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Haiti: Between death and life
Watch Peter Turnley as well as Angelina Jolie on her work in Haiti on "Amanpour," CNN International, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. In the U.S., the show appears on CNN, Sunday at 2 and 5 p.m ET.
(CNN) - World-renowned photographer Peter Turnley traveled to Haiti after the earthquake to document the lives of people burying their dead and trying to rebuild.
In an exclusive interview with "Amanpour," Turnley - whose photographs have appeared on the cover of "Newsweek" more than 40 times - talks about the extraordinary moments and emotions he experienced.
He was in the morgue with a man searching for the body of his son, and in the hospital to see a mother's first minutes with her newborn.
Fluent in French, Turnley was able to connect personally with the people he photographed.
"What I was seeing was a country and a people between life and death," Turnley said. "They weren't having any sense that this was going to be easy... I hope the world and the journalistic community will continue to come back to this story for a long time to come."
Turnley has covered earthquakes and conflicts around the world, as well as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Jolie on adopting in Haiti
Friday 2100 CET / Sunday 2pm & 5pm EST:
Angelina Jolie tells me about meeting Haitians injured and displaced in the earthquake for this week’s show. She told me she was hit hardest an by injured boy in the street – hope you'll join us for our conversation.
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Amanpour. Facebook viewers applauded the interview with Nigerian Attorney General, Michael Aondoakaa and Nigerian author, and Nobel laureate, Wole Sonyika. The vast majority expressed a deep disappointment for the blatant lies believed to be stated by the Attorney General, Mr. Aondoakaa followed by strong accusations that doubted his credibility as a leader. Nigerian viewers who commented, “Knew how the PDP operated in reality”, also accused the Nigerian political party PDP of fraud and corruption. On the opposite side, most viewers supported Mr. Sonyika’s theories and his stance regarding the political future of Nigeria and described him as “a true statesman and a patriot.” Additionally, Amanpour Email viewers commended the show Unattainable Beauty that discussed a French lawmaker that introduced legislation to label retouched photos from advertising to magazines spreads. While the majority of the audience felt this was a good step toward the restoration of self-esteem in women, especially in teenagers, others, commented “retouching photos was the effect, not the cause” and that this action was not deceitful but rather an attempt to show beauty.
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MADAM AMANPOUR,
Nigeria most corrupt & inept Attorney General of the federation, Mr. Aondoakaa who soyinka called a liar is suspiciously being removed as attorney general & redeployed as Minister of Special duties
Zinno Katta
Dear Christiane,
I am watching your show now and heard Diane Von Furstenberg talk about the age of models and not promoting super-skinny ones. I'd like to bring your (and your viewers') attention to what I received today as an ad on my Yahoo mail - from Kenneth Cole/Nordstrom's. I thought it was outrageous and offensive. When you click to the actual Kenneth Cole site, the models look normal. Where can someone complain about the promotion of a minus-zero, underage model?
All best,
Emily Lo
Great show about retouching fashion photos – still watching. As a designer i have an interest in this, but retouching is the effect, not the cause. Just look at the pictures women put on the social networking and dating sites. My guess is that the pictures put on such sites are on average 3 years younger than actual age. They do not do this to deceive, they just want to present themselves as beautifully as possible. Focus on health (including mental self image) and fitness programs, and the beauty will naturally follow.
Gregory Osadetz
Brazil
Angelina Jolie on AMANPOUR.
Angelina Jolie tells me about meeting Haitians injured and displaced in the earthquake for this week’s show. She told me she was hit hardest an by injured boy in the street. She talks talks about it on our Friday show at 2100 CET and this weekend on CNN in the U.S. at 2pm EST & 5pm EST.
And now your feedback
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Amanpour. viewers held hope for the political future of Nigeria and while most commented they felt the government corruption was at its peak, others thought its economy was about to improve. The Nigerian audience voiced added types of concern such as violence, poverty and religious differences among some of the causes of continued distress within the communities. Overall, most commented that while optimism was alive in the country, “the leaders were to blame” for the condition in which the citizens lived currently.
