A Panel Discussion about the soviet invasion off of donnas ston and many of the victims are students. Also on the grid recruited to fight forced to become suicide bombers killed in their homes schools and playgrounds the u. N. Says its shocked by spiraling levels of violence against children in conflict zones theres also a message for seemingly in different worlds and running on empty Africas Largest Oil Producer nigeria doesnt have enough petrol for its own people will explore the corruption thats the blame in the thriving black market filling peoples tanks im looking at how the online world is responding to a surge in the number of women being murdered in mexico send us your thoughts using the hash tag it industry. You know in the news when were live on air were streaming online through Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thanks for joining us at least forty people are dead and many more wounded after yet another suicide bombing in kabul Cultural Organisation was the target but th
For international peace. We are trying to show you as much as we can before things get started. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming. First of all we are into the season where the city tends to empty out, so we are all delighted that you are here to discuss a problem that, you know, is arguably as important in the us as it is around the world where we will focus on it. Lets me briefly introduce myself and who will be conversing with today. Im sarah cheneys. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor who is one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in the space around the world and its very interestingly combined with advocacy with extremelyadvo regressed investigations and thats one of the things we will talk about today is a recent report by Global Witness about shells activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize the coalition of Civil
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Earlier wed been talking about the neutrality network, and Net Neutrality, i thought, was a little catchier. I didnt think it would catch on, but somehow it did. Host the president this week, proofer wu professor wu, spoke about Net Neutrality. Heres what he had to say. Im weighing out a plan to keep the internet free and open, and im urging the fcc to do everything they can to protect Net Neutrality for everyone. They should make it clear whether they use a computer, phone or tablet, internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or edit your limit to a web site. And they cant let any company pay for priority over its competitors. To put these protections in place, im asking the fcc to reclassify Internet Service under title ii of a law known as the telecommunications act. In plain english, im asking them to recognize that for most more thans the internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life. Host tim wu, whats your reaction to what the pre