In the Field Blog

• Power of grief: Corrie's fight for justice
  Jerusalem (CNN) – No parent should have to bury their child, no matter what the circumstance. For Craig and Cindy Corrie, the grief is mixed with a seven-year fight for justice to find out exactly what happened to their daughter Rachel. Rachel Corrie was an American activist who was trying to protect Palestinian homes from being destroyed [...]
• Dubai 'drip feed' on Hamas leader's killing
  The drip feed of information from Dubai’s police chief has kept the assassination of a Hamas leader in his Dubai hotel room on the front pages for about a month and a half. Every day, without fail, the newspapers in the United Arab Emirates reserve part of the front page for an update, an opinion - even [...]
• Road to disaster
  Concepcion, Chile (CNN) - Two small Chevys crossed the Argentina-Chile border and headed north toward the epicenter of the fifth-largest earthquake in more than a century. Jam packed with camera gear, supplies, and two Argentine drivers, we passed through a border checkpoint where frontier guardsmen watched a small television screen blasting images from the aftermath. "Where are [...]
• Car becomes home for reporters in Chile
  Concepcion, Chile - Trying to report the Chile Earthquake has posed some serious logistical issues for journalists. Our entire CNN crew for example photographers, correspondents, producers all of us jammed into cars to sleep overnight. We were not alone. An entire street was filled with cars doubling as beds, although a couple of local crews [...]
• Dubai could be a cold case already
  London, England - Some of the officials now investigating the hit squad that assassinated a top Hamas operative in Dubai say they are getting nowhere with their inquiries, despite extensive CCTV footage and the identification of 26 suspects. Officials in two countries that had their passports used illegally in this operation privately concede to CNN that [...]
• How many hitmen does it take?
  The line of questioning has changed. It's no longer the speculation on whether Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad was behind the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room last month. The question now, certainly on the lips of journalists, is why does it take at least 26 people to kill one man traveling [...]
• After the landslide: Mud, sweat, tears, death
  Pasir Jambu, Indonesia - Red mud was absolutely everywhere. From the top of the mountain, all the way to the bottom, the deadly landslide that swept through a tea farming community in Indonesia's Java island this week left an enormous scar on the landscape. Villagers say they heard a loud rumble and then within seconds their [...]
• International Correspondents: Focus on Iran
  In this month's International Correspondents show we're focussing on Iran – specifically the recent upheaval there and the authorities' attempt to prevent journalists doing their work freely. Indeed, Tehran is upping its efforts to suppress dissident activities and the attempts by journalists to cover the story. Most of the international attention to the unrest since the [...]
• Protests over movie with message of peace
  At an early age I learned to stay away from discussing politics and religion especially with strangers. I live an ironic life because as a correspondent I do just that on a daily basis. In India it is especially true. Here not an hour goes by (unless I am sleeping) that politics or religion isn't on the [...]
• Talking football, food and 'Fonky Family' in France
  Michelin-starred chef Philippe Gauvreau prepared lunch for the CNN team at his Lyon restaurant. With such a rich history, France is one of the most visited countries in the world. But for CNN's new show iList, the team wanted to look at the future of France - how it's changing, evolving, innovating, developing. We started the week [...]