Amanpour Leaving CNN to Take Over ABC's 'This Week'

Christiane Amanpour, a veteran cable news international correspondent, is leaving CNN after more than 25 years to join ABC News as host of its Sunday public affairs show, "This Week."

CNN made the announcement Thursday, saying Amanpour had covered "defining news events of our time" in Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda and the Balkans.

For the past year, she has hosted a daily interview show on the cable network. Amanpour is 52 and was born in London.