onekea, could you translate or summarize what's said in the article?
I tried, just a very short summary though.
The irish singer was chosen as Man of peace of 2008 and dedicated the prize to San Suu Kyi, and to the Nobel men, true heroes: “I'm just a too much awarded star, but you did the history. We talk about history, you make it”.
Bono did also criticize Italy about its investment policy towards developing countries.
Bono started his speech in an ironically broken french, playfully thanking the mayor of Paris for having said "this is your home" before: "I want to thank him for this beautiful statement. therefore, next year, when we'll come here, you'll see U2 swinging on these beautiful chandeliers”.
He also thanked carla bruni for her humanitarian engagements and Ingrid Betancourt:“she's like a silent storm blowing in the storm", simplicity and sweetness.
He then harshly criticized the US politics and the absolutely lack of dispute about poverty during the last elections.
And about his role of pop star:“I, a pop star, was really surprised when general James Jones called me at 10am telling me 'we have millions of dollars invested in high technology and aeronautics but we're losing against Hamas, because they are building schools. And I want to understand what's going on'”.