Word: geldof
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...persuade the U.S. and European countries to curb their trade-distorting agricultural subsidies. We used to think that the problems of underdeveloped countries could be solved just by reducing their debt. But this would merely be a gift to their tyrannical leaders. I would like to see Bob Geldof and Bono tackle the issue of reducing the rich world's agricultural subsidies. They are truly unfair. Sergio Elia Abbiategrasso, Italy Power Failure I was pleased to read "The Man Who Wasn't There" by political commentator Alain Duhamel [Nov. 28]. It's rewarding to see that a French intellectual realizes...
...third annual European Heroes special issue. Dmitruk, who's from Ukraine, was there because last fall she dared to tell the truth about the country's rigged presidential election. Some of the other Heroes at last month's London event included screenwriter Richard Curtis and musician Bob Geldof, who were recognized for their work to keep Africa on the world's agenda; Herbert Grönemeyer, Germany's biggest rock star, for his Your Voice Against Poverty campaign; Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, for his compelling onscreen depictions of gay life; Bishop Kevin Dowling, for his work with AIDS...
...Challenging for Change Bob Geldof and Richard Curtis, who were included on Time's list of European Heroes [Oct. 10] for their efforts in organizing the Live 8 concerts to help combat African poverty, cannot solve all of Africa's problems. Africa must do that on its own initiative. Africans have to end the fighting, warmongering, corruption, crime, xenophobia, aids and nepotism, to name but a few of the problems that are entrenched on this wonderful continent. Although the Live 8 concerts may have been intended to pressure the world's powerful leaders to change their Africa policies and help...
...stature to bring together people at loggerheads, such as ceos and environmental activists, or take the high and mighty to places like prisons and drug clinics they would never otherwise see. And he also views himself as a gadfly in chief, bringing attention to neglected ideas and people. Bob Geldof, the rough-hewn rock star and businessman whose contempt for formality is acute, enthuses about Prince Charles: "He does a lot, he's hugely underappreciated. He takes the side of the people over what the newspapers and the biens pensants want. I have a lot of time...
...Olympics provided Blair with another long-odds win. (Blair was so nervous about the result that he took a walk rather than watch the announcement on TV.) And by focusing the G-8 on Africa and coordinating his goals closely with those of campaigners like Bono and Bob Geldof, Blair has burnished the progressive credentials that his blood brotherhood with George W. Bush over Iraq had obscured...