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Economist's Newest Writer: Angelina Jolie  

Posted Nov 14, 07 7:12 PM CST in World Gossip Arts & Living    Editor's Choice

(newser) – World leaders from Nicolas Sarkozy to the Dalai Lama have contributed their high-minded predictions for the coming year in an annual publication from the Economist. But for a magazine that normally eschews bylines, one name stands out, says the Sun: Angelina Jolie, who interviews Darfur refugees in Chad and says that international war crimes trials can end the brutal violence.

The actress—or "goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees"—praises the role of international justice in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. "When crimes against humanity are punished consistently and severely, the killers’ calculations will change," she writes in The World in 2008. The actress says it's time to see Sudanese war criminals on trial in the Hague.

Sources Sun (UK), Guardian (UK)

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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie says it's time to put Sudanese war criminals on trial. (AP Photo/Nathan Strange)   (Associated Press)
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Angelina Jolie, a cast member in the film "Beowulf," waves at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)   (Associated Press)
<em>Economist</em>'s Newest Writer: Angelina Jolie
Actress Angelina Jolie participates in a panel discussion during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)   (Associated Press)
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