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And why the fires ignited by this flashpoint spread to other cities from coast to coast, even to the gates of the white house. Why so Many Americans are angry about the decision. Black people everywhere Michael Brown can happen in our city, and has, we just havent heard about it. And why so many vow to fight on. Good evening, thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We begin with the heat of the moment, and it is rising, even on this cold nights in ferguson, missouri, as the state of missouri harden...

A welcome for pope francis in the philippines. Satellite images show the deadliest massacre in the history of boko haram on two towns in Northern Nigeria giving a look at a region which has become extremely dangerous and difficult to access. This was done before the armed group moved in, vegetation shaded in red. All around, you see streets and buildings. Heres the same town on january 7. Just look at that, an estimated 3,000 homes as well as schools and clinics destroyed. Its a similar seen thr...

And almost a million sri lankians celebrate mass with pope francis, who again calls for reconciliation. Alqaeda has said it was behind last weeks attacks on the offices of french satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo. The yemen based alqaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, says the attack was ordered by the organizations chief. It comes after a special edition of the Charlie Hebdo magazine has gone on sale. Barnaby phillips reports from paris. Reporter they were queueing before dawn such was the demand f...

Now, in this series, we thought wed. Wed aim it at a slightly more mature, older audience, so we did a thing on why beige is the right color for your car. I went on a coach tour of north wales. And then. And then we found out the bbc is putting us up against strictly come sequins. Same time on the other side. Now, everyone over the age of 85 is going to be watching that, so we had to throw all our hard work away and literally yesterday morning begin again. Here comes a taster now of what weve be...

From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. The new film is selma. The movie arrives at a timely moment in this country. The events in ferguson missouri, the death of error garner and insensitive remarks. He has got supporters. Detroit, new york, los angeles. Finding sympathy marchers. What i do know is the nonviolence. What i need to know is what is Martin Luther king about to do next . Dr. King is here. In the south there have been thousands of racially motivated murders. We need your ...

Was getting notices from sweden, from their embassies and friends that pasternek was shortlisted for the prize and he could cause a scandal if he won and the book was banned in the soviet union so a memo was written proposing they publish 10,000 copies and circulate them to no one. So, they would announce, weve published dr. Zhivago but we wouldnt distribute it to anyone. That idea was rejected and instead they came up with a plan to vilify pasternak and force him to renounce the prize, which th...

Write they will book needs to acknowledge this design not to know phil. It is down on any mac. True places never are. So melville was referring to the South Pacific home in that quote, but he was also alluding to the fact that whenever well third solved, the lines between fact and action are very blurry. In fact, moby dick as you may know, was based on a true event that they will ship prior through whale. So i thought about that particularly when it is time to choose a subtitle. I have long intr...

And Cornell University provided the booknotes. And now a few words shes a specialist in history and art and reserved her undergraduate from harvard and phd from columbia university. Shes been a recipient in the Fulbright Foundation and columbia university. The dean at the school of undergraduate studies at the school of Public Engagement for which i am extremely grateful. Shes doing an amazing job. And before i close, one of the reasons i accepted the invitations to open this event is she never ...

York university in new york city is about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. I am delighted to be here. Moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] im very glad to be here tonight as the moderator and the book launch of feminism unfinished a short, surprising history of american Womens Movements. I will introduce the authors and a little while so let me first tell you what the format will be and then i will introduce our three speakers. We will have short tenminute presenta...

Up next, Laura Auricchio recounts the life of marquis de lafayette and wil the role he played in the american and french revolutions. This is about one hour. Okay. Im tim marshall, provost of the new school and im delighted to welcome everyone here for this wonderful event to launch Laura Auricchios new book which is right here. [applause] the Marquis Lafayette reconsidered which came out this month published by this has been research over the course of seven years its a major biography that don...