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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Rock star Bono called Wednesday on Europe and the United States to do more to tackle the scourge of AIDS and poverty in Africa and said the continent was "bursting into flames."
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TOKYO - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Thursday supported US President George W Bush&#39;s initiative involving Japan, Australia and India aimed at helping victims of the massive earthquake and tsunamis in Asia.
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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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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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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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Accepting the Liberty Medal for his humanitarian work in Africa, Bono exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who are without freedom.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost his country's role in global   affairs while trying to improve relations with China, frayed by   predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine.
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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 -- 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 yesterday in a parliamentary vote.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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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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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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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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Rock singer Bono pledges to spend the rest of his life trying to eradicate extreme poverty around the world.
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By Rachel R. Briere, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 4--LOWELL -- U2's front man Bono has (PRODUCT) RED. Hollywood heavyweights like Tom Hanks, Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz have the ONE Campaign. Now, the Revolving Museum's Jerry Beck has green chemistry.
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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?