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In an article that examines larger aid-related questions and themes, the Independent explores the effects of the Band Aid campaign in Ethiopia 25 years after it first attempted to help famine victims in the country. Full Article at Medical News Today
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On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the Copenhagen climate summit. Full Article at 7 Days
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ANORAK’S ligger was there to see Annie Lennox speak at the Red Cross ‘Tribute to Annie Lennox’ gala dinner and concert at Guildhall in London. Full Article at Anorak
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In a world where you are only allowed only one opinion on environmental issues, campaigning celebrities make an interesting contribution. Sting, we have been told for years, campaigns for long forgotten tribes. Full Article at The Royal Borough Observer
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On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the Copenhagen climate summit. Full Article at The Age
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Bob Geldof sat uncomfortably in a vast field of igneous rocks scattered apparently at random among the sere grass. Full Article at The Independent
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Paris - On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the Copenhagen climate summit. Full Article at News24
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‘Clothes are fun but awesome underwear is better,’ says Sir Bob’s daughter. Peaches Geldof, 20, the curvaceous daughter of Sir Bob Geldof, has unwrapped herself, once again. But it's all in the cause of Christmas. Full Article at Irish Independent
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Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof returned to Ethiopia this week 25 years after arousing a global response to its 1984 famine and said climate change could undo progress the country had seen since then. Full Article at 7 Days
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Sir Bob Geldof fought back tears as he visited Ethiopia on a recent trip to open a school funded by the profits of his 2004 BAND AID 20 record. Do They Know It’s Christmas? Full Article at The Daily Swarm
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London, Nov 30 (ANI): Sir Bob Geldof found it hard to hold back tears as he visited Ethiopia to inaugurate a school financed by the profits of his 2004 Band Aid 20 record. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Full Article at Newstrack India
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Bob Geldof returned to Ethiopia this week 25 years after he raised a global response to the 1984 famine there -- and warned that climate change could undo progress made there since. Full Article at Irish Independent
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A lot has changed in music in 30 years and the most important change, according to an English survey, was the launch of downloadable music. Full Article at Undercover
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The series was written, and will be narrated by, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum. Full Article at Daily Express
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Do They Know It's Christmas? was re-recorded to raise funds five years ago, with stars including Chris Martin, Robbie Williams and Will Young participating on the record. Full Article at OK! Magazine
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Sir Bob Geldof praised the British public's generosity as he opened a school funded by the Band Aid 2004 record. Geldof reportedly fought back tears as he visited the education facility in Hagere Selam, southern Ethiopia. Full Article at Digital Spy
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Bob Geldof fought back tears as he visited Ethiopia on a recent trip to open a school funded by the profits of his 2004 Band Aid 20 record. Do They Know It's Christmas? Full Article at Starpulse
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The British presenter - who is the daughter of Boomtown Rats singer and political activist Bob Geldof - often finds herself dreaming about running around in search of a loaf when she goes to sleep. Full Article at Boston Globe
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TWENTY-FIVE years after releasing a hit single to raise funds for victims of Ethiopia's infamous famine, Bob Geldof overnight visited one of the then worst-affected villages in the north of the Horn of Africa country. Full Article at Herald Sun
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TWENTY-FIVE years after releasing a hit single to raise funds for victims of Ethiopia's infamous famine, Bob Geldof overnight visited one of the then worst-affected villages in the north of the Horn of Africa country. Full Article at Adelaide Now
About Bob Geldof
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Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951), is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist who became famous as a member of the rock band The Boomtown Rats. His achievements include organising Live Aid and Live 8. Geldof's most notable compositions include "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Full Article
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Singer Bob Geldof (C), former U.N. Secretary General and President of the Global Humanitarian Forum Kofi Annan (R) and David Jones, Global CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide Havas Worldwide, pose for the media during the launch of the climate change campaign "TCK, TCK, TCK, Time for Climate Jus...
