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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 12:37 p.m. EDT

Clinton Charging $15,000 for Poverty Conference

If you want to attend ex-President Clinton's upcoming conference on solving global poverty, you better not be poor yourself.

The web site for the so-called "Clinton Global Initiative" - set for Sept. 15-17 in Manhattan - is hawking tickets for $15,000 a-piece.

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  For that princely sum, "participants will play a role in deciding on the programs that the Initiative will fund throughout the year."

"This nonpartisan conference will bring together a diverse and select group of current and former heads of state, business leaders, noteworthy academicians, and key NGO representatives to participate in a series of dynamic interactive workshops," the web site claims.

"The group will strategize on the best methods to reduce poverty; use religion as a force for reconciliation and conflict resolution; implement new business strategies and technologies to combat climate change; and strengthen governance."

The ex-president himself - who used to say he was obsessed with getting Osama bin Laden - says he's found a new obsession.

"In my life now, I am obsessed with only two things," he now insists. "I don't want to anybody to die before their time and I don't want to see good people spend their energies without making a difference."

Attendance at the CGI is supposedly by invitation only. But for those willing to pony up the $15 large, Mr. Clinton is apparently willing to make an exception.

The CGI web site notes:

"If you have not received an invitation and would like to see if you are eligible to attend, please complete this form and a representative of the event will contact you."

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