Friday, July 29, 2005
Amanpour Makes Most Powerful List
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour comes in at #72 on Forbes magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women. Below is the write up in the mag:"Praised the world over for delivering breaking news in the face of danger in places like war-torn Bosnia and the Persian Gulf, Amanpour, 47, has garnered worldwide respect for her enduring pursuit of scoops. Amanpour beat her competition by landing rare interviews with Jordan's King Abdullah and the last one with his late father, King Hussein. The daughter of an Iranian airline executive, Amanpour began her career as a reporter for a radio station in Providence, R.I., and is now said to be the world's highest-paid reporter."

