be translated into english in 2005 she was ranked alongside bill clinton nelson mandela and the dalai lama in time magazine's 100 most influential people but among the international frames of her work was one critical voice. i thought a fan letter and it said yes i love the sea floor but why is there only one girl in it and i felt very guilty and i thought to myself look you doing it again like all women well we like the boys so we write about the boys we even make them the heroes of our. stories instead of saying i'm writing this as a woman why isn't there a female heroine so i promised this read out that the next hero would be a heroine and that was megan in cot death. and. it was in cancer that made. global sensation in 2008 the spellbinding story of mickey and her father the moment made it to hollywood but the film adaptation of the trilogy 1st book allies of bennett and brendan fraser starred as the magical father and daughter can now wants to write a book in the in car series the book and her mother wanted. but back to her new work pan's labyrinth. the story is set in the spanish cou

years it was served in a little more of the focus of the national journal and the cover was how the dalai lama not only had major. sunday abbasi it did just that it molded the cauldron over the. next person to. channel the sun on a santa chant on earth just when i don't have one being. * that one. nation over the now and. israel media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. to. what is truly lost his faith. in the world corrupted uni. need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. a. nuclear power become a battleground in the us in vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no care power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy

about 2 years i was surfin to say a lot more of the focus of the imagination i had to cover how the dalai lama and now that may. sound all those $382.00 fish that are closer to the pope and a little. too much on the right. channel the son of the santa general there never was one i don't want. * that one. nation over the now. nuclear power plants have become a battleground in the us in vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant. is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no claire power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or how or lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways our struggle on r.t. . in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the us and the world. max kaiser and stacy herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every

you have heard about the time when the chinese diegoate paid the uc san students to protest the dalai lama or last august when phil bryant of mississippi received a letter from a diplomat in houston threatening to cancel a chinese investment if the governor chose to travel to taiwan. phil went anyway. last year a high school -- a high school in chicago disinvited a taiwanese representative to serve on a climate panel after chinese pressure. it is one thing to pressure -- it is something else to go after a high school principal. it shows systematize asian. it shows -- it's -- there cultivating relationships with county school board members and local politicians often through what is known as a sister cities programs. chinese competition is something you all know. you have many duties and you are busy people. this competition is well underway. all these may seem like local matters to some, the cumulative effect is of and or miss national significance -- you nationalnormous significance. governors, you do not run these institutions on a day-to-day basis, but you often have an impact on the pe

san diego students to protest the dalai lama. or last august when a former governor of mississippi received whert from a tkphragt hreatening to cancel a chinese investment if he chose to travel to taiwan. anyway. last year a high school in taiwanese invited a person after chinese pressure. thing to pressure the secretary of state of the united states of america. to go s something else after a high school principal. shows s depth, it systemitization and intent. chinese communist party officials are cultivating county schoolwith board members and politicians through sister city programs. the chinese competition is something you know and sits in but you of your mind have many duties and you are busy people. but there is well under way and may seem like local matters to some the cumulative national of enormous importance and international significance. ur public educational institutions are another arena of competition with china. governors you don't run them but you often have impact on the do.le that f.b.i. director and i think the

list of the world's $100.00 most influential people alongside bill clinton nelson mandela and the dalai lama. she had one fans around the world and a few critics. a common fan i received in the attic from a young fan his said she'd left the theater for a lot of it why was there only one girl the next to meet you and then when i felt really guilty. i thought oh look you've been doing the same as all women we like boys so we write about boys and turn them into the heroes of our stories. instead of saying i'm a female writer what and to have a female heroine as a fish so i promised the reader that my next hero would be a girl and that was make it into that is a lot of work as that happened often you know that readers young ones are older ones have made suggestions. or you this is yes for example in my chick series a reader grows asking to see a shot is far better that happens every so often and it can be very inspiring and so on the readers get so immersed in the worlds i've created i often say that i hear my readers footsteps and heart beats in those worlds and sometimes they love them so pass

the dalai lama is marking the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of tibetand as the incarnation of tibetan buddhism's supreme religious leader when he was two he fled tibet in 1959, when the chinese army crushed a popular uprising. he made his base in northern india, but has travelled the world, meeting religious and political leaders. he won the nobel peace prize in 1989. his office said, there would be no commemoration of the anniversary. fans of the tv series ‘friends' are celebrating, after news of the reunion they've been waiting more than 15 years for — is finally happening. all 6 of the cast posted this picture last night, with the caption ‘it‘s happening' — confirming their return for a one—off unscripted special. i've been speaking to tv critic emma bullimore. well it is exciting, but it is not it is not another episode. if it was another episode, that would be amazing, off the charts. this is going to be more like, perhaps, a documentary, an interview... they are rumoured to be getting about £2 million just for doing that, though, because people are

