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Kenna, Jessica Biel And Lupe Fiasco Gear Up For Kilimanjaro Climb

The trek, which also includes Emile Hirsch and Santigold, will be chronicled in a 90-minute documentary on MTV. By Gil Kaufman Lupe Fiasco Photo: MTV News By this time Thursday, rapper/philanthropist Kenna will be leading a group that includes actors Jessica Biel , Emile Hirsch and Isabel Lucas and musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold on the trip of a lifetime to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Copenhagen: UN threatens to kick civil society groups out of climate negotiations

This piece was originally titled: Protesters experience violence outside; Youth stage sit-in http://blogs.current.com/green/2009/12/16/breaking-youth-stage-sit-inside-the-be… Protesters inside the Bella center are staging a sit in and live-blogging at It’s Getting Hot in Here. Their latest entry read: Young people from all over the world are staging a sit-in at Bella Center until we get a Fair, Ambitious, and Binding climate treaty and reading the names of all 11 million signers of the TckTckTck petition.

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Copenhagen breaking news: UN threatens to kick civil society groups out of climate negotiations over live webstream

This piece was originally titled: Protesters experience violence outside; Youth stage sit-in http://blogs.current.com/green/2009/12/16/breaking-youth-stage-sit-inside-the-be… Protesters inside the Bella center are staging a sit in and live-blogging at It’s Getting Hot in Here.

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Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor

Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.

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Copenhagen protest turns violent, hundreds arrested

COPENHAGEN, December 12th–Anarchists launched cobblestones, explosives and homemade weapons during an an otherwise peaceful protest at the United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen. The crowd, a reported 50,000 including young children, moved without violence until an unidentified anarchist group of several hundred–most covering their faces with ski masks and hoods–began to converge, shooting explosives at nearby buildings and police

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The strange case of american public opinion on climate change

Nearly 100 world leaders are expected to appear at the global warming talks that open Monday in Copenhagen.

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Nicolas Cage Takes Home United Nations Honors

Finally, some good news for Nicolas Cage. Despite his recent financial woes, the Oscar-winning thesp was honored by the United Nations for his philanthropic spirit Friday night, taking…

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Stevie Wonder To Become UN Messenger

Legendary singer Stevie Wonder is set to become a United Nations Messenger of Peace. The 59-year-old star has been recognized by the UN for his philanthropic work with several charities. The UN’s Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has said that Wonder is ‘admired by millions of people and has given back to millions of people’.

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The Hollywood Gossip Caption Contest: October 27

Welcome to another edition of The Hollywood Gossip Caption Contest, where readers try to write the funniest caption for the celebrity photo posted below! The rules are simple.

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Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger: Still Dating!

Renee Zellweger is ready to meet the parents.

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