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ABC Honors Bill Clinton with Interview on 'His Work to Save a Continent' By Tim Graham | July 20, 2007 - 12:19 ETABC’s Good Morning America interviewed Bill Clinton on Thursday morning, and while he made the news for saying Iraq is hopeless ("There is no military victory here"), the interview was also notable as another opportunity for ABC to honor Clinton as a global statesman and ask him softball questions for almost nine minutes. Co-host Diane Sawyer reported he was in Africa to see Nelson Mandela and do his AIDS work: "And President Bill Clinton weighs in, speaking...

This time they're serious. CNN's prime-time anchors, Paula Zahn and Anderson Cooper, officially launch their new shows Monday. Yes, they've both been on the air for months, but the Atlanta network is repackaging them in a bid to boost sagging prime-time ratings. "There is going to be a structure to the hour," producer Jim Miller said of Zahn's retooled show. "Viewers are going to understand the show in a way they couldn't this summer." Anderson Cooper's show will air at 7 p.m., followed by Paula Zahn's at 8. Zahn's straight news program will be called "Paula Zahn Now." Cooper's show,...