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Malian Manuscript Foundation Seeks to Preserve and Digitize Priceless Scholarship
Recent turmoil in Mali is adding urgency to efforts to preserve the priceless scholarship contained within the nation's ancient manuscripts. The 2012 takeover of parts of the country by insurgents led to some being destroyed. Many manuscripts were successfully hidden. Now the U.S. based Malian Manuscripts Foundation wants to help preserve them for generations to come. Thank you to Michael Covitt of the Malian Manuscript Foundation and Sabatier Film Group for providing us with the footage from the documentary "333", which he also produced. For more information on that: http://www.sabatierfilmgroup.com/ The music for the documentary was produced by the remarkable... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2014 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Empowering Dialogue: Producing a Google+ interview with Barack Obama
As the winter bites on America's East Coast, for the third January running I've been lucky enough to head West….to California's Silicon Valley where, on Friday, I'll be producing a Google + Hangout with President Barack Obama. It's become something of a tradition for Google to secure an interview with the President in the immediate aftermath of the State of the Union Address. And I'm delighted to say it's become something of a tradition for me to head here to help the Google team produce the broadcast. Back in 2012, we presented "Your Interview with the President", which gave a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2014 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Kim Jong Un Executes His Uncle, What Next?
The execution of the North Korean leader's uncle is the most significant development on the peninsula since Kim Jong Un took power in 2012. The language of the Korean News Agency, KCNA's statement about Jang Song Thaek's conviction and execution is really Shakespearean in character. Definitely worth a read: http://bit.ly/1jU9yGD I asked one of America's leading experts on the DPRK Professor Stephen Haggard, the Director of the Korea-Pacific Program at the University of California, San Diego to provide some expert analysis. This interview is appearing on our flagship news show FSN Reports, but the full interview is available here. Fascinating... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Senators debate Guantanamo, sexual assault & Iran as watchdogs point to excessive military spending
Facing a long list of deadlines and obligations, the US Senate is scrambling to finish the bill that sets funding and policy for the military before the end of the year. This week, lawmakers are debating controversial amendments on military sexual assault, economic sanctions on Iran and the Guantanamo Bay prison. But some lawmakers and independent watchdogs are urging a closer look at the underlying bill, in which the Senators ignore the budget caps they themselves set two years ago. On Capitol Hill, Alice Ollstein reports. In an environment of fiscal austerity, in which social safety net programs like food... Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Liberals and conservatives petition US courts to stop NSA surveillance
Just a few blocks from Capitol Hill, a conservative civil liberties group petitioned a federal judge Monday to put a halt to the domestic spying activities of the US government, saying the suspicion-less collection of phone and Internet communications violates the Constitution. Justice Department lawyers present at the hearing argued that the Court doesn’t have the right to such matters of national security and surveillance, saying only the US Supreme Court could do so. That high court announced today, without explanation, that it’s rejecting a legal challenge to the NSA’s programs. But judges and advocates alike say the issue will... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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As sexual assault reports increase in the military, advocates and lawmakers demand reforms
New data on sexual assault in the military shows a nearly 50 percent increase of sexual assault complaints over this past year, with 3,553 instances of “rape, sodomy and other unwanted sexual contact.” That number does not include cases of sexual harassment. In testimony before a congressional panel on Thursday, Pentagon leaders said the report shows signs of improvement, with more assault survivors feeling comfortable reporting crimes and seeking justice. But a number of military rape survivors and US Senators continue to call for major changes to the military justice system, and will try to attach reforms during the upcoming... Continue reading
Posted Nov 7, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Some US elections carried by big money, others by the grassroots
Posted Nov 6, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Amendments to ENDA would restrict unionizing, broaden religious exemptions
Posted Nov 5, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Competing NSA reform bills face off in Congress amidst new spying revelations
In the wake of still more revelations about the scope and power of the US government’s spying programs, including surveillance of international banks and the United Nations, competing bills are making their way through Congress to institute reforms. The USA Freedom Act, which would end the bulk collection of domestic phone records among other provisions, has the backing of many pro-privacy groups. But several powerful senators are backing a different bill, which activists say would codify, not curtail, the mass surveillance practices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In multi-hour closed door meeting this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the “FISA Improvements Act” 11... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Democrats scramble to stop cuts to food stamp program as deeper cuts loom in the Farm Bill
