U2's Bono urges Japan to boost Africa aid
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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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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat.
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Companies teaming up with Bono's (Product) Red campaign to offer specially branded PCs, with part of the proceeds going to help fight AIDS in Africa.
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Irish rock band U2 unveiled on Tuesday  the title of their next album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic  Bomb," evoking the violence and rebellion of their early  records.
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Bono, the Irish rock star and outspoken campaigner against poverty and AIDS, praised Japan's policies on those issues on Wednesday, in a departure from his usual criticism of rich nations for not living up to expectations.
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With one of the best-equipped militaries in Asia and the world's second largest economy, Japan spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid. Tokyo now says there's a perfect way to acknowledge that clout &#151; by giving it a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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U2 frontman Bono has  signed on as the first guest on musician/producer David A.  Stewart's upcoming music-themed interview show for HBO.
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NEW YORK-The Iraqi and Afghan leaders both asked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to continue assisting their war-ravaged countries, Japanese officials said Tuesday.
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Rock star Bono took a night off from  campaigning on aid for Africa and went back to his day job --  music -- as he sang along with a local band in a 1,000-year-old  chant in the West African state of Mali.
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Bono, the Irish rock star and outspoken  campaigner against poverty and AIDS, praised Japan's policies  on those issues on Wednesday, in a departure from his usual  criticism of rich nations for not living up to expectations.
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The contemporary art world's brightest stars, including Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, have aligned to provide AIDS relief in Africa with a special auction in New York conceived by Hirst and rock star Bono.
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He&#039;s bent the ear of world leaders on social causes. He&#039;s a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He&#039;s a rock star. But could the lead singer of U2 also become a front man for a grass-roots campaign seeking to change how the music industry does business? The Free Software Foundation hopes so.
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Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis are set to re-record Band Aid&#39;s hit single - to raise millions for Africa&#39;s new victims of famine.
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A fund-raising campaign organized by DATA, a lobby group co-founded by U2 rocker Bono saw none other than Hollywoood hunk, Brad Pitt travel to Ethiopia to learn more about AIDS.
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British Ambassador to Japan Graham Fry urged Tokyo to reverse cuts to its official development assistance budget to keep up with other industrialized nations attempting to fight poverty.
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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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Rock star Bono dropped in at the Pentagon for a 20-minute chat Tueday swith US Defense Secretary Robert Gates about Africa, the Pentagon said Wednesday.