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Posted: 2/23/2013 10:43:29 AM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan gestures during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Annan, who helped save Kenya from spiraling deeper into election violence five years ago, warned Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 that intimidation, ethnic rivalry and violence could undermine Kenya's March presidential vote. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:48:39 PM EST
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan attends a news conference with former President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa in Nairobi, October 11, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
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Posted: 8/17/2012 12:33:50 PM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2009 file photo, former Algerian foreign affairs minister Lakhdar Brahimi attends the Ambrosetti economic forum in Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy. The United Nations has announced that Brahimi will replace Kofi Annan as peace envoy to Syria. U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey announced Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, that the former Algerian foreign minister and longtime U.N. official would succeed Annan as joint U.N.-Arab League envoy. The 78-year-old Brahimi has worked in several high-profile positions at the U.N., gaining a reputation as a tough, independent negotiator as envoy to Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti. He helped negotiate the end of Lebanon's civil war. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Posted: 8/10/2012 4:13:29 PM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2009 file photo, former Algerian foreign affairs minister Lakhdar Brahimi attends the Ambrosetti economic forum in Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy. Diplomats say that Brahimi is a strong candidate to replace former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as peace envoy to Syria. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Posted: 8/10/2012 10:58:31 AM EST
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Kofi Annan and his wife Nane Lagergren at the funeral of Ghana President John Atta Mills, in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
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Posted: 8/8/2012 4:51:49 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/8/2012 2:59:46 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:04:04 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:04:04 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 5:04:19 PM EST
Graphic shows the Kofi Annan U.N. peace plan
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Posted: 8/2/2012 3:46:42 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 3:46:42 PM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:39:42 AM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:39:42 AM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:37:54 AM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:37:54 AM EST
U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:08:28 AM EST
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, May 5, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Wessels
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:08:28 AM EST
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, May 5, 2011. REUTERS/Mark Wessels
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Posted: 7/18/2012 1:08:26 PM EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin, front right, and Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy for the Syrian crisis, shake hands during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Kofi Annan has begun his meeting with Vladimir Putin, saying that Syria is at a crossroads as violence escalates. At right back is Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Posted: 7/18/2012 1:08:26 PM EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks as United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan looks on before their talks in Moscow, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. The UN and Arab League envoy to the Syrian crisis has begun his meeting with the Russian president by saying that Syria is at a crossroads, as violence escalates. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)