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  1. Smart graduate wanted for policy research internship @TheElders for 3 month internship in our busy London office http://bit.ly/17bDSe 7:06 AM Jun 29th via web
  2. Africa can be a continent of compassion. It's not sentimental - it's realpolitik. Desmond Tutu at #globalforum 7:03 AM Jun 28th via mobile web
  3. The Elders and young African leaders close #GlobalForum with inspiration and practical ideas for a winning continent. 6:58 AM Jun 28th via web
  4. Any nation that wants to succeed cannot ignore 50% of its talent & energy. Graca Machel on women as catalysts for change at #globalforum 7:41 AM Jun 27th via mobile web
  5. At #GlobalForum Graca Machel tells @KatieCouric men and boys must be our allies in quest for equality for girls and women. 7:30 AM Jun 27th via mobile web
  6. Graca Machel asks men what they want for their daughters - to bring into hearts of men how they have to change #GlobalForum 7:28 AM Jun 27th via mobile web
  7. 'Education of girls is the key to development'. Mary Robinson on human rights & development in John Maytham interview @Radio702 #GlobalForum 4:58 AM Jun 27th via web
  8. Mary Robinson on rights of street vendors at #WorldCup : "we need world class cities for all, not just visitors & TV". #GlobalForum 8:58 AM Jun 26th via mobile web
  9. Elders Graca Machel, Mary Robinson & Desmond Tutu to join 400 world leaders of business, govt, media at #GlobalForum in Africa. 8:36 AM Jun 26th via mobile web
  10. "Power is having clarity of vision and influencing, enabling, mobilising others to realise it." Graca Machel @TIME @CNN #GlobalForum 4:24 AM Jun 26th via web
  11. Patti Sellers of @FortuneMagazine asks Graca Machel "what is power?" at #GlobalForum in #CapeTown 4:15 AM Jun 26th via web
  12. Job vacancy @TheElders for a talented & energetic person to join us as Online Communications Assistant http://bit.ly/17bDSe 6:35 AM Jun 24th via web
  13. The Millennium Development Goals need a human rights approach. Watch @TheElders discuss the #MDG’s http://bit.ly/bnM5Y9 @ehhrights 3:24 AM Jun 24th via web
  14. We are walking a long road to peace and freedom - Mary Robinson on #AungSanSuuKyi and #Burma in The Independent http://bit.ly/bAJRxI #ASSK 4:57 AM Jun 18th via web
  15. Listen to Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson & Desmond Tutu in @BBCWorldService documentary today on #AungSanSuuKyi #ASSK http://bit.ly/2x4RIu 1:39 AM Jun 18th via web
  16. The Elders keep an empty chair for #AungSanSuuKyi ahead of her 65th birthday on 19 June #ASSK http://twitpic.com/1xifk6 4:27 AM Jun 17th via Twitpic
  17. Ahead of #AungSanSuuKyi’s 65th birthday, @TheElders call for a UN-led reconciliation process in #Burma http://bit.ly/axNtt0 #ASSK 4:19 AM Jun 17th via web
  18. Poverty is a violation of human rights. Governments who fail to achieve #MDG’s must be held to account - Mary Robinson http://bit.ly/bSevJV 4:00 AM Jun 16th via web
  19. Climate change is starkest example of a threat we as a community of nations must tackle together. Mary Robinson @unauk 3:58 AM Jun 12th via mobile web
  20. Is this Africa's moment? Watch Annan, Tutu, Machel & Brahimi on @BBCworld TV News 12 June: 0930, 2130 GMT, 13 June 0230, 1530 GMT 12:14 AM Jun 12th via web
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