13.09.2007
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Edge At The Races
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Edge was backing the horses last weekend, supporting the work of Mencap Northern Ireland.
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21.04.2006
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'Africa, Africa, Africa...'
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Nearly a hundred U2 photos are up for auction this week. Proceeds will help build and maintain wells to provide clean drinking water in Africa. Start bidding here.
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25.02.2006
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'Where Art and Ardency Meet...'
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The band will be presented with Amnesty International's 'Ambassador of Conscience Award' by the Chilean President-Elect Michelle Bachelet ahead of tomorrow's show in Chile.
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26.01.2006
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Seeing RED
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Bono has launched Product RED, a global brand which will raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. It’s not philanthropy, he said, but ‘doing good, will turn out to be doing good business.’
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18.12.2005
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Bono, Bill, Melinda: TIME People of the Year
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'For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow, Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono are Time's Persons of the Year.'
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10.12.2005
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In The Name of Love
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U2 have been awarded the ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Award for 2005 by Amnesty International. Speaking of the award, Nobel Literature Laureate Seamus Heaney said that ‘U2 have sung themselves to where great singing comes from, that place where art and ardency meet in the light of conscience.’
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01.12.2005
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Listen Up! On World AIDS Day.
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Bono, Chris Martin and Nelson Mandela feature in the first podcast from ONE.org, aired today for World AIDS Day.
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01.12.2005
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Don't Give Up (Africa)
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Alicia Keys and Bono have recorded Peter Gabriel’s ‘Don’t Give Up’ to benefit families in Africa living with AIDS. It’s exclusively available as a download from iTunes with proceeds going to the charity Keep A Child Alive.
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17.06.2005
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Newsnight, Last Night
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Bono grilled by Paxman on his hopes for the G8 meetings in Scotland next month. Video.
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16.06.2005
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'Making Africa An Adventure'
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The Guardian newspaper spent all day Monday hanging out with U2 in Cologne.
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09.03.2005
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Three Wishes On Video
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You can now catch video of Bono's acceptance speech for this years TED prize.
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27.01.2005
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With Bill and Tony For Africa
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Bono joined UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bill Gates of Microsoft at the
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04.01.2005
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Time To Make History For the Poorest Countries
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Bono and Bill Gates of Microsoft argue for a better deal for the poor of the world in 2005.
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04.01.2005
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Where You Live Should Not Decide....
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U2 fans have helped deliver fourteen wells in Africa, providing water for up to 20,000 people.
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08.12.2004
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Singer Becomes Editor
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Bono is to be guest editor of the UK's most influential political radio programme later this month.
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10.11.2004
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Who's This Weirdo?
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Bono, writes for the 2004 NME Year Book, about his year in politics. Extract
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02.11.2004
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The Greatest Show on Earth
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Twenty years on, Live Aid is finally released on DVD – catch U2’s spine-tingling set in our video clip.
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26.07.2004
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How To Polish 'Brand' America
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Make AIDS and global poverty central in the US convention season, writes Bono in the Boston Globe this weekend.
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13.07.2004
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In Praise of Politicians
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Applause for UK Government’s major rise in funds to fight AIDS. Listen to BBC interview with Bono.
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24.05.2004
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'Suitable for family audiences.'
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Why 'making friends out of potential enemies is smarter than defending yourself against them'. Senate testimony, video and text.
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06.05.2004
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Shaking All Over
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Edge joins Yoko Ono tonight for 'In The Time of Shaking', a new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
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25.04.2004
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‘You Are the Generation’
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Video and text of Bono’s speech last weekend at the University of Pennsylvania.
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13.02.2004
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'Chernobyl Heart' In Oscar Running
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'Chernobyl Heart', featuring the work of the Chernobyl Childrens Project, is up for 'Best Short Documentary' at the upcoming Oscar ceremonies.
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21.01.2004
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Imprisoned Icon Of Moral Courage
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Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned Burmese leader, needs uncompromising international support write US Senator Mitch McConnell and Bono.
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19.01.2004
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Pride in Atlanta
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On the seventy fifth birthday of the great civil rights leader, Bono laid a
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19.01.2004
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Bono honours the legacy of Martin Luther King
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Bono honours the legacy of Martin Luther King.
