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Angelina Jolie @ Clinton Global Initiative

Angelina Jolie @ Clinton Global Initiative

Angelina Jolie announces a significant $148 million initiative to help educate children in conflict areas at the Clinton Global Initiative on Wednesday in New York City — the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.

“Education can transform the lives of children in conflict, giving them the tools to create a better future for their families and their nations,” explained Angie, who co-chairs the Education Partnership with Gene Sperling, Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations. “This Partnership is putting words into action,” Angie explained, “and demonstrating that even in the most difficult circumstances, every child can and should have a chance to learn.”

The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict will include:

– 18 Commitments from 19 World Renowned Organizations and Individuals in 15 Countries
– Commitments to improve educational opportunities for 1+ million conflict-affected children including (1) 350,000 out-of-school children in conflict-affected regions to be given an opportunity to attend school and (2) Improve the learning environment, safety, materials and teacher quality of another 690,0000 children in conflict affected regions
– The commitments will assist 200,000 Iraqi refugee children and aid than 300,000 children affected by the Darfur genocide.

15+ pictures inside of Angelina making a difference at the Clinton Global Initiative…

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That USA oday list is from 12/18/2001

isitreallythatserious? @ 09/27/2007 at 11:11 am

597 ge

Did you read the original statement that I was responding too? I’ll answer that NO!

And as of right now, Brad and Angelina are the two biggest stars in the world, so I don’t know what was your point of the “GRAND SCHEME” comment but I was responding to her/him/it saying that those celebs don’t “sell themselves” like B&A and the truth is that media outlets will put on their front covers, start off with what people want to see and that’s Brad and Angelina.

Prue Halliwell @ 09/27/2007 at 11:12 am

584 Les : 09/27/2007 at 10:49 am
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2001-12-18-celebrity-donations-chart.htm

A list of celebrity charities.

Funny how most of these people aren’t in the media EVERY DAY selling themselves.
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Maybe because a lot of them are dead, such as Louis Armstrong, Johnny Carson, Elvis Presley, Bob Hope? Just saying …

isitreallythatserious? @ 09/27/2007 at 11:14 am

MF ~

My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family. May God be with you and yours through this diffcult time.

591 n.o.l.a : 09/27/2007 at 10:59 am
589 Amy : 09/27/2007 at 10:57 am
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2001-12-18-celebrity-donations-chart.htm

A list of celebrity charities.

Funny how most of these people aren’t in the media EVERY DAY selling themselves
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Brad is on the NOLA newspaper today. I wonder what will happen if the houses present problems later? that why projects about construction are dangerous.
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I wondered about that as well but Brad appears to have a smart group of advisors and most importantly this is NOT a development deal where people are looking to make money. This is about helping people get their homes back.

>>>>>>>>>

We never know if we are making the very best, most correct decision. We do the research, go with the information we have, balance the risk and then make a decision with courage and conviction that our decision was the best known choice. If we worry too much, nothing will happen.

I didn’t read most of the comments the other day, so sorry to hear about your mother in law, My thoughts & prayers goes to all of you.Be strong, it’s in God’s hands now.I feel the pain , my dad died a few years ago & still hurts whenever I think of him. I ‘m thankful that my mom is still around.Missouri Fan, everyone here are praying for your family.

IM UNEMPLOYED 4FT 9 AND 350 lbs.

Re: USA today’s chart, please disregard my previous post, I did not realize it is not worth my time, since Les extracted the news from 2001 USA Today archives.

FANS TO DO NOT LOSE YOUR ENERGY FOR RESPONDING TO HATERS, WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE SO JEALOUS THAT ANGELINA AND BRAD ARE MORE RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED IN THE WORLD( OTHER THAN HOLYWOOD) THAT IS WHY THEY BRING ALL OF THEIR ANGER IN HERE, SO JUST FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. LONG LIVE THE JOLIE PITT

MF, may God bless you and your family in this difficult time.

IM HERE TO LET YOU FANS KNOW IM MISERABLE MY CHARITY IS MY FAT GUT!WHY GIVE.

trés jolie @ 09/27/2007 at 11:17 am

linda : 09/26/2007 at 6:34 pm
Angelina is an amazing person.
In this lifetime, I might not see again a person like Angelina Jolie.
Sure there’s a lot of humanitarian people out there, even from the celebrity part of this world, but you can count on your finger the people that actually go there, where these suffering is going on and witness and touch the reality of these suffering
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I T A !!!

The trolls can’t even be happy that a person might get his/her home back.

What was Brad's major? @ 09/27/2007 at 11:17 am

Jornalism or Advertising?

An update from the BBC about the deteriorating in Myanmar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7016608.stm

Nine killed in Burmese crackdown

The military warned protesters to go home or face ’serious action’
Nine people have been killed amid a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Burma’s main city of Rangoon, state television has reported.
The dead included eight protesters and a Japanese man identified by Japan’s APF News as a video journalist.