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Singer Bob Geldof (L) and former U.N. General Secretary and President of the Global Humanitarian Forum Kofi Annan pose for the media for the launch of the climate change campaign "TCK, TCK, TCK, Time for Climate Justice" at the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival June...
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British singer Bob Geldof (L) listens as Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa speaks during a news conference at the launch of the 2009 DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) Report in London June 11, 2009.
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Singer Bob Geldof arrives for a news conference at the launch of the 2009 DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) Report in London June 11, 2009. The report, issued by ONE International, reviews progress against the promises made to Africa four years after the 2005 Gleneagles Summit.
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Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof arrives for 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.
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Campaigner Bob Geldof, left, and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu are seen as part of a panel of representatives during a news conference held by the anti-poverty group ONE on the progress the G8 nations have made fighting poverty in Africa, in central London, Thursday June 11, 2009.
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Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof (L) is pictured at the G20 summit at the ExCel centre in east London, on April 2, 2009. The G20 summit in London has agreed "new rules on pay and bonuses" after a day of negotiations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
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Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof (L) shares a drink with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso while celebrating St Patrick's Day in Brussels March 17, 2009.
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Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof (L) shares a drink with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso while celebrating St Patrick's Day in Brussels March 17, 2009.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shares a a pint of stout with Irish rock musician Bob Geldof, left, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, at Kitty O'Shea's Irish Bar in Brussels, Tuesday March 17, 2009. Geldof is in Brussels to attend a Bio-fuel conference.
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Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) leave an Irish pub after having a drink at the occasion of St Patrick's Day in Brussels March 17, 2009.
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Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof (L) shares a drink with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (C) while posing with a reveller celebrating St Patrick's Day in Brussels March 17, 2009.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, drinks a pint of stout, with Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, at Kitty O'Shea's Irish Bar in Brussels, on St Patrick's Day, Tuesday March 17, 2009. Geldof is in Brussels to attend a Bio-fuel conference.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, and Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, seen with pints of stout, at Kitty O'Shea's Irish Bar in Brussels, on St Patrick's Day, Tuesday March 17, 2009. Geldof is in Brussels to attend a Bio-fuel conference.
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Singer and political activist Bob Geldof (L) addresses a plenary session as International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn looks on during a two day conference at the Bank of Tanzania conference center in Dar es Salaam, March 11, 2009.
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British musician Bob Geldof, right, and German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul arrive for the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
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British musician Bob Geldof, right, and German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul arrive for the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
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Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, gratulates US director Gus Van Sant for his award for the movie "Milk", at the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
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Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, and German Development minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul at the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
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Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, and German actress Diane Kruger at the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The 59th International Film Festival Berlin takes place in the German capital from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15, 2009.
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Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, and German actress Diane Kruger at the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The 59th International Film Festival Berlin takes place in the German capital from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15, 2009.
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Irish musician Bob Geldof, left, and German actress Diane Kruger at the charity gala "Cinema For Peace" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The 59th International Film Festival Berlin takes place in the German capital from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15, 2009.
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Singer Bob Geldof (L) and former U.N. General Secretary and President of the Global Humanitarian Forum Kofi Annan pose for the media for the launch of the climate change campaign "TCK, TCK, TCK, Time for Climate Justice" at the Cannes Lions 2009 International Advertising Festival June...
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Climate change is not a future threat ... Here it is a present reality. And it is hitting the poorest first, and will impact on them worst.
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Bob Geldof [recently] went back to Africa to see how millions of lives have been transformed
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All this is the fruit of the campaigning to drop the debt ... Ethiopia's annual interest on debt was slashed from $195m in 2001 to $86m in 2007. the extra money has gone into schools and hospitals.
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In the movie, Bob Geldof (Live Aid founder and lead singer of the Boomtown Rats) portrays the rock star, Pink
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I wouldn’t participate in a three-day photoshoot, listening to the great and the good of the Irish diaspora, a lot of whom, like Bob Geldof, don’t employ anybody in Ireland, don’t pay any tax in Ireland ... I’d happily go along for four hours on a Tuesday in Government Buildings, with no press, no photo...
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