LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour was named on Thursday to anchor the ABC News' Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, after 27 years as an international correspondent for CNN. Amanpour, 52, was hired to replace George Stephanopoulos, the former White House aide who became the new anchor of ABC's weekday breakfast-hour show "Good Morning America ...

ABC News has hired Christiane Amanpour, one of CNN's best-known personalities for her hard-nosed reporting from war zones over the past two decades, to host its Sunday morning political talk show starting this summer. She replaces George Stephanopoulos, who left the show in December to take over as co-host of ...

Christiane Amanpour, who become the face of CNN television for millions during 20 years covering wars and interviewing world leaders, is leaving for the ABC network, CNN and ABC said Thursday. ABC News president David Westin said that starting in August, Amanpour would become the anchor of ABC's Sunday morning political talk show "This Week." "She brings to her ...