Eleven demonstrators and 31 soldiers were injured, state media said.

The clashes came on the 10th day of protests against Burma’s military rulers led by the country’s Buddhist monks. Hundreds have been arrested.

Security forces on Thursday had to fire warning shots as protesters tried to take their weapons, the state television report said.

Witnesses said it was unclear whether bullets were fired into the crowd or above heads.

We still think that because there is a very, very heavy guard presence on University Avenue that [Aung San Suu Kyi] must be in her house halfway down that street
Mark Canning
British Ambassador in Rangoon

The military had been broadcasting warnings that the protesters should go home or face “serious action”.

World leaders have renewed their calls for an end to the violence.

Japan’s foreign ministry said it was working to identify a man found dead in Rangoon carrying a Japanese passport.

The Japanese news agency APF News named the dead man as Kenji Nagai, a video journalist who had been in Burma for the agency since Tuesday.

Gunfire

The fresh protests follow reports of overnight raids on six monasteries.

According to witnesses, soldiers smashed windows and doors and beat the sleeping monks. Some escaped but hundreds of monks were taken away in military trucks.

Key flashpoints in Rangoon

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Two members of the National League for Democracy, the party led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were also arrested overnight.

Britain’s ambassador to Burma, Mark Canning, told the BBC he believed Ms Suu Kyi was still under house arrest, amid reports she had been sent to Rangoon’s Insein prison.

“We still think that because there is a very, very heavy guard presence on University Avenue that she must be in her house halfway down that street,” he said.

Around midday, thousands of people poured onto the streets of Rangoon in an apparently spontaneous show of defiance. They began singing nationalist songs and hurling abuse at the soldiers driving by in trucks.

The soldiers responded with gunfire.

“They have shot several times into the crowd,” one witness told the BBC.

Fewer monks

There are fewer monks on the streets - since so many were arrested - and there are large numbers of civilians instead, reports the BBC’s Chris Hogg in Bangkok.

The world should act, under the UN, forcefully and show the door to the dictatorship. China has to be told firmly to stop propping up the Burmese military
Ganapathy, Ottawa, Canada

Accounts from Burma
Protests in pictures
British money in Burma

The military may now have fewer qualms about firing on the crowd, our correspondent says, as monks are held in high esteem in Buddhist Burma.

A hotel in which foreign journalists have been staying in Rangoon has been surrounded and ransacked, our correspondent reports.

Security forces have set up barbed wire barricades around Shwedagon Pagoda and Rangoon city hall, two of the focal points for the demonstrations.

On Wednesday, five people were reported to have been killed when police broke up protests. The military government has confirmed one death.

UN debate

There are no indications yet that the military government is ready to listen to the many calls for restraint being made around the world, says the BBC’s South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head.

China’s crucial role in crisis
Burma’s shadowy leaders
Who are Burma’s monks?

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting in New York and called on the military junta to show restraint - a call also made by China and Russia on Thursday.

The US and the European Union wanted the council to consider imposing sanctions - rejected by both China and Russia, who argue that the situation in Burma is a purely internal matter. Both vetoed a UN resolution critical of the country’s rulers in January.

Instead, Council members “expressed their concern vis-a-vis the situation, and have urged restraint, especially from the government of Myanmar”, said France’s UN ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert.

They welcomed a plan to send UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to the region and called on Burmese authorities to receive him “as soon as possible”.

Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing thousands.

The protests were triggered by the government’s decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation.

What was Brad's major? @ 09/27/2007 at 11:19 am

spelled journalism

THE “GRAND SCHEME” WOULD BE THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT HISTORY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE YOUR TUNNEL VISION FOCUSED ON BRANGELINA AND CANNOT SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.

I THOUGHT FANS SAID THEY WOULDNT RESPOND TO TROLLS BUT I GOT YOU FANS TO WASTE SO MANY PAGES. TROLLS RULE FANS 0.

WE DO NOT HATE, WE SIMPLY PITY FAWNING FOOLS.

PLEASE KEEP TALKING TO ME WE ARE ON A ROLE, ITS A ‘GRAND SCHEME’ I HAVE TO KEEP FANS RESPONDING.

IGNORE MY SHADOW,WASTE MORE PAGES SHALL WE.

PITIFUL IN YOUR PETTINESS.

Prue Halliwell @ 09/27/2007 at 11:26 am

Actually, those pages are not wasted, they are more hits for our beloved Jared, which translates to more money for him! Glad your blog is doing so well, Jared!!!

Dearest Missouuri Fan,

My deepest condolences to you and your family. My family and I are sending you love and our prayers. My thoughts are with you, be strong and take care of yourself and your family….

YES, SO GLAD. SEE, YOU SHOULD THANK US “TROLLS”.

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