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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KOFI ANNAN has had better weeks. On Monday, the UN secretary general woke up to a Wall Street Journal column by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, publisher of the influential InstaPundit
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute Friday to Kurt Waldheim for leading the U.N. during the Cold War with "perseverance," but the United States was less generous to a man whose Nazi-era past tarnished his legacy.
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Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is all set to be declared the "Citizen of the World" by the UN.
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Virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma is made a messenger of peace by UN chief Kofi Annan at a ceremony in New York.
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More than 25 celebrities including  actors Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams on  Thursday urged the United Nations to help win freedom for  Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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George Clooney traveled to Chad on Tuesday as a U.N. "messenger of peace" after spending time in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, U.N. sources said.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - George Clooney will  direct and star in the McCarthy-era drama "Goodnight, and Good  Luck."
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Monday chose the head of a high-profile U.N. agency as  his new chief of staff to help institute reforms and combat  allegations of scandals.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney, a passionate advocate for an end to war and famine in Sudan's Darfur region, as the world body's latest Messenger of Peace, an official said Friday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan, under fire in Washington over the U.N. role in Iraq, said that the United States and the United Nations have the greatest impact on global issues when they work together.
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LOS ANGELES  - George Clooney has signed on to two high-profile projects with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Independent Pictures.
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U.S. actor George Clooney and   Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel told the U.N. Security Council on   Thursday the world would be blamed for another Rwanda if   atrocities were not halted in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has selected former President Clinton to be the U.N. point man for tsunami reconstruction and ensure that the world doesn't forget the immense needs of the countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster, a well-informed U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that he saw &quot;important openings&quot; for peace in such troubled areas as Afghanistan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan.
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George Clooney lobbied Wednesday for Egypt's help in getting protection for victims of Darfur's increasing violence.