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Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker has a new role: helping young victims of war in Central Africa. It came about through his distinguished career on screen. Whitaker, who recently starred in the CBS show “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” reached the pinnacle of success in 2007, winning an Oscar for best actor in “The Last King of Scotland” – the story of Uganda’s brutal dictator – Idi Amin. Forest Whitaker: The king of the Oscars?Reel to real: You’ve seen the movie, now compare it to the real thing While filming the movie, Whitaker was introduced, first hand, to the harsh reality of Uganda’s child soldiers, enslaved boys and girls forced to fight that country’s bloody civil war – now more than two decades old. Since then, Whitaker has taken up their cause. It’s for this work that he was recently awarded the title of goodwill ambassador for UNESCO, a United Nations organization that promotes international peace. “The Early Show” caught up with Whitaker earlier this week. He talked about his work with the children, including his upcoming documentary – “A Place of Peace” – that profiles one Ugandan community that’s become a safe haven for these children. “The Early Show” began by asking Whitaker about what it means to become part of the United Nations mission. “I feel fortunate I get to work with UNESCO on some endeavors that I would like...

Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker has a new role: helping young victims of war in Central Africa. It came about through his distinguished career on screen. Whitaker, who recently starred in the CBS show “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” reached the pinnacle of success in 2007, winning an Oscar for best actor in “The Last King of Scotland” – the story of Uganda’s brutal dictator – Idi Amin. Forest Whitaker: The king of the Oscars?Reel to real: You’ve seen the movie, now compare it to the real thing While filming the movie, Whitaker was introduced, first hand, to the harsh reality of Uganda’s child soldiers, enslaved boys and girls forced to fight that country’s bloody civil war – now more than two decades old. Since then, 홀덤 전략 Whitaker has taken up their cause. It’s for this work that he was recently awarded the title of goodwill ambassador for UNESCO, a United Nations organization that promotes international peace. “The Early Show” caught up with Whitaker earlier this week. He talked about his work with the children, including his upcoming documentary – “A Place of Peace” – that profiles one Ugandan community that’s become a safe haven for these children. “The Early Show” began by asking Whitaker about what it means to become part of the United Nations mission. “I feel fortunate I get to work with UNESCO on some endeavors that I...

(AP) ATHENS, Greece – Greek police arrested four people Saturday for accidentally causing a fire raging south of Athens and threatening houses. Three firefighters have been injured, one with extensive burns, but no civilian casualties have been reported. Police say the four were doing a welding job at a construction site early Saturday afternoon when a spark hit dry grass and ignited a fire. Strong winds quickly spread the fire which is now ranging on a 12-kilometer front to the west and south of the town of Keratea, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Athens, burning several houses in the process. At dusk, the 12 airplanes and two helicopters operating in the area had to be withdrawn and the fire is being fought on the ground, with 115 vehicles and over 300 firefighters taking part. A home for the elderly was evacuated and its 42 residents moved to a nearby resort, authorities said. Three smaller fires that also started near Athens late Saturday afternoon have been brought under control. One, in the district of Pallini, just east of the capital, started in dry grass and threatened an ice cream factory, partly burning some outbuildings. Fourteen vans outside the factory went up in flames. Two other fires broke out in the northwest and southeast corners of the southern Greek Peloponnese peninsula, 룰렛 필승 전략 requiring dozens of fire vehicles to...

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