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"Catholics were not welcomed either in the States; Jews certainly were not," says Michael Douglas. "To blame this all on immigration is really not fair. ... It's an issue that dad felt strongly about. And just looking at it and remembering his own roots, that we all tend to forget – particlarly in the U.S. – that we are all immigrants." http://cnn.it/2fMpDp3
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I'm with my colleague Fred Pleitgen to discuss Angela Merkel's run for a fourth term as German Chancellor. What does it mean in a world of Brexit, President Donald Trump, and Marine Le Pen? Ask your questions below!
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We imagine a world beyond facts and mired in fiction as the Oxford English Dictionary unveils its word of 2016 -- 'Post-truth'
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From Germany to Russia, China to Mexico, world leaders are getting used to the phrase “President-Elect Donald Trump.” How are they reacting? What does Trump’s election mean for the world? Ask your questions below and I’ll answer them LIVE on Facebook at 11am ET, 5pm CET.'
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Two powerful stories from an Israeli army veteran who refused to serve in the occupied territories and a Palestinian would-be suicide bomber who's renounced violence. They're both now on a mission for peace.

Christiane Amanpour speaks to Shifa al-Qudsi and Chen Alon from Combatants for Peace, a group of Israelis and Palestinians working for peace together.
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"If all Muslims are required to register, we will take legal action to block it," Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers in a speech this week. The President-elect called for healing in his Thanksgiving message today.

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First the fake news, now this, Facebook?

The social network, blocked in China since 2009, has developed software to keep posts from appearing in users’ news feeds in specific geographic areas, current and former employees said.
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American reporters having to fight for their rights? “Welcome to the club,” says Turkish journalist Can Dundar, who was sentenced to six years in prison. http://cnn.it/2fSk6Mb

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Donald Trump's answer on press freedom during his meeting with the New York Times speaks to the President-elect's "chameleon-like quality," the newspaper's media correspondent Michael Grynbaum tells me

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I never in a million years thought I would be on stage at the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Awards appealing for the freedom and safety of American journalists at home.

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Committee to Protect Journalists was live.

Tonight, the Committee to Protect Journalists honored Christiane Amanpour with the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for her extraordinary and sustained achievemen...t in the cause of press freedom. After the award ceremony, Amanpour spoke with CPJ's Mustafa Hameed to address the new challenges facing journalists in the United States and around the world.

Amanpour is CNN's chief international correspondent and anchor of the network's award-winning global affairs program "Amanpour." She is a senior adviser to CPJ, and is on the board of the International Women's Media Foundation. In 2015, she was named UNESCO's goodwill ambassador for freedom of expression and journalist safety.

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Journalism faces an existential crisis -- a threat to the very relevance of our profession.

My speech at the Committee to Protect Journalists 2016 International Press Freedom Awards:

I never in a million years thought I would be up here on stage appealing for the freedom and safety of American journalists at home.

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Does outgoing UN Chief Ban Ki-moon want to be South Korea's next President? As a "citizen," he tells me, he's been following the growing corruption scandal there "with grave concern."

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Syria "may be recorded as one of the failures of the United Nations," says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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I went to the United Nations today to speak with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a month from the end of his term. Our conversation on his legacy and future (and Donald Trump) airs at 8pm CET.

(Via The Washington Post): “Trump is president, [expletive]! So you can kiss your [expletive] visa goodbye, scumbag,” the man said. “They’ll deport you soon. Don’t worry, you [expletive] terrorist.”

The man was captured on video berating the New York Uber driver and calling him an "Arab," a "terrorist" and a "loser."
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A world melting away -- with ice levels in Antarctica at record low and temperatures in the North Pole raising alarm bells.

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Baquer Namazi traveled to Iran in February to try to get his son released from jail. Then he too was arrested, and both have been sentenced to a decade in prison.

"I'm here today as a son and as a brother," says Babak Namazi. "These are unjust sentences for people who have dedicated their lives ... to help and improve the lives of those in Iran."

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“Sometimes the babies are injured inside the uterus," Dr. Farida, believed to be the last female obstetrician-gynecologist working in eastern Aleppo in Syria, tells me: http://cnn.it/2eZD4RY

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CNN's Chief International Correspondent and host of CNN International's nightly global affairs program. Catch it all at http://amanpour.com.
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