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12 October 2009
Wear Aung San Suu Kyi (Everywhere)
You've been emailing Edge with your photos - wearing the Aung San Suu Kyi Mask all over the world. Check out some of the best.
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20 September 2009
(RED) Night with Gavin Friday and Friends
Carnegie Hall in New York is the place to be on October 4th. Hal Willner presents a stellar line-up of artists to mark the birthday of Gavin Friday and to raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. Tickets on sale now - here's the lowdown.
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03 September 2009
Edge's Best Masks
Berlin to Sarajevo, Zagreb to Dublin, you've been wearing the Aung San Suu Kyi mask all over the world. Edge has chosen some of his favourites.
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01 September 2009
'Different languages but one U2'
Second part of our U2.com mini-documentary on how Alma Catel, star of 1995's Miss Sarajevo, travelled to Zagreb last month to see the band play. (And what happened at the show...)
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15 August 2009
'Friend and Mentor'
Eunice Kennedy Shriver by Bono.
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11 August 2009
'Mock Trial, Sham Verdict'
U2 have joined the widespread condemnation at the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader.
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06 August 2009
It Was Twenty Years Ago...
'New Year's Day' is the soundtrack to a TV spot from The European Commission, celebrating the 20th anniversary of free elections in Poland earlier this year. The band play Chorzow in Poland tonight.
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05 August 2009
'Super Modern Concentration Camp'
A city under siege, captured in Bill Carter's award-winning documentary 'Miss Sarajevo'. Ahead of the band's return to the region for their shows in Zagreb, this exclusive edit is a reminder of what life was like... not so long ago.
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03 August 2009
'Loud Tribute'
'Witness is contagious. Though I had no clear answer to press queries as to whether the award would have an effect on Daw Suu Kyi's immediate situation, I do know that her witness to human rights has inspired countless others.'
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03 August 2009
'The End of War'
'Once the music began, no one cared about last names, nations, or religion. All they cared about was the music. The simple celebration of music became a celebration of the end of the war.' A week ahead of U2's Zagreb shows, Bill Carter remembers what it was like when U2 played Sarajevo in 1997... and how a city under siege had become a defining image of the ZOO TV Tour.
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28 July 2009
'Poetic Protest'
'It's one of those moments in the show which become an emotional highpoint...' Walk On with Aung San Suu Kyi.
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27 July 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi, 'Ambassador of Conscience'.
On stage in Dublin tonight, Bono announced that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded Amnesty International's most prestigious honour - the 'Ambassador of Conscience' Award for 2009.
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20 July 2009
U2 and Ireland Funds To Finance National Music Programme
U2 and The Ireland Funds announce today that they will finance a scheme to offer children and young people in Ireland the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and/or avail of vocal tuition. U2 will provide €5m to ensure the national rollout of the instrumental and vocal tuition elements on a phased basis to 2015. The Ireland Funds will begin a campaign to raise a further €2m.
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12 July 2009
Paris Tonight: The Big Picture
Coming to the show at Stade de France tonight ? Don't forget to download and print out your Aung San Suu Kyi mask.
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03 July 2009
One Archbishop
What's an Archbishop doing in a rock'n'roll show? Read on.
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