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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, 토토 안전 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...

(AP) WASHINGTON – In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, confirmed the death and said that the three Afghan shooters fled and are being sought. Although they were wearing police uniforms, it was not yet certain if they were actually Afghan police or were just wearing the clothing. Other U.S. officials said that nine U.S. troops were injured in the shooting, 루비게임 mostly with fairly minor wounds. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an investigation. Neither Graybeal nor other officials would say which branch of the service the U.S. troops were from or provide details on the location of the shooting. The number of insider attacks in Afghanistan has escalated, with more than a dozen fatal assaults already this year, that have led to more than 20 deaths. Last year there were a total of 21 fatal attacks that killed 35 coalition service members, according to ISAF figures. That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. In 2007 and 2008 there were a combined total of four attacks and four deaths. Officials have not routinely reported the attacks when...

(CBS News) ATHENS – Greek voters will go to the polls this weekend in a closely-watched second-round of parliamentary elections. The outcome could lead to Greece dropping out of the euro zone, a move that would have economic implications across Europe, and reach all the way across the Atlantic to the United States. Battling for reelection is the conservative-leaning party which won a massive bailout package from other eurozone nations to keep Greek banks afloat. Trying to oust that government is a liberal party which vows to void the European rescue deal and end the drastic austerity measures forced on the nation by its neighbors. Financial crisis puts Greek health care on life supportEurope debt meltdown: How did we get here?Euro crisis: How to protect your money More in Europe in Crisis Greeks are divided. Many say the austerity measures have crippled the economy – one in five Greeks is now unemployed – and they argue the terms of the deal with the other eurozone nations must be renegotiated. Others say Greece spent too long borrowing money it could not afford and must now bear the burden of the belt-tightening. For some, however, neither side is offering an acceptable answer. Leo spends most of his day drinking coffee and playing backgammon with the people he calls Greece’s “new homeless,” at the Klimaka shelter in Athens. “It offers them a...