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Sneering at Bono, Brand and BAnd Aid? You snob!
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This is an article by Sam Delaney in the Big Issue magazine a couple of weeks ago or so (not online so I had to type it out)- and I concur: Geldof's been swearing on the news again. Bono's joined in on another BAnd Aid. Russell Brand is all over the box trying to incite revolution. Myleene Klass went on the Ag...
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Band Aid 30 to stop the spread of Ebola
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Has been announced. Waiting for news of the line up.
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BBC 5 Live Nicky Campbell Breakfast Phone In
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This mornings Nicky Campbell Phone In was one hour dedicated to asking if the new Band Aid single is good for Africa and the ebola crisis, or is it just western pop stars interfering and trying to claim credit and attention for themselves? Lots of good calls, both pro and anti. Geldof comes in for some st...
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A blog about Bob and Bono's work and the live8 campaign
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http://internationaldevelopmentblogger.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/reflections-on-whypoverty-evaluating.html?spref=tw
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Live aid baby has her own !
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3976092/My-baby-girl-made-life-complete.html
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Demoted!
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As it is six years ago and most of the topics in it are Geldof centric, it seems like a good point to wrap this forum up and leave it to hibernate. The reason it came into being was that the aftermath of the Live 8 announcement brought with it a number of posters whose interest was not in the musical activiti...
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Feed the world - due out this November
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847738451/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/280-3926059-4970940?redirect=true&ref_=oss_product
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When Harvey met Bob
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A new TV drama is being filmed in Dublin at the moment. "When Harvey(Goldsmith) met Bob (Geldof). About their joining together for Live Aid. "Geldof drove me nuts" said Goldsmith. To be shown on RTE in the autum. They are looking for extras, I believe. http://www.showbiz.ie/news...
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BBC FORCED TO APOLOGISE TO BOB OVER BAND AID SLUR
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-apologises-over-live-aid-money-reports-2124576.html
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Geldof interview on Millenium goals
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSZSObQIxUE
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Band Aid helps refugees in Ethiopia
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A worthwhile project http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article36378
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Honourary degree for nurse who inspired Live Aid
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25th anniversary of the day music changed the world
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Could have put this in the previous thread but think the anniversary today deserves a thread of its own. I went onto youtube to find a video to put on my facebook page and given it is a while since I watched the dvd I got a little emotional watching this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaGnwx62FRU
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Remembering Live Aid
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25 years on. There is going to be a documentary on Absolute Radio Monday 12 July and 13 July. Bob will be talking to various performers etc. It is on at 10 pm..
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Video Interview- potential for Africa
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/markets-blog/market-view-video/africas-potential-part-2/artic...
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One Young World= Bob's speech
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Bob's whole speech is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaoNCrf938E Also I like this funny one when Tutu tries to get him to comb his hair- a lost cause http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oldURY5Ayg
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Geldof back in Ethiopia, 25 years on
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hESx9n3wuHf4GXf2bmYV7nJljzAg
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Live Aid Promoter passes away
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LIVE AID promoter MAURICE JONES has died at the age of 64. After starting his music career managing British band Slade, Jones founded his own promotions company, which worked with the likes of AC DC and Def Leppard to Simply Red, Eurythmics, UB40, Simple Minds and, later, Oasis. In 1984 Jones teamed w...
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Geldof longs for the day he can give it all up
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http://www.independent.ie/national-news/i-get-bored-you-know-geldof-longs-to-hang-up-charity-hat-1924033.html
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Geldof and Bono's legacy today
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/25/jamie-drummond-africa-aid-- Edited by Scottie on Sunday 25th of October 2009 08:16:48 AM
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Author donates £1.5 million
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Swedish author Henning Mankell, whom I met this week, has given £1.5 million of his earnings from his plays and books to building a village for Aids orphans in Mozambique. Now, there is a man who puts his money where his mouth is.
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Praise for school from Archbishop Tutu
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James Gillespie's link with Zwelibanzi School is a model for others to follow, enriching young people in Edinburgh and in South Africa for more than a decade. Desmond Tutu The school are now involved in setting up a shelter for street kids in Durban, South Africa. To see one man's vision and the har...
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Bob edits La Stampa- videos
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http://www.lastampa.it/multimedia/multimedia.asp?p=1&pm=3&IDmsezione=103&IDalbum=18964&tipo=VIDEO-- Edited by Scottie on Sunday 5th of July 2009 11:03:32 PM
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Bob to record new charity single
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/cannes-lions-bob-geldof-climate-change
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Live Aid documentary
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Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_RTD89zuWA Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=393z-O4dba8 Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ass4956Wg Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-OFPUYSpY part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6jF5IFgEk4 For some reason p...
