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U.S. Senator who met with Yatsenyuk
Christiane Amanpour speaks with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy about Ukraine and his meeting with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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Two Popes with one trusted adviser
Did you know Pope Francis and Former Pope Benedict rely on the same man as trusted adviser? They call him Gorgeous Georg for his good looks.
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Millions of children affected by Syria war a ‘strategic issue,’ says UNICEF director and former U.S. national security adviser
By Mick Krever, CNN
The plight of the 5.5 million children now affected by the war in Syria – more than twice the number than just a year ago – is a national security issue, not just a humanitarian one, UNICEF Executive Director and former U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake.
“These are not statistics. These are human beings, and these are children. And this is, the governments should remember, a strategic issue,” Lake told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour from the devastated Syrian city of Homs.
“So many of them have been traumatized by seeing things no child should ever see,” he said. “I fear that they’re going to grow up with more vengeance than reconciliation.”
Why Syria is 'strategic issue'
UNICEF Executive Director and former U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake says Syria is a "strategic issue."
Without adequate education and counselling, he said, “in the next generation we’re going to see a replication of the same violence and the same problems that will affect both the region and the world.”
“So this is a question not an issue of humanitarian obligations, but also of strategic self-interest for all of these governments, and they need to step back and understand that.”
Fears of vengeance for Syria's children
UNICEF Director Tony Lake tells Amanpour he fears Syrian children will grow up with vengeance, not reconciliation.
This week marks three years since the beginning of the Syrian war, and humanitarian organizations are redoubling their efforts to get the world to respond to, and put an end to, the bloodshed.
The UK organization Save the Children said in a new report that some surgical patients are “opting to be knocked out with metal bars for lack of anaesthesia.”
Drones may be useful, but governments need more transparency, says UN investigator
By Mick Krever, CNN
On a spring day nearly three years ago, the tribal elders of Datta Khel, a village in North Waziristan, Pakistan – the so-called Tribal Areas – were gathering for a meeting.
It was the second day of community discussion about the distribution of many thousands of dollars of mining rights.
[/owa/]At 10:45 on the second day of the Jirga, a remotely piloted drone released a missile, or missiles, that struck one of two group of elders, killing upwards of 43 civilians.
That is just one of many allegations contained in a new report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, who has spent more than two years investigating the use of drones.
“This was one of the most notorious headline incidents, which caused a great deal of outrage in the Fatah region and provoked very hostile reaction from the Pakistani government,” Emmerson told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
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“We’re still working for the transparency that is required with an incident like this.”
America uses drones more than other country, and President Obama more than his predecessors - mostly in secret.
Madeleine Albright: Diplomacy still possible in Ukraine, if Putin wants solution
By Mick Krever, CNN
A diplomatic solution to the standoff over Crimea is still possible, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“There is a solution,” she said. “There could be more autonomy for Crimea. The question is whether [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants a solution. He may like this kind of disarray, because it's kind of in everybody's face.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked on the phone Tuesday about their respective countries' ideas about resolving the Ukrainian crisis, a day after Lavrov announced that Kerry had postponed a face-to-face meeting with Putin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
“There are moments where you think, ‘Why can't we get this together,’” Albright told Amanpour. “The bottom line is, scoring points is not what it's about.”
There is a solution, she said, in which the country has a relationship with both Russia and the United States.
“What I think is a tragedy is that Putin is providing a zero-sum game. And it doesn't have to be.”
Crimea will hold a referendum Sunday on whether the peninsula should become a part of Russia or remain within Ukraine.
The interim Ukrainian government – and foreign leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama – have called that initiative illegal.
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, will discuss legislation on March 21 on Crimea joining the nation, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday.
Could Crimea’s fate be a “fait accompli,” Amanpour asked.
“I suppose it is possible that it could be a fait accompli,” Albright said.
EXCLUSIVE: Thailand Prime Minster Yingluck Shinawatra on missing airplane, domestic protests
By Mick Krever, CNN
Thailand is investigating the two stolen passports held by passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.
“We don't know about their nationality yet,” Yingluck told Amanpour, pledging “full support” with international investigators. “We gave orders for the police to investigate the passport users.”
“At the same time, our Royal Air Force has been assigned, together with the Navy, to search for the disappeared airplane in conjunction with the Malaysian government.”
ONLY ON CNN: Thai PM comments on crash
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra about the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
Search and rescue officials said Monday they will expand the search area for the Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished three days ago.
“At the moment,” Prime Minister Yingluck said, “we have not yet discovered anything.”
The Malaysian government has divided up the ocean in order to aid the search, she told Amanpour.
While Thailand remains at the heart of the search for the downed plane, Yingluck herself has been at the heart of months of protests.
One-on-one with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
PART 2: Maduro on U.S. relations, economy
Part two of Amanpour's exclusive interview with Venezuelan President Maduro. Translation was provided by the President.
PART 3: Maduro on Chavez's legacy
Part three of Amanpour's exclusive interview with Venezuelan President Maduro. Translation was provided by the President
In this exclusive interview, CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Click above to watch.
Full coverage of Amanpour's interview with President Maduro.
English translation was provided by the President’s office. The transcript of Amanpour's full interview with President Maduro is available here.
Russia's revolutionary movie masterpiece
Ukraine today is a scene for political unrest, but almost a century ago it was the setting for one of the greatest films of all time – "Battleship Potemkin," the 1925 silent movie masterwork by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
Click above to hear why "Battleship Potemkin" was more than propaganda.
Gadhafi son improperly extradited to Libya, former lawyer says
By Mick Krever, CNN
The extradition of Saadi Gadhafi, son of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, back to Libya from Niger may not have been proper, suggested a lawyer who has formerly represented him.
“I’m not even sure that he was extradited,” Nick Kaufman told CNN’s Hala Gorani, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour, from Jerusalem.
“Extradition suggests that this was a legal process where Saadi Gadhafi was accorded a lawyer, a court hearing, and…it’s not even clear to me that that even took place.”
Saadi Gadhafi fled Libya more than two years ago, after his father’s death in the uprising that ousted him from power.
He had been living in Niger ever since.
“I’m quite surprised at the authorities in Niger,” Kaufman said. “They know who I am. They know that I was formerly representing Saadi. They know how to contact me.”
Ancient ruins in Pompeii face ruin again
Pompeii, destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago, is again facing destruction - by floods.
CNN's Hala Gorani, in for Christiane Amanpour, has the story.
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