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Syria's centenarian refugees
Among the millions of Syrians that have fled their country's civil war are a select few, worn and weathered by a century of struggle, who are forced to live out their final years in a limbo where there is no country for old men or women.
All a hundred years or older, they are Syria's centenarian refugees.
Andrew McConnell, a photographer for the United Nations Refugee Agency, photographed these oldest refugees in their make-shift shelters in Northern Lebanon.
Email from Christiane Amanpour on Turkey and ISIS
"Clearly a lot of jockeying and hard bargaining going on re Turkey entering the fight.
"You may have seen what the PM told me about their red lines: No-fly zone and safe haven … think U.S. and allied no-fly zone over Kurds in Northern Iraq and Shiites in Southern Iraq from 1991-2003!"
What she’s referencing: On Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Christiane that his country was willing to join the fight against ISIS in Syria, even put boots on the ground, but only “if others do their part.”
“We want to have a no-fly zone,” he said. “We want to have a safe haven on our border. Otherwise, all these burdens will continue to go on the shoulder of Turkey and other neighboring countries.”
"The administration source’s so called “de-facto” no-fly zone over Kobani is localized and temporary at best. But the Turks want a much more permanent zone, since they have 1.6 million refugees from Assad war and hundreds of thousands coming from Kobani.
"They tell me until Assad goes, they’ll need those no-flys … just like in Iraq until Saddam went."
What she’s referencing: A U.S. Administration Official told CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta that there is already a de-facto no-fly zone over eastern Syria, so from the American point of view, the Turks’ demands for a no-fly zone over Turkey does not pass muster.
"Hence Turkey’s second condition: They’ll only send their ground forces into the fight – the only plausible ground forces right now – if strategy shifts to topple Assad too."
What she’s referencing: Turkey has long wanted to see the ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, and Prime Minister Davutoglu told Christiane that America must go after Assad, not just ISIS, in Syria.
"We said chemical weapons are the red line. He used chemical weapons. What happened to him?"
"We didn't do anything."
"And now, because of these crimes, there was no reaction, these radical organizations - I mean ISIS - misused this atmosphere and told these people the international community doesn't defend you. Nobody defends you. Only I can defend you by my own means. This was the source of ISIS."
"P.S. – goes without saying that if TURKEY is attacked in any shape or form, they will defend themselves by all means necessary."
What she’s referencing: Prime Minister Davutoglu made clear in their interview that any attacks on Turkey would be a game-changer; or any attack on “Turkish territory” inside Syria. A national tomb dating back to the Ottoman Empire is guarded by Turkish special forces inside Syria. If they are attacked or taken hostage by ISIS, that too would be a game-changer.
“If there is there any threat against our national security, we will take all the measures – all the measures,” he said.
'Extraordinary' race for Ebola vaccine raises ethical questions
By Mick Krever, CNN
(CNN) - The "extraordinary" rush to develop an Ebola vaccine is moving forward apace, the lead researcher told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, adding that the fast pace may engender ethical concerns about how it the vaccine is eventually implemented.
"This is, frankly, extraordinary," Adrian Hill of the Jenner Institute at Oxford University said. "We are trying to do in a few months something that might typically take 10 years. We've had accelerated reviews of all our applications, regulatory and ethical approvals, and so on."
"And we're now trying to proceed so quickly that if things go well, by the end of the year, this vaccine might actually be being used in the three affected countries in West Africa."
Paintings celebrate Putin's birthday
A Moscow art exhibit is celebrating President Vladimir Putin's birthday by portraying him as a hero of mythic proportions.
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Hong Kong demonstrators may scuttle democracy progress, says pro-Beijing legislator
By Mick Krever, CNN
By disrupting life in Hong Kong and rejecting Beijing’s ruling on how Hong Kong should be governed, pro-democracy demonstrators there may actually be scuttling progress on democracy, pro-Beijing Hong Kong legislator Regina Ip told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“In terms of guarantee of personal freedoms and rights, we were free before we became democratic,” Ip said. “The democratic process only started getting under way in the 1980s, very late in the colonial era. And we've made a lot more progress since 1997.”
