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 ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED actor Ryan Gosling (right) appeared with Laren Poole (far left), co-founder of Invisble Children and John Prendergast (center), co-founder of ENOUGH, at a Capital Hill forum Tuesday to advocate on behalf of 1.5 displaced persons being held in squalor-ridden refugee camps in Northern Uganda. At the event co-hosted by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash), the speakers called on the U.S. to send senior level diplomatic representation to a renewal of peace talks in the region (see Nicholas F. Benton’s column, page 11 of this issue). (News-Press photo)

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