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21 July 2008 12:03 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Former supermodel Christy Turlington is urging the U.S. government to do more for mothers who suffer side effects during childbirth.

The one-time runway queen recently joined former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell on a trip to Washington D.C., where they asked politicians for legislation to promote maternal health around the world.

Turlington - who has two children with actor husband Ed Burns - insists more needs to be done for mothers and expectant mums, noting that every minute one woman dies during labour.

She tells WENN, "I'm really involved in maternal health. I've been working in Washington to help raise awareness. I'm a mum, so maternal health is very important to me."

Turlington, 39 - a ambassador for humanitarian organisation Care - adds, "I've had safe deliveries for both my children because I have had access to skilled medical care. Yet for too many women in the developing world, pregnancy and childbirth is a serious life-and-death issue."

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3 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

With January regarded as traditionally a slow month for the movie industry, only one film, Warner Bros.' One Missed Call, starring Edward Burns and Shannyn Sossamon, is scheduled to open this weekend. The result is that National Treasure: Book of Secrets is likely to repeat as the top film for the third week in a row, earning between $18 million and $22 million, analysts predicted. Fox Searchlight's Juno, which played in only about 1,000 theaters last weekend -- but still wound up in fifth place in the box-office standings -- is due to double that number this weekend and is expected to give films like Alvin and the Chipmunks, I Am Legend and Charlie Wilson's War, which finished second, third, and fourth last weekend, a run for the money.

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