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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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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href="http://yahoo.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,15,00.html?yhnws">George   Clooney, who was instrumental in pulling together America: A Tribute   to Heroes following the events of September 11, has signed on to   help NBC line up celebrities for its tsunami-aid telethon scheduled for   Jan.15.
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Actor George Clooney officially becomes a United Nations peace envoy at a ceremony in New York.
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, Japanese-American violinist Midori Goto and Olympic equestrian Princess Haya of Jordan were named U.N. messengers of peace on Friday.
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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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Actor George Clooney warned the United Nation's most powerful body Thursday that if it did not send peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region millions would die in the first genocide of the 21st century.
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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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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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UNITED NATIONS -- When U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon paid his first official visit to Washington last month, he received the White House version of a seal of approval: a presidential pat on the back and an invitation to phone President Bush whenever he needs help in responding to an international crisis....
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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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Former UN secretary general to name head of state chosen as inaugural winner of multi-million dollar prize for achievement.
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Visiting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday thanked all the nations that had worked to help lift Israel's embargo on its neighbor Lebanon.
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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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Actor George Clooney lobbied on Wednesday for Egypt's help in getting protection for victims of Darfur's increasing violence.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - George Clooney will  direct and star in the McCarthy-era drama "Goodnight, and Good  Luck."