Geldof wants Live Aid VAT refunded
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Bob Geldof has appealed to governments around the world to allow VAT receipts on purchases of the new DVD of the 1985 Live Aid concert to be spent on aid for Africa.
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The Charity Commission criticises Respect MP George Galloway for the way he handled donations to his charity, the Mariam Appeal.
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Director Roman Polanski asks the House of Lords to overturn a decision forcing him to give evidence in the UK.
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Disgraced press baron files formal request for trial judge to overturn convictions.
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Bob Geldof took over for a day as the editor of Germany's biggest-selling newspaper, which appeared Friday with an impassioned front-page plea for the country's leaders to "end the misery" in Africa.
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A No 10 aide expressed concern about a version of events over cash-for-honours put by Lord Levy, but he strongly denies wrong-doing.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - French President Jacques  Chirac called for a tax to fund the global fight against AIDS  on Wednesday, as new figures showed a modest rise in the number  of patients receiving life-saving drugs in poor nations.
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January 12, 2005 --0945CET--The Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Frendo said that the Maltese government has decided to donate Lm250,000 to help those that were affected by the tsunami disaster in Asia.
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Everything&#39;s coming up Bob Geldof these days. Not only is Sir Bob in the news with the long-awaited DVD release of Live Aid this season, but now rumours are flying about a potential Band Aid III.
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The man who appears in adverts for HM Revenue and Customs says tax returns are too complicated.
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PSV coach Guus Hiddink has accused Arsene Wenger of sour grapes after the 1-1 draw in Holland on Wednesday night. The Arsenal manager was incensed that while the ref sent off both Patrick Vieira and Lauren
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Twenty years on and the huge Band Aid charity single &quot;Do They Know Its Christmas?&quot; is to get a makeover. Coldplay, Travis and The Darkness are all set to lend their talents to the Bob Geldof/Midge Ure penned
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was extremely distressed over a video which showed British aid worker Margaret Hassan who was kidnapped in Iraq pleading for her life.
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Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos calls for more government help for musicians at the Edinburgh Lectures.
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Elderly and disabled Americans who got erroneous refunds from the federal government last week will get a letter this week instructing them on how to repay the money.
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Irish rock star Bob Geldof ( news ) has acknowledged that solutions to Africa's poverty, disease and conflict elude a commission set up by British Prime Minister Tony Blair ( news - web sites ) to craft ways of ...
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Peter Hain is set for more questions after failing to register Â£103,000 of donations to his Labour deputy leadership campaign.