the dalai lama is marking the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of tibetan tibetan buddhism's supreme religious leader when he was two, he fled tibet in 1959, when the chinese army crushed a popular uprising. he made his base in northern india, but has travelled the world, meeting religious and political leaders. he won the the nobel peace prize in 1989. his office said there would be no commemoration of the anniversary. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. i hope it is not as rough as it is a looking in that out how! it is windy out there but not the worst of days. yes, strong winds across the uk, but also some sunshine. the next bill of what weather is not too far away. sunshine and showers this afternoon. the bulk in northern england, but especially in scotland. it is cold in at that winds, gusting in western scotla nd in at that winds, gusting in western scotland at around 70 mph in places. strong winds right across the uk, the risk of disruption in most places. overnight, all eyes on at the next area of rain pushing on across much o

south china sea, not to protest about what maybe in the offing in hong kong, not to meet with the dalai lama and so on. now i certainly don't think we should be gratuitously offensive to nape. certainly we shouldn't be gratuitously offensive to china, given its significance to us and the wider world. but i think we've also got to appreciate that china doesn't do deals wit us because it's benevolent, china doesn't trade with us because it's doing us a favor, china trades with us because we're a very good trading partner. it gets good productses at a good price. it would be against china's long-term self-interests, cutting off its nose to spite its face, if china were to change its trading patterns to try to punish australia for argument's sake for being a reliable strategic partner of the united states. as always, these things are balancing acts, but in the end, you've got to have your own self-respect and the last thing you should do is sell your soul for a short term financial gain. >> yeah. i can say watching the debates in australia from afar, that's a perspective that's sometimes lost in

our political editor who, of course, lives with the dalai lama in an adjacent hut wrote up a list of winners and losers last night. >> perfect. >> do we have it? ? >> let's see. winners and losers. >> joe biden arrows up, turned in his best performance even if his gun homicide number was off by 150 million or so. mayor pete the cal ripken of debates always shows up, usually good and one of the only candidates on stage not engaged in a wrestling match with the english language. >> you are right. he is always good, his answers are always on point. he never seems unhinged or thrown off ever. >> bernie sanders sure he screams and, yes, he was shaky last night but bernie's still got the best shot of winning his party's nomination and inviting lee green wood to sing the nicaraguan national anthem to kick things off in milwaukee. amy, the senator was solid and steady even if moderators for goat she was on stage for most of the night. >> yeah. >> they did forget she was up there. elizabeth warren after a solid start she repeated the same attacks against a guy with zero delegates. warren's st

than 3000 people and displaced 700000 will surely will speak to nicolas hogg who is in the city of dalai lama but 1st his report on how some opposition groups a calling for a boycott of the vote. fearing for children's lives patients may come packed her bags and traveled for 3 days in the bush deceived. her children don't understand why her father coko farmer was shot dead by the police they thought were meant to protect the fight do you understand what's happening she asks do you know why we left our home yes joseph ounces it's war this is the region she left behind armed separatists here called this and brazil india they see it as an english speaking country struggling for independence from the french speaking nation but for the government this is an armed insurgency in the country's north and southwest region 3000 people have died human rights organization accuse both the armed separatist and security forces of torture killings and kidnappings for 4 years the cheney house has not went to school not in not in the city so what we have needs and we need. white. people die every day. keep on m

passing legislation, respecting the rights of tibetans who are persecuted by the chinese, and the dalai lamas well. i thought it was very timely and the giver of grace, i can't think of a better time or platform after what this nation has been through for the last four months in the national prayer activist and look really presidential. to mark the optics from there she was, standing ovation for the president before he began speaking, and advised her feet. she did clap her hands as we anticipated the president's words. this is a live look at nancy pelosi there on the stage in washington and newt gingrich weighed in on what he saw with the speaker of the house was a former speaker of the house himself, he is said for four state of the unions by a a president of the other party, i am disgusted and insulted by the viciously partisan action of nancy pelosi, childlessness in both our american traditions should be censured. congressman, i just wonder from you based on what we just saw, took on nancy pelosi without naming her. she said i don't like people who use their faith as justification for do