He was badly beaten up, late last year, by a gang of fundamentalists after he invited the hostages he once held captive to travel to Iran on a goodwill visit.

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The actress made a holiday goodwill visit to peacekeepers, signing T-shirts and posing for pictures with dozens of soldiers from the United States, Germany and France.

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Actress Mia Farrow, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador who has just returned from her fourth visit to Darfur, agreed that the U.S. effort is late and lacking.

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