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• Christiane Amanpour is chief international correspondent for CNN based in New York.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: January 12, 1958
  2. Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
  3. Spouse: James Rubin
  4. Eduaction: University of Rhode Island, Summa Cum Laude B.A. Journalism
  5. Awards Honors: 1993 and 1998 Peabody Award winner, "Honorary Citizen" of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award, 2007 CBE in the Order of the British Empire.
  6. College house mate of John F. Kennedy Jr.
  7. Quote: "There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing."

• Career

  Amanpour got her start working for CNN in Frankfurt, Germany reporting on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. Her coverage of the Gulf War in 1990 led to Amanpour's rise in prominence as an international correspondent. Since then she continued to report from many dangerous conflict zones including, most notably, the war in Bosnia and the conflicts in Darfur and the Middle East. Amanpour's recent work has focused on a series of long-form programs that have aired on CNN including: God's Warriors, The War Within, Where Have All The Parents Gone? and In the Footsteps of Bin Laden.

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  CNN | Anderson Cooper | Anderson Cooper 360 | Wolf Blitzer | Larry King | Meet the Press

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