“I fully understand and sympathize with [the protesters’] aspirations. But they also need to recognize that our democratic model is laid down in the basic law.”
“We are not an independent country. We are part of one country.”
Students and pro-democracy activists clogged Hong Kong’s central business district through the end of last week, protesting a ruling by China that Hong Kong residents would be able to directly elect their chief executive, but only from a list of Beijing-approved candidates.
Liberia pleads for coordination of aid in Ebola fight
By Mick Krever, CNN
Liberia is in desperate need for someone to take charge of the fight against Ebola, that country’s ambassador to the UK, Rudolf von Ballmoos, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“We're having help from all over the world, I must say, and for this we are extremely grateful,” he said, adding that the U.S. military, the U.N., Germany, Norway, and others have all stepped in to assist the fledging Liberian ministry of health.
“But what we will need – proper coordination.”
“Who is taking instructions from who? That's something we have to sit and coordinate it properly. That's what Liberia is looking for.”
Liberia has been by the far the worst hit by the Ebola epidemic, with 2,069 deaths, according to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Turkey willing to put troops in Syria 'if others do their part,' Prime Minister says
Click here to watch part one of Amanpour's conversation with Prime Minister Davutoglu, about ISIS and the Syrian war, and click here to watch part two, about Turkish domestic issues.
(CNN) - Turkey would be willing to put its troops on the ground in Syria "if others do their part," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Monday.
"We are ready to do everything if there is a clear strategy that after ISIS, we can be sure that our border will be protected. We don't want the regime anymore on our border pushing people against - towards Turkey. We don't want other terrorist organizations to be active there."
Italy could be ‘the leader of Europe’ in ten years, declares bullish prime minister
By Mick Krever, CNN
Despite a dismal and worsening economic situation, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that his country could, in the next ten years, become “the leader of Europe.”
“I see there is in my country the possibility to create the future. But after twenty years of politics, discussions, [and] ideological crisis, we lost a lot of opportunities. Now I think for a politician, it's absolutely important, this message: We can lose the elections, but we cannot lose this opportunity.”
The 39-year-old Renzi, who took office in February, must first overcome extremely worrying economics.
In August, the country slid back into its third recession in six years; unemployment is over 12%; and youth unemployment is a staggering 44%, causing a massive brain drain of young professionals.
“We change a lot of times the prime minister” – four in the past five years – “but we don't change our country. And our country is an incredible country, very beautiful, with an incredible past, an incredible present – but we need a future.”
Previously unseen footage, bearing witness to the Holocaust
Bearing witness to crimes against humanity is one of the most important jobs of the journalist and film maker, and there are few crimes in history more extreme than the Holocuast.
But one of the most comprehensive cinematic records of the Nazi death machine, recorded by a specially commissioned Allied film unit entering the camps for the first time, was never shown in full – until now.
Liberation came to there in April 1945 and this compelling testimony is part of Night will Fall, a documentary by Andre Singer on how this footage was filmed, and why it was shelved.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour recently sat down to speak about the film with Singer and historian Rainer Schulze, who also worked on the project.
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Envoy sees promise in talks to end Libya chaos
By Mick Krever, CNN
U.N.-brokered talks between rival factions in Libya have a reasonable chance of ending the three-year-long chaos that has gripped Libya since the fall of Muammar Gadhafi, British envoy to Libya Jonathan Powell told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.
“Libya is not Syria or Iraq. It hasn't got the division between Shiite and Sunni. It hasn't got the division between Kurds and Arabs. It hasn't even really got political divisions.”
“This fighting mainly has been, as I say, a state of anarchy and fighting about power and about money.”
That state of anarchy has been almost impenetrably complex, with a parade of civilian and militia leaders claiming to be Libya’s salvation.
“The problem in Libya was that NATO played its role in getting rid of Gadhafi, but afterwards the West sort of walked away. They left it alone. They thought it was for the Libyans to sort out.”
“And out of that arose chaos, arose a state of anarchy. No one was in charge. There were thousands of sides.”
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