sierra leone was pretty well understood and turned out to be a disaster. a very extensive disaster in the lives of the people sent their hand and cost of the british. the sierra leone company that organizes the bankrupt british government was left holding that. so they don't want to repeat that. so none of these former american slaves were in sierra leone, as far as i can tell. >> thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv will be live on espn2 and booktv that work for the 64th annual national book awards in new york city this wednesday, november 20. tune in at 7:40 p.m. eastern for coverage of the entire awards ceremony. >> booktv will be live from the 64th annual national book awards on november 20th that he stands here. in anticipation of the live program, we are featuring the five finalists from our fiction. next, wendy lower, history professor at claremont mckenna college and historical consultant to the u.s. holocaust memorial and the young recounts the road is one that played the holocaust or her national book nominated titl

now the eu zz top court has ruled that homosexuals from uganda sierra leone and senegal have grounds for asylum if they face imprisonment at home maybe before dating from confessional. although interviewing an asylum application. and authorities cannot expect a homosexual to conceal their sexual orientation in their home country. in sandals in order to avoid persecution pakenham home. the court said that would amount to announcing a characteristic fundamental to a person's identity it classified homosexuals as a group that can claim refugee status. i know that research shows that europe is the destination of choice for most individuals who are fleeing due to their central again in the snow. um i can't give you a number but hey like i would say that this european decision will impact most of the individuals who are seeking refuge. the ruling could offer hope for gays and lesbians in uganda fighting for their rights in the face of discrimination and even violence. the jury has the major demographic problem is changing fast and there aren't enough children being born to sustain populati

virtually all of them were relocated to sierra leone. given the small size and trim size of this to having no black people and known there is a new search that comes in 1812 and there is a new group that makes it quite clear that they are not going anywhere and they suggested they go back to virginia and the authorities of nova scotia, they didn't want to send him back to slavery. the home government in britain did suggest that they go to trinidad and the large number, those who served with their families served and had gone to trinidad and they had prospered there to a greater degree than those in nova scotia and those, only about 95 accepted the invitation to join the group already in trinidad. so why are they willing to go? well, it is because they don't want to get on ships again and they don't want to get on since the american coast. because they are nervous than they trust the shipmaster's not too make a fast buck by selling them or by might they risk a shipwreck and i knew they would not be treated this way if that happened. so th

other low-lying countries struggling to develop, bangladesh, sierra leone and haiti topped the risk as sea levels threaten their very existence. there has not been a new global pact since the kyoto agreement, but the carbon reduction standards were never ratified. there is little hope for a breakthrough in warsaw. in 2009 the same global gathering of countries failed to reach a comprehensive or binding deal. some of the world's poorest people are likely future storm victims in placing like bangladesh, india and the philippines. >> joining us from the philippines is lou sees sarin sarin--lucille saring. thank you for joining us, i know it's late where you are. chance your commission experiencing events like typhoon haiyan. >> we actually had early warning days before, the typhoon was being monitored by our meteorological office. but after we were all in shock, we were all hav--people in tacln and the affected areas, we were not sure what the storm surge looked like. >> ms. saring, has the climate change commission been discussing what your country, one of the most vulnerable in the worl

alexander shares her experiences working for international aid agencies and were wanted darfur sierra leone and haiti. she talks about the correction she found while in the field and the many inefficiencies she felt the u.n. and other ngos operate. this hour-long event is next on both tv. [applause] >> hi. thank you darwin and thank you to the book summit, the richfield vibe very for having me. thank you to everyone who is here. it means so much to me to be here in richfield in my hometown in to see so many familiar faces i am sure some of you are also my dad's patience and me -- he may have threatenethreatened to stop treatment if he didn't come, but otherwise it's just wonderful especially the high school crowd where i learned to write and read good books. so it's really wonderful to be here so thank you. .. because it's so cajon in and lovely and i don't think that you appreciate how wonderful the town is until you are away from it with such other experiences. i just want to ge give a few caveats before i start reading. i am not a spokesperson for the community. i am one of many actors t

. >> france's concerned central african republic could become another sierra leone. it doesn't want a security vacuum right in the heart of africa. >> these armed men are at the heart of the problems here. sellicka was a coalition of five rebel groups that together control of the country in march. they should have been disbanded. they are armed, recruiting child soldiers and killing incident people. the president of the country says he needs more time. >> you can't transforpt the country in six months with everything that has happened. there's too much history. we are seeing a logical consequence of the errors. >> women and fen, muslims and christians. >> these female recruits sing about life in the army and courage on the battlefield. the country needs a well-trained force that will protect instead of kill its own people. there isn't international consensus that something needs to be done. there's no agreement on who can lead central african republic back. >> to mozambique, where violence ahead of elections on wednesday is creating economic uncertainty. in a country

i don't know if you've seen the money -- movie blood money, victims that survived attacks in sierra leonffered a long sleeve short sleeve and they chop their arms. watching them carry water back to the village. there is a child soldier who talked about how they slit his chest open and put cocaine in him and made him drag an ak-47 because he was too young to carry it at six. all these people we have the opportunity to meet in these difficult circumstances, the resiliency and so many of them don't give up hope. >> it's packed full of stories and beautifully written and i think people will really enjoy it. >>> warren, let me turn to the shutdown, it will be on air in cnn in three years. washington, debt ceilings, shut downs, how do we bring an end to it and move forward for the benefit of the american economy and people? >> they should declare the debt limit as a weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they are not getting some other matter. it just so di

