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Geldof and Bono miss out on Nobel prize
Rock superstars Bono and Bob Geldof failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize after being named among the top contenders.
Commentators had placed the Irish pair high on the shortlist to scoop the prestigious prize.
Instead, The UN nuclear watchdog and its head, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 prize for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ElBaradei, an Egyptian, from a record field of 199 candidates.
The two had been among favourites for the award, on the 60th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
Sir Bob and Bono were believed to have been nominated for the award for peace for their lengthy campaigns to ease hunger and poverty in Africa.
The former Boomtown Rats singer was among 37 people selected by Time magazine as its 2005 European Heroes for organising the Live 8 concerts, and joining forces with U2's Bono to call on people to march on the G8 summit.
The prize, named after Swedish philanthropist Alfred Nobel, is worth $1.3 million and is due to be handed out in Oslo on December 10.
http://www.itn.co.uk/news/1087106.html
Rock superstars Bono and Bob Geldof failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize after being named among the top contenders.
Commentators had placed the Irish pair high on the shortlist to scoop the prestigious prize.
Instead, The UN nuclear watchdog and its head, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 prize for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ElBaradei, an Egyptian, from a record field of 199 candidates.
The two had been among favourites for the award, on the 60th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
Sir Bob and Bono were believed to have been nominated for the award for peace for their lengthy campaigns to ease hunger and poverty in Africa.
The former Boomtown Rats singer was among 37 people selected by Time magazine as its 2005 European Heroes for organising the Live 8 concerts, and joining forces with U2's Bono to call on people to march on the G8 summit.
The prize, named after Swedish philanthropist Alfred Nobel, is worth $1.3 million and is due to be handed out in Oslo on December 10.
http://www.itn.co.uk/news/1087106.html
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