I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are recording this event. It is being live cast. And it is going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, mile wylie is with us as a discussant. She has a very long time civil rights lawyer and activist, former chair of new york cities civilian Complaint Review board. Former Corporation Counsel to his honor, william de blasio, a University Professor at the school and ongoing legal analyst for both nbc news and msnbc. And so its a great pleasure, maya to be wi
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Chaos in mali people demanding the president steps down for failing to rein in armed groups and revive the economy. There so. Press the hard youre sophia for Turkish Court rules in favor of turning the popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. Top story to u. N. Security Council Votes to extend humanitarian aid to syria have failed to pass the 1st was vetoed by russia and china and the 2nd by china the remaining 13 Council Member states voted in favor aid agencies have warned the decision could lead to diet consequences for millions of displaced syrians the u. N. Has said that many people in the countries northwest highly depend on it describing it as a lifeline joining us live this hour diplomatic editor james bays there at the u. N. In new york hi there james what are they trying to achieve here and what can they achieve. Well i think there are different names or different members of the Security Council book clearly in just a matter of hours all the existing authorizations
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