Angelina Jolie and William Hague visit Congo on anti-rape mission

The Hollywood actress and British Foreign Secretary visit a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Comgo as part of campaign to stop rape being used as a tool of war. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9953649 10:26PM GMT 25 Mar 2013

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, a special envoy for the UN refugee agency, travelled to the Nzulo camp near Goma on Monday along with Foreign Secretary William Hague.

The visit to the Nzolo IDP camp north of Goma, was intended to highlight the use of rape in conflict zones, and to raise awareness of the issue on an international level.

"What we're here to do is try to scale it up and make this a world wide focus and it's due time, it's been going on every war, every crisis and it's often an afterthought and it's due time to end this and put an end to impunity and they deserve it," Jolie said.

Mr Hague said that he planned to raise the problem at the annual G8 meeting of foreign ministers in London in April.

"Sexual violence in conflict has to be resolved if conflicts are to be resolved because when rape is used as a weapon of war, it makes communities harder, to bring together and much harder for people to get on with their lives afterwards," he said.

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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) says it's provided care to more than 2,500 women and girls who have been raped or abused over the last year alone.

The IRC is handing out kits with flashlights and whistles, as well as cleaning products so that women can avoid bathing at creeks where the risk of assault is higher.

Sexual violence is frequently used as a weapon of war by rebel groups that operate in eastern Congo, as well as by Congolese soldiers.

A somewhat unlikely duo, the Foreign Secretary and the actress launched the campaign in May 2012 to prevent sexual violence in conflict zones.

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Prince William & Kate Tour Birmingham Riot Damage

Posted Friday August 19, 2011 8:19 AM GMT

In the aftermath of the horrible London riots last week, Prince William and Kate Middleton were spotted visiting the Summerfield Community Centre in Birmingham, England today (August 19).

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge both looked fabulous as they toured the Winson Green Community to see the extent of the damage, and encouraged the locals who gathered to welcome them.

As for reports that Kate and her sister Pippa Middleton are “talking about launching a high-end street fashion line,” it turns out there are no such plans.

A source at Buckingham Palace said the rumor was not true, and that it would be “highly, highly unlikely” for the Duchess to design her own collection of clothes.

Enjoy the pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton visiting Birmingham (August 19).

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Prince Harry Calls Prince William A Teletubby For Gaining Weight!

Since the wedding, Prince William has put on some weight!

He's even told his brother, Prince Harry, he may need to buy some more forgiving clothes.

Harry, the most sarcastic of the family, has taken this as a chance to shoot out some good ammo toward his brother.

According to sources, he's been asking Wills if he knows who's been eating all the pies.

He's even dubbed him "teletubby!"

LOL! Oooh, brothers….

As for Kate, sources say she loves it because it makes him more cuddly.

Yeah, that and he's still the future king of England!

[Image via Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/WENN.]

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Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am stumping for science

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Will.i.am, science teacher?

With flashing lights, electric dance breakdowns and even some of his own robot-esque moves, the Black Eyed Peas singer is no stranger to the intersection of art and science.

Now, in his latest project, he's has teamed up with Segway inventor Dean Kamen's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program, to take his new message to kids.

Based on an international youth K-12 robotics competition of 30,000 educators, students and parents in St. Louis, Missouri, in April -- which will.i.am pumped up with live performances from the Peas and Willow Smith -- the rapper has executive produced a one-hour ABC special based on the event.

Its goal: to get students more excited about science by emphasizing innovations in everyday life.

Scheduled for August 14 and called "The i.am FIRST: Science Is Rock & Roll Back-to-School Special," the show also features Bono, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Steven Tyler and more sharing testimony to the importance of the sciences.

" love technology," will.i.am told TheWrap. "Think about our world right now with the economic crash. Apple stock is cool ... and for some reason everyone's still signing up for Google+. Google is cool, Facebook is cool -- think about what's sitting comfy when everyone else is uncomfortable: technology."

"Who's making the Wii and the Xbox Kinect?" he said. "You'd probably think these people are geeks, but you can't wait to get that gear."

Kamen's FIRST program provides tools that can be integrated with educational curriculum to increase access to quality education in the sciences. With over 2,500 schools already on board, it has been lauded by companies such as Google, Microsoft, CNN, GE.

As for his own scientific prowess, the Los Angeles native laughed, "Not even gonna front. I wasn't good at science in school, but that doesn't mean I don't like it," he told TheWrap.

will.i.am gained wide video notoriety during as an early supporter of Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, with his video "Yes We Can."

When asked if he will revisit political organizing for the upcoming 2012 election, he said that his educational initiatives are how he sees himself involved this time around.

"I want to surround myself with whoever has solutions, he said -- refusing to endorse any particular candidate. "I endorse the youth. I vote for giving the youth the opportunities they need to go out in the world and contribute, so we can compete with other developing countries. I endorse good solutions to change inner-cities, that give kids educational opportunities they don't have."

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