CNN reporter Brahimi to marry Jordanian prince

NEW YORK – Rym Brahimi, daughter of United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, is engaged to Jordanian King Abdullah II’s half brother, Prince Ali, and will resign her job as CNN correspondent, the network says.

The engagement took place in Paris on Friday, where the Brahimi family lives, and was first announced in Amman by the palace. The wedding ceremony is set for September 7.CNN said Brahimi, who worked in its London and Paris bureaus and is fluent in English, French, Italian and Arabic, had notified the network that she was leaving her job.She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, the former Algerian foreign minister, who serves as a senior envoy to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and is currently try to help Washington set up an interim government in Iraq.Ali (29) is the son of the late King Hussein from his third marriage to Queen Alia, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.He heads a special force charged with protecting the monarch.King Abdullah attended the engagement celebrations in Paris, which were broadcast in Jordan, CNN said.- Nampa-ReutersThe wedding ceremony is set for September 7.CNN said Brahimi, who worked in its London and Paris bureaus and is fluent in English, French, Italian and Arabic, had notified the network that she was leaving her job.She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, the former Algerian foreign minister, who serves as a senior envoy to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and is currently try to help Washington set up an interim government in Iraq.Ali (29) is the son of the late King Hussein from his third marriage to Queen Alia, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.He heads a special force charged with protecting the monarch.King Abdullah attended the engagement celebrations in Paris, which were broadcast in Jordan, CNN said.- Nampa-Reuters