Bono plans lifelong poverty fight
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Rock singer Bono pledges to spend the rest of his life trying to eradicate extreme poverty around the world.
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An international team sponsored by the U.N. proposed a detailed, ambitious plan to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- Participating in the World Social Forum for the first time, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank tried to assure social and leftist activists yesterday that they are increasingly heeding calls for a more aggressive fight against poverty.
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An art auction conceived by U2 frontman and campaigner Bono together with British artist Damien Hirst raised 42.5 million dollars in New York late Thursday for UN-backed health programs in Africa.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 27  (IPS) - Encouraging and rewarding good policies that lead  to sustainable economic growth is  key to poverty reduction, says  Paul Applegarth, chief executive officer of the  Millennium  Challenge Corporation in the United States.
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Billionaire financier George Soros   pledged $50 million on Wednesday to help the United Nations   tackle extreme poverty and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The President prepares to make a pitch for "global liberation" from tyranny, poverty and disease
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Accepting the Liberty Medal for his humanitarian work in Africa, Bono exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.
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U2 frontman and global activist Bono is one of three recipients of the inaugural TED Prize from the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference.
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Rock star Bono pressed French leader Nicolas Sarkozy to increase aid to developing nations, the aid advocacy group DATA said.
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After a legendary career playing to sold-out stadiums, Bono and the Edge this weekend doing what their fans have done for years Â standing in line to see a U2 concert.
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Former senator scheduled to speak in New Orleans -- appearance, billed as anti-poverty speech, now expected to serve as platform for ending Democrat's White House bid.
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Millions of people marked an  annual International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on  Wednesday by joining a mass "stand up" around the world aimed  at promoting U.N. targets on reducing poverty.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2 frontman Bono has partnered with Hard Rock International to release a customized T-shirt for Hard Rock's Signature Series. Proceeds from the sale of the T-shirt, designed by Bono and available at Hard Rock locations worldwide, will benefit the Wildlife Conservation Cotton Initiative, which aims to educate African farmers on land management and growing technique. Bono is the 25th musician to design a T-shirt for the series, joining such acts as Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day and Ozzy Osbourne.
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Irish rocker and activist Bono, accepting the Liberty Medal on Thursday night for his humanitarian work in Africa, exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.
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Gift a goat to help lift more families out of poverty forever.
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As the guest editor of the July issue of Vanity Fair, Bono will try to rebrand Africa.