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Former UN Chief Launches Anthem For Climate Change
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9bdebd48-5e99-428b-8446-43c6b81b3f37/2786FEB7-20FD-4251-9943-CF00926BDE74/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091001/lf_nm_life/us_music_un.html" href="http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091001/lf_nm_life/us_music_un.html" style="font-size: 11px;">green.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091001/lf_nm_life/us_music_un.html">Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched a music video Thursday starring himself, Nobel Peace laureate <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_0" class="yshortcuts">Desmond Tutu</SPAN> and a global cast of film and music stars calling for progress in <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_1" class="yshortcuts">climate change talks</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091001/lf_nm_life/us_music_un.html">Annan, who is leading a campaign to put pressure on <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_2" class="yshortcuts">world leaders</SPAN> to secure a deal at the <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_3" class="yshortcuts">Copenhagen Climate Change</SPAN> Summit in December, unveiled to journalists in Paris a re-worked version of the 1980s <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_4" class="yshortcuts">protest song</SPAN> "<SPAN id="lw_1254422878_5" class="yshortcuts">Beds are Burning</SPAN>," originally performed by Australian group <SPAN id="lw_1254422878_6" class="yshortcuts">Midnight Oil</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091001/lf_nm_life/us_music_un.html">"Time is running out fast. 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