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Live 8 Pictures
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My fiancée and I were lucky enough to be in the front row of the Gold Circle at Live 8 London. It was an amazing show for a great cause. Sir Bob's performance was great as was everyone's that day. If anyone here would like to see pictures of Live 8, we have compiled the largest personal c...
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LATIN 'LIVE AID'
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http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/shakira%20eyes%20latin%20live%20aid_15_04_2006
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Flower power
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Thought you might like to see this. It is made entirely of flowers and leaves. How imaginative and what a time it must have taken.
from the village of West Hallam
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Original demo -do they know it is Xmas?
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=V2gp0K0Sxok Dont think this has been released before. -- Edited by Scottie at 22:54, 2008-02-14
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Questionnaire
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My homework from "social knowlege" is to do a Questionnaire. My "Subject" is Live8.
Please, could you answer these questions, and send the answer to me.
E-mail: geldofbob@freemail.hu
1. Did you ever hear about Live Aid or Live 8?
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Today
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Today is 23 th anniversary of LIVE AID
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Band Aid money to help train teachers
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http://antimuluzi.blogspot.com/2008/06/clinton-geldof-announce-schools-boost_26.html
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Bob arrives in Japan for G8
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Bob is representing The One Campaign/DATA at the G8. From the One Campaign[s website "Our other highlight of the day was Bob Geldofs arrival in Hokkaido in the late afternoon. Even after a long journey from London to Tokyo, another flight to the northern island of Hokkaido and a two hours drive o...
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Midge Ure article re Band aid
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006590597,00.html-- Edited by Scottie at 10:22, 2006-12-26
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Comic Relief 1986
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Geldof pretending to be Cliff Richard for Comic Relief 1986 Very funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbqKGMHxteA
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Project-furnish and equip a nursery class in a South African township
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I do not believe in coincidences, so I do not know what to make of this. Some of you on myspace know already that my school and in particular, my own nursery class, have been given the massive challenge of furnishing and equiping a nursery in a South africa township, all in the next 4 weeks or so! This is in...
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Bob in Sierra Leone
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http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20058860.shtml
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Transcript of Bono/Geldof radio interview
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http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/bono-and-bob-geldof-interview-on-france-24/
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Bono the humanitarian
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Worth a read http://www. canada. com/ottawacitizen/news/story. html?id=bde35296-54d8-4be3-b46d-5656e92d7aa8 he compares Bob and Bono to the good cop/bad cop routine and calls Bob the anti diplomatThis link does not work, renewed link 2 messages further on -- Edited by Scottie at 22:02, 200...
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Geldof and Ahern to get together
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http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bertie-could-take-up-campaign-trail-in-third-world-1340407.html
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Fair trade v the environment
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. However, I always have a dilemma on my hands when I shop. Do I support local farmers and buy local produce, so that food is not flown in from thousands of miles away? Or do I support fair trade and ensure that farmers in the third world have their fair sha...
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Pipe -Band Aid
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Sorry for the terrible pun, but it has got your attention and you are reading this aren't you? Musically, this is the other end of the spectrum, but one of the main themes of next year's Edinburgh Tattoo at Edinburgh castle will be "Africa". They are trying in their own way, through the one univer...
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Live8 Accounts
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http://contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/live%208%20costs%20revealed_1010713
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Midge Ure- talking about Bob
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From tomorrows Sunday Herald " He now terms his association with Geldof a "text relationship". "He texts me very quickly in txt' speak and it takes me half-an-hour to decipher it. We've never been big bosom buddies. We met through Paula Yates, Geldof's former wife. She was a jo...
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World Aids Day Concert
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Bob is one of many artists taking part in South Africa'a World Aids day Concert on 1 December. http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/11/112607aids.htm
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21 Years ago.....
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... since Live Aid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid
Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays", "Drag Me Down", "Rat Trap", "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" (sung by the audience) (W 12:44);
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Best Xmas singles
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Band Aid is no.2 , after Slade, in the best Xmas no. ones
Mistletoe and whine
Band Aid: Do They Know It’s Christmas? Year: 1984 The chimes at the beginning, the stellar cast of top-notch singers (George Michael, Boy George, Bono, Sting etc) and the rather fine lyrics all add up to one of the best No...
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BONO BLAMES GELDOF !!!!!!
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Hi folks, the following appeared in contactmusic.com yeaterday...
Campaigning rockers BONO and SIR BOB GELDOF clashed over the lack of African artists performing at July's (05) Live 8 extravaganza.
The U2 frontman aired his concern over the predominantly white line up, including MADONN...
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Help make Midge Ure a "Sir"
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Can I draw your attention to this online petition at 10 Downing Street to make Midge Ure a "Sir". The forgotten man of Band Aid and Live Aid. He has continued his charity work quietly for the last 20 years. I was about to start a petition, but someone beat me to it. You have to be a British citi...
