Bono, Hirst Raise Over $40M for Africa
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Rocker Bono and artist Damien Hirst sent the mother of all Valentines to Africa Thursday night - raising more than $40 million for AIDS relief.   Queen Noor, Michael Stipe, Dennis Hopper, Martha Stewart, Christy Turlington, Ed Burns, Q-Tip, Helena Ch...
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The lead singer of the band U-2 brought his fight against AIDS and poverty to town. Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, visited the downtown Nordstrom store Saturday to promote a designer T-shirt that will raise money to pay for AIDS medication and medical care in Africa.
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Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama is giving charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions linked to Chicago real estate developer and fast food magnate Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is facing federal corruption charges, his campaign said Saturday.
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U2 lead singer and activist Bono visited the Pentagon to discuss Africa and the fight against global poverty with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, representatives of the two men said on Wednesday.
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Sweden has announced a new contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria in response to an urgent appeal from former President Nelson Mandela and rock star Bono, according to the government news agency, BuaNews.
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The lead singer of the band U2 brought his fight against AIDS and poverty to town. Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, visited the downtown Nordstrom store Saturday to promote a designer T-shirt that will raise money to pay for AIDS medication and medical care in Africa.
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Rock star Bono on Tuesday urged wealthy nations to step up donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria &quot;aggressively&quot; at a major donor meeting in Berlin this week.
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Five countries announced a plan Tuesday to raise $300 million from airline ticket taxes to provide impoverished children worldwide with AIDS drugs.
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The United Nations appealed to the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the money targeted at Africa.
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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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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and   the Rockefeller Foundation unveiled on Tuesday a joint $150   million pledge to fight hunger and poverty in Africa by helping   small farmers become more productive.
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Kylie Minogue raises Â£400,000 for charity by performing two songs at an Aids event in southern France.
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The World Bank said on Friday it had raised a total of $41.6 billion in funds to help around 80 poor countries with grants and loans through June 2011, an increase of $9.5 billion over the previous funding period.
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Cape Town - Sweden has announced a new contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria in response to an urgent appeal from former president Nelson Mandela and United States rock star Bono, according to the South African government
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Stars from the worlds of rock and pop  have united on an album released on the Internet Friday to  raise funds for the people of the crisis-hit Darfur region of  western Sudan.
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African nations and citizens to date raise $5m to help the tens of thousands affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Donors pledged $9.7 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a fund-raising conference in Berlin, well short of the $15 billion to $18 billion the fund had hoped to raise.