Haiti's horror

My heart breaks.Every time I head out of the Plaza Hotel in a CNN car, my heart breaks.In the massive tent cities, in the villages, on the big island in…

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Ibrahim with his mother and sisters in the tiny room in which the family lives. Outside, the hall is dark and damp. Ibrahim's father (sitting in the photo below) cannot…

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Members of the younger generation in my family think differently than did my grandparents. Many of the centuries-old traditions and rituals are falling away as young men and women adopt…

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Remembering 26/11

A year ago, I was making my way to Mexico City, dreaming of the serene canals of Xochimilco and the burst of a hot tamale in my mouth.By my heart…

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White House feasting

President Barack Obama hosts his first state visit today. The guest? Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Makes me proud.Singh, India's first Sikh leader, is an a Cambridge- and Oxford-educated economist…

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Ode to a water tank

Tallah Tank turns 100 today.What is Tallah Tank, you might ask. It's allegedly the world's largest water tank of its kind, holding a whopping nine million gallons of water to…

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Invisible people

We take so many things for granted here in the United States, among them a little piece of paper documenting births. But millions of people across the world do not…

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Remembrance

Amazing Grace and Taps echoed through the vastness of Fort Hood on Tuesday, to remember 13 soldiers gunned down on post last week.Soldiers are supposed to die in gruesome fashion…

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