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Why celebrity activism works
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A quote from the Executive director of DATA on why we need celebrity activists. "And Mr. Drummond, a British-born career human-rights activist who has worked alongside many of these stars through DATA and an affiliated advocacy group, One, describes how before Bono and Bob Geldof came on boa...
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Proclaimers appeal for Darfur
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Proclaimers back appeal for Darfur CALUM MacDONALD June 18 2007 The Proclaimers yesterday backed a plea for desperately needed donations that would allow the continuation of disaster relief for the thousands affected by the conflict in Sudan. Twins Craig and Charlie Reid lent their support to th...
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What did Live 8 achieve?
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Daltrey said that unlike the original Live Aid in 1985, where the money went directly to famine relief, its successor had no realistic aims. "What did we really achieve at Live 8? he asked. We got loads of platitudes and no action.http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?ent...
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The BIG Band Aid / Live8 / BBC / Africa Calling / ' eden ' ' project ' ' charity ' CD DVD QUIZ !
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Have a go! :
www.eden-project-insight.tk
Team Kernow -- Edited by TeamKernow at 23:05, 2005-12-04 -- Edited by TeamKernow at 03:19, 2005-12-05 -- Edited by TeamKernow at 00:27, 2005-12-28
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About Bono's newspaper
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Oh how the press get it wrong!! This is funny...
http://www.andpop.com/article/5791
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G8 in Germany, June 6-8
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In case anyone considers going to the G8 summit in the north of Germany in June, here's a link to the site of a camp close to Heiligendamm. Some parts of the site are in English: http://www.g8-gute-nacht.de/cp/index.php?id=46 "G8 - Gute Nacht", the name and slogan for the camp means ...
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Charity Rally:Budapest-Bamako
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Celebrity activism CAN and DOES work
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Part of an article from the Irish Independent.
IRISH stars Bono and Bob Geldof were yesterday credited with forcing US President George Bush to treble the amount of aid to Africa.
Statistics just compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveal that since...
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Light the candle for AIDS awareness
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Until December 31st, Bristol-Myers is donating a dollar to AIDS
research every time someone goes to their website and moves the match to the candle and lights it.
You can only do it once so please forward this link on.
https://www.lighttounite.org
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Limited edition Live8 book of photographs
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http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/News/Newsdetail_1713.asp
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Life saving vaccine for children
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/07/news/international/pope_bond.reut/?postversion=2006110715
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Make Trade Fair
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An Oxfam campaign calling for a fair deal for farmers in Ethiopia. What's the point of selling fair trade coffee if you aren't going to do this?
http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/starbucks_mtf
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Adopting an African Child - what do you think about it?
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You'll all have heard in the news that Madonna has fast tracked an adoption of a young child from Malawi. I'm not going to discuss the ins and outs of that. This is just months after someone I used to work with did the same thing with a child from Ethiopia. I think this boy was orphaned, but am not 100% certai...
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Support for Bob from Canada
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This humanitarian author fully supports bob and Bono in their efforts.
“Bono and Geldof, they stayed with the issues,” said Ian Smillie, a Canadian consultant and author on humanitarian issues, referring to Bob Geldof, who organized Live Aid and other charity megaconcerts. “They moved on from...
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WHOS IN CHARGE?
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I have been a activist on the frontlines since childhood - Unicef :)
In the 90's I was premed studying my prereq to enter the nursing field or possibly science research. I left school in 96 and did recovery- still studying the sciences in spare time. Building on my knowledge of mircobiology it...
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New award for Ure
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http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/ure%20to%20be%20honoured%20by%20royal_1010597
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White bands in the wrong hands
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I'm outraged and upset after what I heard today. The right winged party fidesz, which is probably behind the demonstrations in Budapest told everyone who is demonstrating to wear white band and white cloths!!!
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Live8 up for award
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http://feed.insnews.org/v-cgi/feeds.cgi?feedid=145&story_id=2164349The panel has been deciding on the winners in eight of the 13 Vodafone Live Music Awards categories while the public will choose who win the remaini...
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African charities defend celebrities
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082700145.html
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Review of the DVD
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http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/reviews/article_1067232.php/DVD_Review_Live_8
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The Man Who Betrayed the Poor
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Have you guys seen the article by George Monbiot about Geldof? It's really harsh and accuses Geldof of all sorts of Betrayal. But Monbiot is usually such a clever honest writer! I reckon readers should make up their own mind. Please read it and tell me what you reckon!
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Birhan's Graduation
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/5242598.stm
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Cnuts Are Still Running the World
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/37292
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Why we should support Bob
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From insite magazine. Enough said!Thank You Sir Bob InSITE editor Sean Wyer argues why we should support Sir Bob Geldof in his campaign, instead of criticising him.
