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A peacenik inspired by India

December 14, 2005

New Delhi - He is the unlikeliest saviour the United Nations can expect. And yet, Ted Turner, the legendary founder of CNN, Cartoon Network and even World Championship Wrestling, is giving a billion dollars of his own money to various UN agencies through his United Nations Foundation.

"I come from Atlanta," he says. "It's the city of Dr Martin Luther King. And he was inspired by Gandhi. And it's good to be in India because that's my inspiration too."

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