the foreign coverage of the boston globe and i guess 2007 or so we were going through the recession. We were expressing 30 decline in revenues and does anybody any management role has to do, you have to make some very tough decisions. The question was are we going to maintain our foreign staff, five or six people, or cover our local region . The answer for institutions like the boston globe, we will cover our local region. There are other places that can cover the world. Nobody was happy with it. I wasnt happy with it. I were sharply criticized youre pretty much all of the people overseas at the moment left the boston globe to do other things, but i think that those institutions, they are still major newspapers. The b
Word that is very important to spanish roots. Megan it is important to spanish roots but talked about something that is global right now, and that is the decline in connection that we have come a , a common spirit, a common purpose. That is the word used in spain. What we are talking about is the conflict in spain, Catalonian Independence and what amazing shock factor and a Ripple Effect as that battle continues to rage on. It is also a global phenomenon, we are seeing the rise of populism in many parts, particularly western democracy. Are we seeing the disruption and dismantling of the bonds that have kept us together in a unified human endeavor, unified human spirit and purpose . Carol we were embracing of the now we arences, but pushing back. Megan exactly. And now, instead of becoming a melting pot or a place where we can bring differences and still be in support of something bigger than ourselves has that , been lost . The independence movement, there has been violence and a war o
Editorinchief, megan murphy. We all learned a new spanish word this week. It is very important. Megan it is important to spanish roots but talked about something that is global right now, and that is the decline in connection, a common connection, a common purpose. That is the word used in spain. Would we are talking about is the conflict in spain, Catalonian Independence and what amazing shock factor and a Ripple Effect as that battle continues to rage on. It is also a global phenomenon, we are seeing the rise of populism in many parts, particularly western democracy. Are we seeing the disruption and dismantling of the bonds that have kept us together in a unifying human purpose . Carol we were embracing of the differences and that we are pushing back. Megan exactly. And now, instead of becoming a melting pot or a place where we can bring differences and still be in support of something bigger than ourselves, as up and lost . Has that been lost . The independence movement, there has b