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Bono calls on Argentine president
U2 singer Bono visited Argentine President Nestor Kirchner at the Government House on Wednesday, hours before the first of two Buenos Aires concerts as part of the band's Vertigo 2006 tour.
Only a handful of fans caught word of Bono's surprise appearance at the Casa Rosada, or "pink house," in downtown Buenos Aires, where his arrival in a black SUV caused a stir among office workers ending the workday.
Two women excitedly clutched the U2 front man on the arm before he entered the Casa Rosada wearing a cowboy hat and wraparound sunglasses.
Bono has met frequently with Latin American leaders on the band's swing through the region, while espousing causes from AIDS prevention to anti-poverty campaigns.
In the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday, President Ricardo Lagos awarded the lead singer the country's highest arts prize.
A week before in Brazil, Bono discussed the government's anti-poverty program with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and received a packet of condoms and Aids prevention information from the country's Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, fans were camping out for good seats at the sold-out River Plate soccer stadium, where U2 was to play in front of a 50,000-strong crowd.
Bono, guitarist the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton flew to Buenos Aires on Monday from Santiago, where they wowed some 80,000 fans over the weekend.
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U2 singer Bono visited Argentine President Nestor Kirchner at the Government House on Wednesday, hours before the first of two Buenos Aires concerts as part of the band's Vertigo 2006 tour.
Only a handful of fans caught word of Bono's surprise appearance at the Casa Rosada, or "pink house," in downtown Buenos Aires, where his arrival in a black SUV caused a stir among office workers ending the workday.
Two women excitedly clutched the U2 front man on the arm before he entered the Casa Rosada wearing a cowboy hat and wraparound sunglasses.
Bono has met frequently with Latin American leaders on the band's swing through the region, while espousing causes from AIDS prevention to anti-poverty campaigns.
In the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday, President Ricardo Lagos awarded the lead singer the country's highest arts prize.
A week before in Brazil, Bono discussed the government's anti-poverty program with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and received a packet of condoms and Aids prevention information from the country's Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, fans were camping out for good seats at the sold-out River Plate soccer stadium, where U2 was to play in front of a 50,000-strong crowd.
Bono, guitarist the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton flew to Buenos Aires on Monday from Santiago, where they wowed some 80,000 fans over the weekend.
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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=316802006
