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Angelina: UN Must Take a Stand on Darfur

Jolie writes for Time magazine

By Sarah Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 11:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Angelina Jolie argues in a Time essay that it's put-up-or-shut-up time for the UN on Darfur. The Security Council will receive a report today on the nation's genocide under the watch of Omar al Bashir, and its response will determine whether the idea of an... Read full story »

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