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03.11.2003
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'Keeping The Momentum Going'
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Bono, DATA, applaud key US Senate decision on AIDS funding.
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10.10.2003
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‘Paint Them Red White and Blue’
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Addressing the UNA-USA Global Leadership Awards, Bono urged world leaders to get vital drugs into Africa to fight the AIDS pandemic.
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06.09.2003
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'Walk On' For Aung San Suu Kyi'
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Amnesty international are asking radio stations to play 'Walk On' to highlight the plight of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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09.07.2003
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'Getting Noisier for Africa'
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Bono joined politicians in Dublin yesterday to launch the annual UN Human Development report.
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06.06.2003
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Much Respect, Aung San Suu Kyi
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'I Respect and Thank Them Very Much,' says released Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of artists and activists like U2.
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27.03.2003
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'Prosecuting The War on AIDS'
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'Pounding the marble halls of Capitol Hill, building an army of compassion to prosecute war on AIDS.' Washington Times.
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24.02.2003
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‘Use Your Collective Clout in Fighting Aids.’
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Bono has made a powerful appeal in The Sun newspaper in the UK for people to use their ‘collective clout in fighting Aids in Africa.’
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30.01.2003
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US AIDS pledge 'big step in right direction', Bono
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Bono has welcomed US President George Bush's decision to spend more on Aids prevention in Africa and the Caribbean.
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06.09.2002
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Video, Book Take AIDS Message to US Youth
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Bono has shot a video message and contributed to a new book about AIDS in Africa, to be published this autumn.
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08.08.2002
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Singing Up A Storm: Rush Hour in Addis
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Bono's impromptu performance with Rush Hour star Chris Tucker in an Addis Abbaba High School is now on video.
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30.06.2002
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G8 Response: No Match For Problem, Bono
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The scale of the response by the world's most powerful leaders to the crisis in Africa does not match the scale of the problem, says Bono, talking to Peter Mansbridge of CBC TV's The National.
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05.06.2002
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'Nothing's changed. But everything's changed.
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Treasury Secretary and Rock Star End Seriously Strange Tour of African Poverty, writes Paul Blustein of the Washington Post
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30.05.2002
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'Africa, a Shining Dizzying Continent of Possibilities'
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Remarks by Bono addressing the Closing Ceremony of the African Development Bank meetings May 29th 2002
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29.05.2002
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'Amazing Place, Amazing People'
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Bono, O'Neill visit Soweto clinic for HIV-positive pregnant women.
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29.05.2002
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The Detail on The DATA: New Video
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Bono and Professor Jeffrey Sachs recently gave a detailed TV interview on the campaign to tackle poverty in Africa.
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27.05.2002
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'I'm not about entertainment right now'
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In an interview with Glenn Somerville of Reuters, Bono discusses the distinction between singer and activist.
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22.05.2002
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Anger, Passion, Charm, Concern
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Angry and passionate, Bono blends charm and concern on African tour reports Clar Ni Chonghaile of Associated Press.
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22.05.2002
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The DATA On Africa
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DATA is a new organization aiming to raise awareness about the crisis of unpayable debts, the urgent need for foreign aid, and the unfair trade rules which keep Africa poor.
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06.05.2002
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Aung San Suu Kyi Walks On
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Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been released from house arrest.
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01.05.2002
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Globalisation and its Discontents
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'Bono has changed the minds of people you would not believe,' Professor Jeffrey Sachs.
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26.03.2002
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You've Got Mail, Tony !
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Tony Blair, Prince Charles and Norman Askew are about to receive a special delivery. Times a million.
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20.03.2002
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In The Dying Fields of Africa
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs travelled to Malawi with Bono and writes in The Boston Globe on how AIDS Is Overwhelming Africa.
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20.03.2002
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In The Dying Fields of Africa
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs travelled to Malawi with Bono and writes in The Boston Globe on how AIDS Is Overwhelming Africa.
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15.03.2002
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Bono Meets Bush As US, Europe, Pledge Development Boost
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The world's poorest countries have received a double boost with President Bush unveiling a $5bn aid package and the European Union promising a massive increase in assistance.
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