Image: Kate Williams - InSITE
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Signed t -shirts to buy
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http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfriendsofwfpQQhtZ-1
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Now its Doctor Midge Ure
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Midge Ure has been awarded an honourary Doctor of Music degree from Edinburgh University, in recognition to his contribution to music and his work with Live 8, Band Aid etc. The ceremony takes place on the 21 June in Edinburgh. Many congratulations to him, but what he really wants and de...
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What can we do to make poverty history?
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aqsln6Dt5GgB_uGhoTiR33_py6IX?qid=20060706201547AAy10c8
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DID YOU ATTEND LIVE 8??
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If anyone attended Live 8 Hyde Park, London, please can you fill out the following questionnaire and email it back to me, it is for my dissertation on customer satisfaction at events. I need 100 people to answer them, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a few mins to let me know what you thought. Thankyou Stace...
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Maltese impressed by Bob's understanding of the immigrant situation
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=229346-- Edited by Scottie at 11:25, 2006-07-02
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Bob the Policeman
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1096220.ece
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Midge on BBC news
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Just watching Midge Ure on BBC Breakfast news reporting on his visit to Sierra Leone. He says it is the worst place to be a child in the world. Few live to the age of 5. He was shocked to find such very slow progress. The cost of just registering for a doctor is 2 weeks wages Then that doctor ha...
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Why Poverty fight is not history.
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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=919702006
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Global poverty and football
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Fair Trade products
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The Red Campaign is a great idea. It's good to know that busineses are putting their products up for this. However, I'm not actually interested in any of the products or find them affordable. So for me just giving a donation would be a better option than buying something I don't need, can't afford just b...
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It's all Russian to me
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I just received this email, apparently from Bob:
Last year you pushed the G8 leaders to make big commitments, including debt cancellation for 300 million people and an extra $50 billion in aid for the world's poor. These steps are urgently needed to help end the extreme poverty in Africa that kil...
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BGs article in today's Independent (UK) - RED Edition
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http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article484980.ece
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Bono to return to Africa a year on.
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http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/showarticle.cfm?articleid=7662&CFID=12389403&CFTOKEN=48267103
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Meeting Sir Bob in Diksmuide
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I just posted some pictures of Bob's concert in Diksmuide in the thread someone started in the other section. I wasn't just there for the show. I wanted to meet the man, and get his signature. But not just on anything.
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More from the (RED) Independent
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article484979.ece-- Edited by franna at 13:33, 2...
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Oxfam campaigns for 18-25 year olds
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I received this in my inbox, but I'm far too old!! So I'm posting it for those of you between these ages around here:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/index.htm
This sounds good too:
Are you amazing? Do you want to Change the world?
If so, Oxfam wants to hear from y...
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Click on the link!
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Click on the link below and help this guy (Craig) out.......(a cut and paste from u2.com follows).....he was happy that I offered to post this here as well, as he said Bob was a major inspiration to him.
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I run charities in the Philippine...
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Join Bob to help end child hunger by 2015
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Fight Hunger: Walk the World 21 May 2006
Sir Bob Geldof participated the yearly Dubai International Humanitarian Aid Development (DIHAD) conference and exhibition on the 12th of April.
As a DIHAD’s special guest speaker he also visited Fight Hunger's Walk the Wor...
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Bob to speak about Africa
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Bob's going to Dubai
http://www.ameinfo.com/74010.html
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Disturbing alleged incident at Murrayfield Live 8
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This is not a very nice post, but Edinburgh police are looking for anyone who was at Murrayfield and who may have witnessed an alleged serious sexual assault on a young woman who had become separated from her friend. This was somewhere in the standing area. I hope for her sake that it is cleared up soon, b...
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Live8 Contributions
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Where might one look for information about how the monies raised as Live8 contributions have been distributed thus far? Is there any sort of "pie chart" avaiable to show which countries or organisations have received funds? and are funds still available? Thanks!
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Ryan Jarman: 'Live8 was my idea'
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http://www.nme.com/news/kaiser-chiefs/22628
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Lennox to become full time campaigner
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Annie Lennox announced last night that she is putting her career on hold for the time being and becoming a full time anti poverty campaigner. She is helping Oxfam's "I'm in" campaign and is urging British cities to twin with poor African or Indian towns. She is passionate, articulate, intelligent ,a...
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Ure's take on Live Aid
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http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=56&ArticleID=1374818
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Bono in "The Sunday Times" 19.02.06
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Full page article in today's Sunday Times about Bono who re-iterates all the achievements of Live 8, and responds to criticism about the lack of African performers at the London event.
Not surprisingly Bono is almost entirely "singing from the same hymn sheet" as Bob!
After all th...
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Making Make Poverty History History
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http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=8290
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Bob's sister - UNICEF work
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I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this. Bob's sister hits the news with her work with UNICEF
http://www.bianet.org/2006/01/01_eng/news73858.htm
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