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CNN.com and TIME.com teamed up to launch Global Public Square, a new blog that will feature insights on global news from CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS host and TIME editor at large Fareed Zakaria, as well as journalists from the cable network and the magazine, and other expert guests.

Global Public Square is edited by CNN.com World producer Amar Bakshi, and guests set to contribute over the next few weeks include: foursquare co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai; statistics guru Hans Rosling; and Nina Hachigian, co-author of The Next American Century.

CNN’s Nic Robertson will also provide analysis on Libya’s tipping point, and CNN Cairo bureau chief Ben Wedeman will report on the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and north Africa. Global Public Square will also feature a weekly news quiz, and a books of the week entry.

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CNN.com announced the promotions of Amy Cox, Dan Gilgoff, and Kristi Keck Ramsey, and the addition of Amar Bakshi.

Cox was named World editor, after leading beat blog Afghanistan Crossroads and playing major roles in Home and Away and the Haiti iReport database. She will now oversee serving international news to the Web site’s U.S. audience.

New World editor Bakshi has worked with PostGlobal, a former blog from The Washington Post hosted by David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria, as well as with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

CNN Belief Blog writer and editor Gilgoff was promoted to religion editor on the CNN.com enterprise reporting team.

And Ramsey, who spent the past three years with CNN’s political team, was promoted to weekend editor.