Posted Oct 31, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Secretary Sebelius testifies on Affordable Care Act, questions remain
At a House hearing Wednesday on the troubled roll-out of the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius personally apologized for the problems millions of Americans have had in purchasing insurance plans on the newly set up federal exchanges. Sebelius assured committee members that many experts are working on the website Healthcare.gov, which she expects to be much improved by the end of November. But Republican lawmakers were not soothed, and continued to demand the now three-year-old health care reform law be delayed or repealed. At Wednesday’s hearing, Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee aggressively... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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For the first time, survivors of drone strikes testify before Congress
Posted Oct 29, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Thousands protest NSA surveillance in DC as European leaders demand answers
Posted Oct 28, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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As President pushes for immigration reform, activists call for an end to deportations
Posted Oct 24, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Investigations by human rights groups & the UN find US drone strikes kill civilians
Two major reports on the United States’ use of drones in Pakistan and Yemen contradict claims that the government is following international law and protecting civilian life. The reports, from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, come just days before the United Nations discusses two reports of its own criticizing the lethal drone strikes and calling for more transparency. As Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets with President Obama this week to discuss the nations’ future relationship, the human rights groups’ reports fault both governments for failing to protect human life and compensate the families of those killed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- President... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Force-feedings at Guantanamo prison challenged in federal court
Posted Oct 21, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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House & Senate float competing plans as the debt ceiling deadline nears
Competing proposals to end the government shutdown and prevent a default on the nation’s debt were the subject of marathon closed-door meetings Tuesday on Capitol Hill. A plan from the Senate crafted Monday night by Republican and Democratic party leaders met criticism from the upper chambers far-right members, who think it didn’t make enough changes to Affordable Care Act, and from progressive members like Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders. SANDERS: We have reached an agreement which is not a particularly good agreement. It only extends the budget for another 3 and a half months, which is crazy in my mind, and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Republicans offer debt ceiling hike, but no end to the government shutdown
Speaker of the House John Boehner announced Thursday that he’s offering to raise the country’s debt ceiling for 6 weeks, in a bid to overcome at least one issue causing gridlock in Washington. So far, Republicans are making no movement on the now 10-day-long government shutdown. And as furloughed federal workers and their supporters rallied outside the US Capitol to protest the failure to fund the government, two major congressional hearings examined the potential domestic and global impacts of refusing to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. Our correspondent Alice Ollstein has more. The crowd gathered in the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Government shutdown hitting veterans and their families
It’s Day 9 of a government shutdown, and pressure is increasing on lawmakers to sit down together and hammer out a deal. President Obama hosted House Democrats to the White House this afternoon to discuss a path forward on reopening the government and averting an upcoming collision with the debt ceiling. The President plans to host House Republicans and all members of the Senate later this week. Republican and Democratic leaders also met briefly on Capitol Hill today for the first time since the government ran out of funding last week. House Speaker John Boehner refused to comment on what... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Supreme Court hears arguments for unlimited campaign donations
Posted Oct 8, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Immigration activists, furloughed workers protest as government shutdown enters second week
Posted Oct 7, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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Government shutdown impacts privacy and oversight of NSA surveillance
Posted Oct 4, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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VIDEO: Where are the women on Wall Street?
Our Wall Street correspondent Liling Tan reports for CCTV's BizAsia America. Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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VIDEO: SA exhibits at arms fair in London
My report from DSEI 2013 - a vast arms fair in London. Olly Barratt - UK correspondent Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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VIDEO: Chinese cargo ship arrives in Europe using Arctic 'shortcut'
Dan Whitehead with this report from Rotterdam. Is melting ice going to revolutionise the way consumer goods can get to Europe from China? Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2013 at FSN REPORTERS BLOG - NEWS COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS
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