take place in darfur, then indonesia after the tsunami in 2005 and back to new york, then i go to sierra leone and jerusalem or occupied palestinian territory and then haiti. i am going to be reading from rwanda where i first started out and was totally green and naive and idealistic and than i am going to go to new york and -- know, then i am going to darfur, then new york and then i am going to haiti so i will read a few pages from each of those. this part that i am reading about rwanda is one i first arrived and having a hard time finding a place to live. people assume you come and get housing automatically and sometimes you do but at that point it was 2003, nine years after the genocide in rwanda so rwanda was a really stable country at the time. it still is. the organization said you can come for an internship and find your own housing and i plopped down staying in a hotel. i was on not measly internship budget, rapidly running out and needed to find a place to live and fast. none of the cats were helping me. they all lived in these multistory complexes and compounds and i was asking arou

last year, while working at the world bank on some of the poorest nations in africa, liberia, sierra leoned any -- guniinea, there is the power supply situation which is catastrophic. the government does not function. businesses cannot grow. children cannot learn. doctors cannot save lives. nobody would invest. so multilateral donors have committed to a transmission line across national boundaries, a regional electricity market, and the right regional infrastructure. the first giant step towards attracting private sector investment laying the foundation for future growth. those countries now share a common economic and political interests, a stake in making that powerline work, and raising their standards of governance so it works for them all, sharing information, building capacity, learning from one another developing regional cohesion, all in a region where mistrust was dominant. truly, in those countries, it is energy that is transforming lives. the lives of children communities. government to function, and long-term value is created. for those countries and value for the city of londo

when i was ambassador to the un and predawn the situation of sierra leone it was a total basket case the only controls one small century in the middle of the country's capital and criminals of all kind controlled the rest of the country. within several years time u.s. long dash two and peacekeeping force reestablish control of the entire country. there are other good examples of effected united nations actions liberia among others. then recently we hear about this intervention of the eastern kondo which is a force that that is more than a peacekeeping mandate but peace enforcing. and always with the court -- bush 43 of ministration there is condescension to the capability in utility of the u.n. although i noted that mr. rumsfeld as he thought how do we get out of this heavy stuff may be capacitate un peacekeeping forces may not be a bad thing. that cost a fraction of what it cost to deploy a u.s. force we pay $0.26 on the dollar not to mention the differential between the cost of fielding the un force and the american force it is in order of magnitude at least if not more. my questio

came from dominica, ecuador, germany, guyana, honduras, the ivory coast, jamaica, kenya, mexico, sierra leone, trinidad and toe bagow, and syria. u see, each year about 8,000 noncitizens join the u.s. military. their sacrifices throughout history have been many. immigrants who served in the u.s. military are enlistees like lance corporal jose gutierrez who was the first u.s. serviceman killed in combat in iraq, some 10 years ago. mr. gutierrez, who was a native of guatemala, arrived in the u.s. without documents at the age of 14. he received his u.s. citizenship posthumously, after his supreme sacrifice. others like alfred vazcon, who emerged from the war as high achievers, he was an undocument immigrant from mexico. he was assigned to fort sam houston for basic and specialist medical training. he was awarded the medal of honor during the vietnam war. he became a u.s. citizen and he later served as director of the united states selective service system. the list of stories of noncitizens who have serveded in the u.s. military is a very long list. enlistments by immigrants are highest during t

when i was ambassador to the un and i got briefed up on the situation in sierra leone, it was a totabasketcase they controlled a small sanctuary in the middle of the country's capital and the criminals of all kinds control of the rest of the country. and within several years time the un peacekeeping force with the help of the british reestablished control of the entire country. there were a couple other very good examples of the united nations action, liberia among others and now recently we have heard about this intervention force being sent into the eastern congo which is a force with more than a peacekeeping mandate, but a peace enforcing. my point would be coming and i've always encountered in the bush 43 administration a certain amount of compensation to words that capabilities into the utilities, the utility of the un although i noted that mr. rumsfeld as he started thinking about how do we get out of some of this heavy stuff that we've gotten

leÓn, francisco cuenta quÉ pasa. >>> una foto lupillo. >>> para lupillo rivera no hay vuelta atrÁs, adelante seguira con su plan de realizar un concierto el 9 de diciembre, en lo alto de la sierramiliares, al asegurar que ni sus hermanos ni sobrinos, lo invitaron al homenaje que organizan ese dÍa en la arena monterrey. >>> a mi me llegÓ el mensaje por facebook, twitter y texto, una invitaciÓn no se hace asÍ, se me hace, todavÍa una falta de respeto hacerlo ahÍ, por mi hermana, porque ahÍ es donde mi hermana cerrÓ su ciclo, cerro su carrera. fue la Última presentaciÓn de mi hermana. >>> su homenaje iniciarÁ a la 12 de la medianoche, y culminarÁ a la hora que se reportÓ la muerte de la diva de la banda. >>> hasta las 3:28. a las 3:28 voy a cortar, quitar la canciÓn que estÉ haciendo en ese momento, voy a cortar como sea. y pues voy a pedirle a todo el pÚblico de iturbide que prendan una veladora. un encendedor, y tengan un minuto de silencio. >>> rivera dijo que en su evento no participarÁ otro artista, y la entrada serÁ gratis. >>> estoy haciendo esto, para mi hermana. no estoy haciendolo con fines de lucrar, ni con fines de fama, ni con fines de crecer mÁs. >>> su hermana rosie