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Time honours Bono
From correspondents in New York
19dec05
IRISH rocker Bono was named one of Time magazine's "Persons of the Year", along with the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, for being good samaritans who made a difference in different ways.
The three were chosen for their work in trying to find ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the poverty that kills 8 million people a year, said James Kelly, Time managing editor. The magazine's December 19 issue comes out on Monday.
Time also named former US Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton as "Partners of the Year" for their humanitarian efforts after the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and the unlikely friendship that developed from that work. "Natural disasters are terrible things, but what defines us is not what happens to us, but how we react to it," Kelly told Reuters. "When you look at the number of people who die from the kind of diseases and poverty that the Gates and Bono are fighting, the death tolls are far greater than what occurs in natural disasters or wars."
More: http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17608942%255E10431,00.html
From correspondents in New York
19dec05
IRISH rocker Bono was named one of Time magazine's "Persons of the Year", along with the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, for being good samaritans who made a difference in different ways.
The three were chosen for their work in trying to find ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the poverty that kills 8 million people a year, said James Kelly, Time managing editor. The magazine's December 19 issue comes out on Monday.
Time also named former US Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton as "Partners of the Year" for their humanitarian efforts after the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and the unlikely friendship that developed from that work. "Natural disasters are terrible things, but what defines us is not what happens to us, but how we react to it," Kelly told Reuters. "When you look at the number of people who die from the kind of diseases and poverty that the Gates and Bono are fighting, the death tolls are far greater than what occurs in natural disasters or wars."
More: http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17608942%255E10431,00.html