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30 January 2009 at 11:15 CET
TNT extends corporate sponsorship with World Press Photo
Amsterdam, TNT has extended its corporate sponsor contract with World Press Photo for another three year period. This was announced in Davos yesterday where Tim Hetherington, the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2008, gave a key note speech during the annual dinner in honour of the World Food Programme in front of sixty world and business leaders of which among others former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Odinga of Kenya. In his speech Mr Hetherington stressed the important role photojournalism has increating global awareness for situations in the world such as famine and global warming.