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Ambassador: ‘War possible, but unlikely’, Expert: North Korea could restart Yongbyon nuclear plant in six months to a year">2</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/03/" title="Facing jail for jokes: crackdown means ‘revolution's hopes destroyed’">3</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/04/" title="Meet the driver behind "Nuns on the Bus", Women in the war room and board room, Running against Hugo Chavez’ ghost">4</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/05/" title="Somalia's Mother Teresa - and Rambo, Gun laws toughened in Connecticut">5</a></td><td>6</td><td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/08/" title="The man who replaced Margaret Thatcher reflects on her life, Margaret Thatcher, the chemist, How to contain Kim Jong Un">8</a></td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/10/" title="The Iraqi in Bush’s ear admits errors in judgment, Can this woman restore the South African dream?, 1998: North Korean basketball dreams, Peeking behind the North Korean curtain">10</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/11/" title="How America unleashed its secret killers, Daughter of Sandy Hook victim still calls her mom's phone">11</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/12/" title="The culinary travels of Anthony Bourdain">12</a></td><td>13</td><td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/15/" title="Capriles calls Maduro 'illegitimate president'">15</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/16/" title="The U.S. and China’s 'complex' military relationship, Piecing together the clues from Boston, Nigeria’s uphill battle to spread the country’s wealth">16</a></td><td>17</td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/18/" title="How even background checks for guns failed to pass in America">18</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/19/" title="The journalist who knew suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev">19</a></td><td>20</td><td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/22/" title="Is America giving the cold shoulder to the world?, Should the U.S. government have known about the Boston plot?">22</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/" title="Hunger-striking Guantanamo prisoners near death, Chechen opposition leader denies ties to Tsarnaev brothers, Did al Qaeda magazine inspire Tsarnaev brothers?">23</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/24/" title="Iran’s finance minister: ‘Sanctions haven’t crippled us’, Free Syrian Army general: ‘Clear proof chemical weapons used’, How solid is Israel’s proof of Syrian chemical weapons?">24</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/25/" title="Fears of a Muslim in Boston, Sen. McCain: 'The red line has been crossed in Syria', Jordan’s King Abdullah to meet with Obama about Syria, Amanpour investigates chemical weapons claims">25</a></td><td>26</td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/27/" title="Hip-hop group raps about being Arab in Israel">27</a></td><td>28</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/29/" title="American doctor gives 'proof of chemical weapon use' to U.S., Guantanamo at a boiling point">29</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130719100659/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/30/" title="Anne-Marie Slaughter: Obama inviting Assad to push the red line, Amidst outrage, South Africa confronts Mandela’s mortality, Rare interview with former head of the Israeli military">30</a></td> <td class="pad" colspan="5"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></div> </div> <div class="cnnPad9Top" style="height:20px;"></div> 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