Shoes of Irish rock singer Bono (R) are seen as he stands next to Microsoft founder Bill Gates (C) and Jordan's Queen Rania to pose for photographers at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2008. Reuters Pictures 17 months ago

Shoes of Irish rock singer Bono (R) are seen as he stands next to Microsoft founder Bill Gates (C) and Jordan's Queen Rania to pose for photographers at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2008.

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  1. Bono (L), lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, performs during the first concert of the U2 "360 degrees" world tour, linked to its new album "No Line on the Horizon" at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 30, 2009. The band, whose career spans nearly three decades, returns home on July 24 to play Croke Park in Dublin before heading for Sweden, Poland and Croatia and then five gigs in Britain. They then head over the Atlantic, with their first show in the US and Canada leg of the tour at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12.
  2. Bono (L), lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, performs during the first concert of the U2 "360 degrees" world tour, linked to its new album "No Line on the Horizon" at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 30, 2009. The band, whose career spans nearly three decades, returns home on July 24 to play Croke Park in Dublin before heading for Sweden, Poland and Croatia and then five gigs in Britain. They then head over the Atlantic, with their first show in the US and Canada leg of the tour at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12.
  3. Bono (L), lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, performs during the first concert of the U2 "360 degrees" world tour, linked to its new album "No Line on the Horizon" at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 30, 2009. The band, whose career spans nearly three decades, returns home on July 24 to play Croke Park in Dublin before heading for Sweden, Poland and Croatia and then five gigs in Britain. They then head over the Atlantic, with their first show in the US and Canada leg of the tour at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12.
  4. Bono (L), lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, performs during the first concert of the U2 "360 degrees" world tour, linked to its new album "No Line on the Horizon" at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on June 30, 2009. The band, whose career spans nearly three decades, returns home on July 24 to play Croke Park in Dublin before heading for Sweden, Poland and Croatia and then five gigs in Britain. They then head over the Atlantic, with their first show in the US and Canada leg of the tour at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12.
  5. U2 lead singer Bono (L) and Make Poverty History organiser Bob Geldof confer during their final news conference at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in this July 8, 2005 file photo. Jokes about the well-meaning poetic licence of the duo�s most famous fund-raising song are usually followed by the more worrying assertion that their pronouncements, and the fact those in power listen, actually damage the people they want to help.
  6. Spain's Oscar Gomez Freire, left, of team Rabobank raises his arm after crossing the finish line to win the second stage ahead of second placed Czech Republic's Frantisek Rabon, center, of Team Columbia - Hight Road and 6th placed Italia's Matteo Bono, right, of team Lampre during the 63rd Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour cycling race over 161,5 km from La Chaux-de-Fonds to La Chaux-de-Fonds, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Thursday, April 30, 2009.
  7. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Chigi Palace premier office, in Rome, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
  8. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Chigi Palace Premier office, in Rome, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
  9. Former Chairman of Microsoft and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (R) is pictured during the launch of ONE�s 2009 DATA Report, which tracks progress on the G8 promises to Africa made in Gleneagles in 2005, in central London, on June 11, 2009. Italy and France are so far behind on their aid pledges to Africa that they threaten to cause the entire Group of Eight to fail to meet its targets, an advocacy group said Thursday. As a G8 summit in Italy draws near, One said the world's richest countries had delivered only a third of the extra aid they promised by 2010, despite being two-thirds of the way to their deadline. In its 2009 DATA report, presented in London, One -- set up by U2 frontman and development activist Bono -- said Italy and France were responsible for 80 percent of the shortfall.
  10. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, left, and tennis legend Martina Navratilova watch India's Leander Paes and his partner Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy play against South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgium's Dick Norman in the men's doubles final of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday June 6, 2009.
  11. Microsoft founder Bill Gates (L) and former tennis player Martina Navratilova watch the men's double final between Leander Paes of India and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic against Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 6, 2009. Navratilova is the former double mixed partner of Leander Paes of India.
  12. US tennis legend Martina Navratilova (R) and Bill Gates, Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation attend the French Open tennis men's doubles final match opposing India's Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy to South Africa's Wesley Moodie and Belgiums' Dick Norman on June 6, 2009 at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. The event, the second Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from May 25 to June 7, 2009.
  13. South African President Jacob Zuma addresses at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The annual World Economic Forum on Africa has opened with calls for local leaders to show greater responsibility and turn the global economic downturn to the continent's advantage.
  14. South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during the World Economic Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The annual World Economic Forum on Africa has opened with calls for local leaders to show greater responsibility and turn the global economic downturn to the continent's advantage.
  15. World Economic Forum Co-Chair Kofi Annan, right, stands next to Graca Machel founder of the Foundation for Community Development in Mozambique during a press conference at the World Economic Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
  16. Chairman of World Economic Forum on Africa Klaus Schwab (L) speaks as South African President, Jacob Zuma (R) looks on, during the opening plenary session of the World Economic Forum meeting on Africa, on June 10, 2009 in Cape Town. Protectionism by rich economies could deepen Africa's woes, further shutting out struggling markets as developed nations look inwards, Zuma said.

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