And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is just icing on the cake. My job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her grad titstude work to go to work as a copy editor. After three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. She assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. Tonight she will be having a conversation with Caroline Frazier. Caroline frazier is the editor of the library america edition of Laura Ingalls wilder, the little house books. Her latest book is prairie fires, the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls wilder. It was one of the New York Times ten best book
We have kept ms. Fraser busy. We have had wonderful crowds turn out each time. Of the books. Ut it has been very satisfying. And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is the icing on the cake. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. [applause] jane my job tonight is to introduce two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the editor at post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis. She graduated with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her work as a grad student in english to go to work as a copy editor for the st. Louis globe democrat. She returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer of the features department for 30 years. As a book editor, she assigns 300edits book reviews from or so new books each week. She has written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors including salman rushdie. And so tonigh
Report is a damning indictment of chinas treatment of the week population. It found that we goes and other mostly muslim groups held in detention camps have been subjected to torture, including forced medical treatment and sexual and gender based violence. Bachelors report with commission more than 3 years ago and was due to be published last year. It was finally released 30 minutes before her term, as you and human rights chief ended. Obviously there, there is pressure fall, Chinese Government on the un system, but its the you, the High Commission as job to investigate human rights crimes around the world, including china. So were very glad to see at least report reports out. Oh, obviously will wish it was with are released sooner. China has condemned the report. It says its policies in shing jang fight, what it calls terrorism and provide we goes with better economic opportunities. We all know so well that is the so called disingenuous who is completely yeah, isa completely fabricate
Life. Mikhail gorbachev left office in 1991 recent survivor of an attempted hard line, communist qu, but victim nonetheless, of unstoppable change. The vast soviet empire had suddenly ceased to exist. Gorbachev left behind a moscow reduced in stature. The capital now of a newly independent russia. Of course, he was very, very disciplined in man because he was at his house. He had not only by the russian state of soviet state, but by the russians. I mean, he used to not for a popular hell be remembered more warmly abroad than at home. Go b as he came to be known, one the confidence of World Leaders by dismantling the structures of the cold war. He played a crucial role in the reunification of germany. Joining east with west as the berlin wall fell last last and perestroika formed the new, more attractive face of an old phone. He became secretary general at the time when the soviet economy was beginning to collapse. He realized that he had to make a very serious choice in open up to the
A summary of the use on al jazeera record monsoon downpours have affected more than 30000000 people across pakistan. The government says that its causing a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. Villages are submerged homes have been washed away in baluchistan, punjab and Sind Provinces, while the 900 people have died since june. Now does he resembles robbie has more from the city of san juan in Sind Province . The struggle here is very, very acute sin. This still the worst effect that place in terms of the humanitarian need in terms of damage to infrastructure. People need shelter. The government has asked for 1000000 tense, and thats just the initial ask to house people in the interim period before a permanent solution to this crisis can be found which may not be forthcoming before things get worse. Weve seen images from the north of the country and swap. The valley of more strong currents coming down from reins and glacial melts. More strong currents washing away buildings teari