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Hi Christiana
I love my country, i dont know why but i would still die for my country in the absence of basic infrastructure, good governance and the rule of law but, also with the hope of a better future and the will to work towards all the aspirations and dreams of a better future. with all due respect to Prof. Wole Soyinka i know he has an opaque view of the political structure and situations in Nigeria due to his level of participation. its not just by writing books and tongue lashing of the people involved but by actual participation and making a difference. Rome wasn't built in a day and people must have shed blood to call the U.S.A what it is today (A great country). you need to drag someone down to your studios, an ex president, a fomer security chief (someone with a lot of insight) and you must ask the right questions! maybe 'Obasanjo' ask him the right things and he would say it all. he looks up to no one.
Regards
Akinyemi
Nigeria's Turmoil
By Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.
Nigeria’s Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa today insisted there is no power vacuum after the country’s parliament voted to install Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting head of state – while President Umaru Yar’Adua is absent on medical leave.
“There has not actually been a power vacuum”, Aondoakaa told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “The main issue is that there must be ways of resolving our progress constitutionally. The system is working because nobody has taken up arms.”
Aondoakaa’s comments came on the same day Nigeria’s House and Senate approved a resolution to suspend President Yar’Adua, who went to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment at the end of November and has been absent for nearly 80 days. He has not been seen in public since he left Nigeria.
Aondoakaa said the parliament’s resolution is non-binding. He said the Executive Council, made up of government ministers, has to look at the legislature’s proposal.
“What is important now is to move the country forward… for the three arms of government to come and support the Vice President to carry out his duties”, he added.
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Amanpour. viewers geared their commentary toward the European consideration of the Burqa ban. Controversy was the main component in all conversations that in their majority stated that women “should be allowed to wear the Burqa, unless the country of residence, dictates otherwise.” Mixed reactions were present by the minority. Additionally, the legalization of drugs in México continued to be of interest to some, who expressed their opinions about it.
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During Amanpour's recent broadcast, it was stated to the Mexican Foreign Minister that marijuana was legalized only in California, stating that this was but a small fraction of the country. However, it should be noted that the number of states to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes has grown rapidly over the past decade to 14 states in all. Rather than dismissing the argument of legalizing marijuana to attack the narco-trafficking problem in Mexico, it should be taken as a legitmate argument considering the growing of public support within the United States for such a policy. Too much responsibility is placed on foreign governments when the roots of the problem are high demand and the cumbersome policies of the drug war.
Joshua Lunbeck Denver, Colorado
Tom's Take
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On AMANPOUR. today, we look at Nigeria. With its vast oil wealth and immense reserves of human capital, it should be the powerhouse of Africa. Instead, the country faces a sea of troubles, with a president who is absent and an unresolved insurgency. Complicating the situation is Nigeria’s ethnic politics - the divisions between the President, a Northern Muslim refusing to turn over power to his Vice President, a Southern Christian. Among our guests today is one of Nigeria’s literary lions, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Now here are some perspectives on some other news in the headlines today.
Tom Evans
Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.
PAKISTAN – Will death of Pakistan Taliban leader lead to a new direction for the insurgency?
– Three Taliban sources tell CNN Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died while on the way to Karachi for medical treatment
– Government has been looking into reports Mehsud died after being wounded in a suspected U.S. drone attack last month
– Drone attack came a few days after Mehsud appeared in a videotape with man thought to be the suicide bomber who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan on Dec. 30
QUESTION: Will death of Mehsud open a window for negotiations between the Pakistan Taliban and the government in Islamabad?
FULL POST
Talking with the Taliban
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Tim Lister
Over the weekend, the White House point man on Afghanistan stressed the United States was NOT talking with the Taliban. But Richard Holbrooke, a veteran mediator of the wars in the Balkans, chose his words precisely. "I want to state very clearly that our nation is not involved in any direct contacts with the Taliban," he said at a security conference in Munich, Germany.
The operational word being "direct." There are plenty of back channels for sounding out the Taliban – or at least some of them. The United States has encouraged Saudi Arabia (one of the few states that recognized the Taliban when they were in power) to open a dialog with more moderate members of the Taliban. But the Saudis have their own conditions – the Taliban must disown al Qaeda, which in the form of its Saudi-born mastermind Osama bin Laden has brought the Kingdom so much pain and embarrassment. The UN's special envoy to Afghanistan has also met low-level Taliban representatives in Dubai.
Holbrooke acknowledged this and was comfortable with it. So was British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth. "We mustn't raise that bar too high in terms of our preparedness to bring people in," he said. "Neither should we wait until there is real victory before we try to reconcile or reintegrate those elements in the insurgency who are prepared to come across."
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