Actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, and TV journalist Ann Curry, right, join the commemoration of World refugee Day at the National Geographic Society in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, and TV journalist Ann Curry, right, join the commemoration of World refugee Day at the National Geographic Society in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

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  1. JARAMANA, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (R) checks the living conditions of an Iraqi refugee family living in a suburb on October 2, 2009 in Jaramana, near Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
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  4. DAMASCUS, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (L) listens carefully as an Iraqi refugee living in Damascus, Syria shares her traumatic experience in Iraq on October 2, 2009 in Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
  5. Hollywood actor Brad Pitt walks with his wife, actress Angelina Jolie, in the Damascus Souk, or market, during a brief visit to Syria on October 2, 2009.
  6. Hollywood actor Brad Pitt (C) walks with his wife, actress Angelina Jolie (L), at al-Bzouria Souk in Damascus' old downtown, during a visit to Syria October 2, 2009.
  7. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02: Media correspondant Ann Curry attends Billboard's 4th Annual Women In Music event at The Pierre Hotel on October 2, 2009 in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02: Media correspondant Ann Curry attends Billboard's 4th Annual Women In Music event at The Pierre Hotel on October 2, 2009 in New York City.
  9. Ann Curry, news anchor of NBC "Today" television show, appears on a television monitor outside studio in New York's Rockefeller Center reporting Comcast Corporation's plan to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  10. In this photo made Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, NBC's Today Show, featuring, from left, Al Roker, Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, and Meredith Viera, is shown on television monitors in New York. While regulators may not block Comcast Corp.'s plans to take control of NBC Universal altogether, they will almost certainly require substantial concessions to protect competitors from a company that would own an abundance of popular programming along with the cable lines to roughly a quarter of all U.S. households that pay for TV.
  11. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Ann Curry appears on the 2009 Halloween Episode of NBC's 'Today' at Rockefeller Center on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  12. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Ann Curry appears on the 2009 Halloween Episode of NBC's 'Today' at Rockefeller Center on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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