I spoke with Evelyn Apoko Thursday afternoon. She was abducted by the ruthless Lord's Resistance Army in 2001. Her story made me cry. And marvel at human resilience.My story was…

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I am born

To borrow from Charles Dickens: WhetherI shall turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will beheld by anyone else, these pages must show.…

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Joy and Death

Two stories I have covered in the past came to resolutiontoday. Both involved international campaigns that urged freedom for whatsupporters called unjust imprisonment.One ended in decided joy; the other the…

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Cancer

My friend Anita died last night.The news hit me today in the CNN newsroom like the blast of a bomb. I had fully intended to go visit her after my…

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A future star

This summer, another crop of interns spent time with us at CNN, working in various departments from the CNN Wire to Headline News. Chelsea Bailey was one of them. Young,…

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