"Nicolas Cage Gives $2M for Child Soldiers"

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nicolas Cage has donated $2 million to help former child soldiers worldwide. The donation by the Oscar-winning actor will help provide shelters and medical and psychological rehabilitation services, said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA.

Cox accepted the donation Wednesday at a United Nations Conference in New York. Amnesty International will administer the funds.

"I understand that this pledge is not a solution for the problem," Cage, 42, said when he announced the contribution by video.

"It's my hopeful wish that today's discussions on this tragic subject at the United Nations conference may bring us closer to eradicating the nightmare of child soldiers."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060629/D8II46U80.html

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1. good for nick

He's one of my all-time faves. I can't say enough about him in Wild at Heart, hence the sig line.