George Clooney named U.N. messenger of peace
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for refugees in Darfur, as a U.N. "messenger of peace" on Friday to promote the world body's peacekeeping efforts.
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Actor George Clooney becomes a UN peace envoy, as he returns from a trip to Sudan's Darfur region.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on a   mission to calm violence in the Middle East, holds talks in   Jordan on Thursday before going to Syria to seek its help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York For years, Kofi Annan was seen at the United Nations as a Mandela-like figure, a statesman who brought a serene sense of personal confidence and institutional steadiness to the task of settling conflict and a person frequently
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George Clooney lobbied Wednesday for Egypt's help in getting protection for victims of Darfur's increasing violence.
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Seventy Nobel Prize laureates  including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Thursday  endorsed the leadership of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in  the face of questions about his role in the tainted Iraq  oil-for-food program.
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LAGOS, Nigeria  Â Militants in Nigeria's restive oil region on Saturday invited actor and peace activist George Clooney to visit the area and asked for U.N. intervention in their conflict.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan received an unusual standing ovation in the 191-nation General Assembly on Wednesday following calls for his resignation from conservative U.S. lawmakers.
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George Clooney comes to Delhi to continue humanitarian efforts as the UN's Messenger Of Peace.
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NEW YORK - Let's get real: George Clooney is a two-time winner of People magazine's &quot;sexiest man alive.&quot; He can woo practically any woman he wants - right? &quot;Um, ah, no, because I also wake up and my knees hurt and I think, `I'm 45,'&quot; he tells Newsweek in its Dec. 18 issue.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday backed a U.N. ministerial meeting next week to help revive the Middle East peace process, saying almost every leader he met recently in the region viewed Lebanon as "a wake up call" to deal with all Arab-Israeli conflicts.
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In his new role as U.N. messenger of peace, George Clooney was playing himself.
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Oscar-winning US actor George Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel pleaded with the UN Security Council to act to end the &quot;genocide&quot; in Sudan's Darfur region amid fears African Union (AU) peacekeepers may pull out.
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Hollywood star George Clooney is honoured by the French government for his achievements in cinema.
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The 192-nation General Assembly  paid tribute on Friday to Kurt Waldheim, the fourth U.N.  secretary-general, without mentioning his tarnished legacy as  an officer in Nazi Germany&#39;s army in the Balkans.
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The 192-nation General Assembly paid tribute on Friday to Kurt Waldheim, the fourth U.N. secretary-general, without mentioning his tarnished legacy as an officer in Nazi Germany's army in the Balkans.
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George Clooney cut short his first trip as a U.N. "messenger of peace" and flew home from Darfur after falling ill, U.N. sources said on Tuesday.