Desmond Tutu, Bono Attend Memorial
for Dutch Prince Friso
from UPI 3 Nov 2013
DELFT, Netherlands, Nov. 3 (UPI)--Archbishop Desmond Tutu and U2 singer Bono
were among 900 attendees at a memorial service for deceased Dutch Prince Friso.
The service took place Saturday in
Delft,
DutchNews.nl reported.
Also in attendance were fashion
designers Viktor & Rolf, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and Dutch Prime Minister
Mark Rutte, as well as foreign royals and the Dutch royal family.
Friso died Aug. 12 after spending
18 months in a coma following a skiing accident. A private funeral for the
44-year-old prince was held in August.
Kofi Annan
Kofi
A. Annan was the United Nations
secretary general, is a board member for the International Crisis Group, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), a director at the United
Nations Foundation, the chairman for The
Elders, and a Nobel Foundation
Nobel peace prize winner.
Note: Lakhdar Brahimi
was a special representative to the secretary general for the United Nations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, the foreign
minister for Algeria,
and is a member of The Elders.
Martti Ahtisaari
is the chair emeritus for the International
Crisis Group, a member of The Elders,
and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize
winner.
Willem
Kok is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and was the prime minister for the Netherlands.
George
Soros is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, an advisory board member for the Earth Institute, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Millennium Promise.
Bono
is an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute, a co-founder for the ONE
Campaign, and attended George Soros’s
2013 wedding reception.
ONE
Campaign is a partner with the United
Nations Foundation.
Clifford M. Sobel
is a director at the Millennium Promise,
and was the Netherlands
ambassador.
Jimmy
Carter is an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise, a member of The Elders, and a Nobel
Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.
Desmond
Tutu is an honorary elder for The
Elders, a Nobel Foundation Nobel
peace prize winner, and was the general secretary for the South African Council of Churches.
Richard Branson
is a co-founder for The Elders, a co-founder
for the Carbon War Room, and the founder
of the Virgin Group.
George
Polk is a board member for the Carbon
War Room, and a managing partner for the Soros Climate Fund Management LLC.
Virgin
Aviation Services is a spun off of the Virgin
Group.
Virgin America, Inc.
Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based airline that
began service on August 8, 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide
low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service
between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast
seaboards."[2] San Francisco International Airport is Virgin America's
main hub, but the airline also has a focus city at Los Angeles International
Airport.[3] Virgin America's frequent flyer program Elevate provides award
flights and other benefits to frequent fliers.[4]
Virgin America,
though the brainchild of British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, is a U.S. airline. By law, no more than
25% of a U.S. airline may be owned by foreign interests and must be under the
"actual control" of U.S. citizens;[5][6] VAI Partners owns 75% of the
capital stock; the remaining 25% of the company is owned by Virgin Group,[7] which also licenses
the Virgin brand to the airline.
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Condition
Saturday, November 2, 2013
“It was surreal,” Tom Lagos, who
saw the alleged gunman, told the Daily News. “My wife and I were waiting for
our flight to Newark
at Gate 33 in the Virgin terminal, and
we just saw a stampede of people headed in our direction with incredible fear
in their eyes.”
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