Jacob zuma of south africa gave along Television Interview protesting his innocence. Hes has come under increasing pressure to step down amid numerous allegations of corruption. Our africa editor, fergal keane, sent this report from pretoria. In pretoria, seat of the presidency, rumours rippled all morning. The president might be about to resign. But when he did speak to the state broadcaster it was a defiant, defensive appearance. Zuma, the victim. What have i done . £f23 . 5c§§i~,§§1§ anc by could be swearing ini new cauldbe swearinginfinew what between seems to ace u their sleeve, if the an ace up their sleeve, if the president does not resign by end of Business Today they are prepared to table the motion of no confidence tomorrow in parliament. And the anc has the majority of seats in parliament and also opposition parties have indicated their winning to vote with the anc on this. So tomorrow we will be seeing a united effort between the anc and opposition to get was eh £37
Thank you all for coming, we are delighted to have you with us. Fromme is john carrr Georgetown University. Grateful to them for their help, the friends at the democracy department, who support our efforts at evil dialogue, at a time when it is more important than ever. We do large dialogues at the georgetown, and it would mention a couple of those at the end. Ido some convenient ones, probably the most important thing that we do, is reach out to Young Leaders here in washington. It is my experience, i am very old, as i am told by my children all the time my experience is that a lot of Young Leaders come to washington, many of them motivated to their faith. But they get pulled into the wars. The great temptation in washington is not corruption, i think, it is in this is in. Especially, it is cynicism. Thiswe are, i day before rate of the union, which is which is of the union, as close as you get to american liturgy. I am catholic. There is the entrance experience, a stand, they said, t
Saturday live coverage of president ial candidates at the iowa state fair continues. We will hear from Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindel and then on sunday Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a meeting. And then we are live at the Minneapolis Book testival. On sunday morning at 10, author and columnist chairs her critical thoughts on the relationship with millennials. And helping improve relationships between the public after the king assassination and the riots. In his book, bibliotech john palfrey talks about some of the challenges libraries face. He is head of school at the Phillips Academy in massachusetts and the Founding Member of the digital Public Library. He talked at the free library in philadelphia earlier this year. Good evening, everyone. I would like to remind you no flash photography is presented during the event. Following the event a book signing will take place in the lobby and dont forget most of the author events are offered as podcast at freelibrary. Org. I
Free library. Org. To them freelibrary. Org. I am a librarian here and i am excited to introduce john palfrey who is the leading scholar on issues of emerging media and authority for internet freedom, transparency and accountability. He is the head of school at phill phill Phill Phillips academy and the board of directors at the Digital Library. His latest book, bibliotech argues for the necessity of finding and using the reservoir of online systems and the adaptive roles of libraries teaching this skill. It is said he challenges us to keep the library relevant as an information resource, archive, Community Gathering and a cornerstone of democracy for informed citizenry. Please join me in welcoming me john palfrey to the free library of philadelphia. Jennifer, thank you so much for your kind introduction and thank you andy and all of these who welcomed me to the free library of philadelphia. I could not be happier to be here to talk about this book. The amazing history philadelphia has
So domestic politics involve complex entanglements of emotions and technical issues. It may also incorporate contradictions and inconsistencies on various key issues. In other words, it does not necessarily lead to the rush into Digital Power independence. Remaining status quo, still the majority among the taiwanese general public, but the problem is that the definition of status quo is very still in dubious. What is status quo . Theres different interpretati interpretation. [inaudible] sovereignty still cover the mainland according to the constitution, taiwan has already become independent country so that no need to declare independence. But the prc six to 1992 consensus but only on the one china part is the individual interpretation. So the one china Party Support the interpretation of the socalled status quo. So the general publics preference to status quo only reflect a desire of maintaining stability. Its a situation. It takes a different kind of policy. So even all these twists a