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December 4, 2001
From Reuters:
Rock Star Bono Wins European of the Year Award
Story Filed: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:26 PM EST
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Irish rock singer Bono, British Prime Minister
Tony Blair and President Bush were among winners of ''European of
the Year'' awards unveiled by a Brussels weekly magazine on Tuesday.
The top award presented by European Voice went to U2 lead singer
Bono for his efforts to promote debt relief for poor countries.
Blair won in the ``leader of the year'' category while Bush was voted the
``non-EU citizen of the year'' who had the biggest impact on the EU in
2001.
A panel of journalists and opinion leaders from across the EU selected
50 nominees for the awards and European Voice readers then voted for
the people they felt had most shaped the EU agenda in the past year.
Each of the 10 award winners will receive $4,456 to donate to a charity
of their choice.
None of the best-known award winners attended a Brussels ceremony
on Tuesday evening.
But in a message read on his behalf by Irish ambassador to the EU Anne
Anderson, Bono spoke of the heroism of New York City police, firefighters
and medical crews after the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
``The only really fitting memorial to the lives that were lost on that day would
be not just a safer, less dangerous world but a fairer, more inclusive one...,''
he said.
This was the goal that the Drop the Debt campaign, which lobbies for debt
forgiveness for the world's poorest countries, was pursuing, he said.
Bono has supported the work of Drop the Debt and its predecessor, the
Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign.
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That?s great! He surely deserves it. Congrats to Bono and Drop the Debt campaign!
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"To me a rock and roll concert is 3-D, it?s a physical thing - it?s rhythm for the body. It?s a mental thing in that it should be intellectually challenging. But it?s also a spiritual thing, because it?s a community, it?s people agreeing on something, even if it?s only for an hour and a half." (Bono, as quoted in the book U2 The Road to Pop)
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http://www.reuters.com
December 4, 2001
From Reuters:
Rock Star Bono Wins European of the Year Award
Story Filed: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:26 PM EST
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Irish rock singer Bono, British Prime Minister
Tony Blair and President Bush were among winners of ''European of
the Year'' awards unveiled by a Brussels weekly magazine on Tuesday.
The top award presented by European Voice went to U2 lead singer
Bono for his efforts to promote debt relief for poor countries.
Blair won in the ``leader of the year'' category while Bush was voted the
``non-EU citizen of the year'' who had the biggest impact on the EU in
2001.
A panel of journalists and opinion leaders from across the EU selected
50 nominees for the awards and European Voice readers then voted for
the people they felt had most shaped the EU agenda in the past year.
Each of the 10 award winners will receive $4,456 to donate to a charity
of their choice.
None of the best-known award winners attended a Brussels ceremony
on Tuesday evening.
But in a message read on his behalf by Irish ambassador to the EU Anne
Anderson, Bono spoke of the heroism of New York City police, firefighters
and medical crews after the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
``The only really fitting memorial to the lives that were lost on that day would
be not just a safer, less dangerous world but a fairer, more inclusive one...,''
he said.
This was the goal that the Drop the Debt campaign, which lobbies for debt
forgiveness for the world's poorest countries, was pursuing, he said.
Bono has supported the work of Drop the Debt and its predecessor, the
Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign.
..........
That?s great! He surely deserves it. Congrats to Bono and Drop the Debt campaign!
------------------
"To me a rock and roll concert is 3-D, it?s a physical thing - it?s rhythm for the body. It?s a mental thing in that it should be intellectually challenging. But it?s also a spiritual thing, because it?s a community, it?s people agreeing on something, even if it?s only for an hour and a half." (Bono, as quoted in the book U2 The Road to Pop)
[This message has been edited by follower (edited 12-04-2001).]