Bono praises Japan aid policy, calls PM Abe "cool"
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated Shinzo Abe on his nomination as Japan's prime minister in waiting, saying he hoped they could continue strong bilateral ties.
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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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The world&#039;s richest countries are  falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with  life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said  rocker-activist Bono.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has warmly welcomed the award of this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai.
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Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory Tuesday in a parliamentary vote.
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Bono said Saturday that Africa must keep working to stop malaria, which kills more than 1 million people a year &amp;#151; many of them young children on the continent.
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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?
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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After the arrest of a U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, Japanâs prime minister calls the situation âunforgivable.â
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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Tokyo, November 16: Asian leaders praised outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell as a respected diplomat and friend but said US policy toward the region was unlikely to change radically with his departure.
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Japan on Thursday hailed warming relations with China as it hosted the neighbouring giant&#39;s defence minister for the first time in nearly a decade.
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said yesterday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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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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A hefty majority of Japanese voters   support the country's new prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe, two   media surveys published on Friday showed, but many also have   doubts about his leadership ability.
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TOKYO, Sept. 26 -- Nationalist Shinzo Abe, a proponent of a tight alliance with the United States and a more assertive military, won election as Japan's new prime minister Tuesday, scoring comfortable majorities in both houses.