UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
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Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
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Actor George Clooney has been made a United Nations "messenger of peace" to promote the organisation's peacekeeping activities around the world.  The Hollywood star has campaigned to stop the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.   UN Secretary General Ban Ki-...
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Oscar-winning US actor and director George Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel will address the UN Security Council Thursday on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, UN and US officials said.
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GENEVA -- From Armenia to Zambia, thousands of activists turned out to sing in mighty cathedrals, light candles in city squares and march and hold dance-athons on World AIDS Day as the United Nations focused on protecting women and girls, often sidelined
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Some of the biggest stars in the music world are uniting to record a charity single for tsunami victims.
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Movie stars, pop legends and sporting  heroes joined millions of people raising funds for victims of  the Asian tsunami disaster by organizing concerts, giving cash  and even sorting the mail.
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Pop star Madonna hosted a celebrity-studded event on Wednesday on the lawns of the United Nations to aid Malawi orphans, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and -- controversially -- to inaugurate a new Gucci store.
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Shining onstage at the Santa Barbara Film Festival only last Saturday, Angelina Jolie showed up a world away â in every respect â on Thursday: Baghdad.   The goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 32, is there on a...
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Dozens of world leaders appealed at UN headquarters on Monday for an international initiative to ensure the poor can join the wealthy in sharing in the benefits of a global economy.
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The United Nations appealed to  the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in  donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies  touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the  money targeted at Africa.
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Some of the world's top artistes and musicians have banded together to push for the freedom of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, activists said as US legislators considered seeking UN Security Council action against the military regime in Yangon.
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Some of the world&#39;s  biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna  performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday  to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary general, made light at a UN awards gala of what many fear is the biggest crisis of his career.
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A Valentineâs Day charity auction at Sothebyâs in New York raised more than $42.5 million to benefit H.I.V./AIDS relief programs in Africa, far above the presale estimate of about $29 million, The Associated Press reported. Organized by Sothebyâs, Bono, Damien Hirst (whose âWhere Thereâs a Will Thereâs a Way,â above, was among the works sold) and the Gagosian Gallery, the event set sale records for 17 artists, including Howard Hodgkin, Marc Quinn and Keith Tyson, and included pieces by Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha. Proceeds will go the United Nations Foundation and will support programs run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Oscar-winning actor George Clooney brought some Hollywood glamour to the United Nations as he used his star power to turn the spotlight on Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur.
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The stars are part of a charity auction for tsunami relief.
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Bollywood actress and social activist Shabana Azmi will join several eminent activists from across the world at the UN headquarters in New York,between September 22-26, to plead for food for the entire globe.