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FULL-LENGTH EDITION: Iran, Gadhafi and the Maldives
Part 1: Tension with Iran and reporting on Libya British Foreign Secretary William Hague talks about the latest diplomatic efforts on Iran, and journalist Lindsey Hilsum talks about the last days of Gadhafi’s regime in Libya. Part 2: The Island President Deposed Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed talks about the coup that removed him from power and his ongoing efforts to combat climate change. Part 3: Freedom is a three-bedroom apartment Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest, is now a law student in New York.
Tension with Iran and reporting on Libya
British Foreign Secretary William Hague talks about the latest diplomatic efforts on Iran.
The Island President
Deposed Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed talks about the coup that removed him from power.
Chen Guangcheng's life in New York
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest, is now a law student in New York.
CNN’s Meredith Milstein produced the interview with journalist Lindsey Hilsum for television.
Diplomacy left for Syria?
The latest full-length edition of Amanpour is online: Part 1 Diplomacy for Syria British Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses diplomatic efforts on Syria, and if Russia is changing its position. Part 2 Obama's foreign policy Ryan Lizza, or the New Yorker, and Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine discuss how Obama's foreign policy measures up. Part 3 Politicians were children once At the age of 16, British Foreign Secretary William Hague gave his first political speech.
Diplomacy for Syria
British Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses diplomatic efforts on Syria, and if Russia is changing its position.
Obama's foreign policy
Ryan Lizza, or the New Yorker, and Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine discuss how Obama's foreign policy measures up.
Politicians were children once
At the age of 16, British Foreign Secretary William Hague gave his first political speech.
Will Russia finally turn on Assad?
Q&A with Christiane Amanpour: What’s next for diplomacy for Syria?
By Samuel Burke
What is the next step for diplomacy in Syria?
A meeting of the so called “Friends of Syria” in Paris, later this week. The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told me that more than 100 countries will be represented there. They want to ratchet up the pressure on Bashar al-Assad, hoping to impose even more sanctions on the regime. In addition, they hope to convince those countries which have yet to be involved to join in applying sanctions.
More pressure would be derived by compiling evidence of all human rights abuses, including torture, so that one day they may be used in a court of law against Assad. In the event that the ‘Annan Plan’ doesn’t work, Hague says they will seek a Chapter 7 Resolution at the United Nations, which would include more muscular sanctions with consequences.
Is the latest peace plan going to work?
Probably not. The Western nations, as well as Russia and China, have a different view of exactly what was agreed to. The West believes it achieved an agreement to a transitional governing body in Syria, which will inevitably mean that Assad has to step down. However, Russia is saying, ‘not so fast.’
So yet again, there are semantic and substantive arguments over the way forward, and how much and how hard to push Assad. The Russians want no part of regime change, and that remains a major sticking point. At the same time, the West does not want to intervene militarily, nor does it want to arm the opposition on the ground. So it looks like we’re still in the phase of talking, pressure and sanctions. FULL POST
Syrian military defector / Mexico's new face
The latest edition of Amanpour is online: Part 1: A Syrian military defector Abdalhamid Zakaria tells Christiane Amanpour why he defected from the Syrian military and joined the Free Syrian Army. Part 2: Peña Nieto: Mexico's new face He is young and fresh, but Mexico's projected next president also represents a new face on the old guard.
A Syrian military defector
Abdalhamid Zakaria tells Christiane Amanpour why he defected from the Syrian military and joined the Free Syrian Army.
Peña Nieto: Mexico's new face
Peña Nieto is young and fresh, but Mexico's projected next president also represents a new face on the old guard.
The pity of war – shared by all sides in Syria
ITN's Bill Neely sees first-hand how the two sides in Syria are engaged in fierce battle.
Syrian military defector: 'Those who were injected are lucky'
By Lucky Gold, CNN
Colonel Abdalhamid Zakaria, a doctor and defector from the Syrian army, appeared Monday on Amanpour and described the appalling conditions in the Aleppo military hospital where he worked until his defection.
Now a member of the Syrian Free Army, Col. Zakaria spoke from Istanbul, recalling how at Aleppo hospital he had treated Syrian soldiers, most of whom “were shot from behind when they refused to kill the civilians.”
As for the civilian patients, he said they were treated “only when the regime is looking for further investigations.” But if they had no information to divulge, “the regime will kill them directly by many ways.”
Among those lethal methods, he detailed “calcium injections, intravenously and rapidly causing cardiac arrest, or by using high doses of insulin causing hypoglycemic coma and finally death.”
He added, “Those who were injected are lucky, compared to those left bleeding to death in the dark.” FULL POST
World health care, pirates & handshakes
The latest edition of Amanpour is online: Part 1 Health care around the world – Comparing Swiss healthcare which is a model for the changes in US health care. Part 2 Couple held captive speak – The South African couple held captive by Somali pirates for 604 days gives first interview. Part 3 Handshakes throughout history – A look at the history of handshakes and what they represent for reconciliation.
Healthcare around the world
Swiss healthcare is considered by some to be a model for the changes in U.S. health care.
Couple held captive by pirates speak out
The South African couple held captive by Somali pirates for 604 days give their first interview.
Handshakes throughout history
A look at the history of handshakes and what they represent for reconciliation.
South African couple held captive: 'Like being on death row'
By Lucky Gold
“I was asleep when Debbie woke me up telling me there’s a boarding party arriving. And the next thing she said – it’s pirates.”
So began the gripping narrative of Bruno Pelizarri and Deborah Calitz, a South African couple kidnapped off the coast of Tanzania by Somali pirates back in October 2010, and only freed last week after nearly two years of intense negotiations.
Now back in Pretoria, South Africa, they appeared Thursday on CNN's Amanpour – their first interview since being released. Bruno recounted the terrifying moment when he had to face the pirates: “What do you do? What do you say?” Somehow remaining calm, he “put a pair of jeans on and went on deck to face them.”
“It felt like it was a dream,” said Deborah. “It wasn’t real. There was more fear in their (the pirates’) eyes than we had.”
FULL POST
Where in the world can you get universal health care?
By Madison Park, CNN
America doesn't have universal health care coverage, but nearly 50 countries have attained universal or near-universal health coverage by 2008, according to the International Labor Organization. Here are more examples of countries have implemented near-universal health care:
Brazil – Free health care coverage is recognized as a citizen's right in Brazil.
Rwanda – Since establishing a national health plan in 1999, Rwanda has insured about 91% of its population with health care.
Thailand – The WHO uses Thailand as an example of a low- or middle-income country that has been able to extend health coverage to all citizens.
Moldova – The Eastern European country became independent with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. By 2004, it began a mandatory health insurance program.
Kuwait – The level of health care is comparable to average European standards, according to the WHO.
Chile – The Chilean constitution guarantees rights to health protection.
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