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Rock Stars Geldof, Bono Welcome African Aid Plan
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Bob Geldof and Bono, who organized last week's "Live 8" concerts say
summit meeting in Scotland was a "qualified triumph"





Bob Geldof (r) and BonoRock musicians Bob Geldof and Bono, who
organized last week's "Live 8" concerts and campaigned for a big
increase in aid to Africa's poor, say the summit meeting in Scotland
was a "qualified triumph."

Geldof and Bono praised the G-8 leaders' decision to double
developmental aid to Africa and forgive debts owed by the continent's
poorest nations. Bono, leader of the Irish group U2 says the extra
money committed to African aid will save the lives of 600,000 malaria
victims, and could be "the beginning of the end" of extreme poverty
for many Africans.


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