Bono and Geldof find G8 aid for Africa lacking
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Getting the world&#39;s richest nations to hand over promised aid for Africa is like &quot;getting blood out of a stone,&quot; rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof found at the Group of Eight summit on Wednesday.
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The United Nations envoy on AIDS urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to persuade the world's richest countries to provide more funds to step up treatment of the disease in Africa.
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World leaders are hoping to put a spotlight on the growing gap between rich and poor and the failure to find &#36;50 billion a year to help more than one billion people escape extreme poverty and start sharing global prosperity.
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The prime minister tells the BBC tackling Aids in Africa will be a priority when Britain takes the helm of the G8.
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Rock star activist Bono led attacks on the Group of Eight&#39;s 60-billion dollar pledge to fight killer diseases Friday, accusing world powers of using &quot;bureau-babble&quot; to hide their failure to help Africa.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World powers on Friday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other diseases ravaging Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of Eight had offered little fresh cash for the poor.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair wrapped up a farewell tour of Africa on Friday with a call for fellow G8 leaders to &quot;step up to the plate&quot; and do more to alleviate the misery of the world&#39;s poorest continent at their upcoming summit.
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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 World Bank and IMF are poorly suited  to lead the flow of aid to Africa, which would be more  effective if it was distributed in line with a nation's needs,  not competing donor interests, a U.N. agency said.
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Rock star and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to keep his nation's pledge to boost aid to Africa and other parts of the developing world.
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BERLIN, May 30 (IPS) - In the preparations for this year's summit of  the Group of Eight most industrialised countries, to take place  Jun. 6-8 in the Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm, Germany,  aid for Africa has topped the agenda. But the farm subsidy factor  is likely to be avoided in the debate.
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American economist Jeffrey Sachs has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on the world's poorest continent.
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Rock singer and campaigner Bono is to be honoured in the US to mark his work to relieve suffering in Africa.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Rock star and activist Bono,  pressing wealthy nations to keep their aid promises to Africa,  said on Sunday the continent needs to tackle corruption, the  single biggest obstacle to more investment.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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Top singer Elton John joined other top entertainers signing a petition calling on G8 leaders to stick to their promises to help poor countries, the Global AIDS Alliance announced Thursday.