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"Bono has been named a Man Of Peace by Nobel laureates for his work fighting debt, poverty and disease in Africa. The Irish singer was presented with the annual accolade at a reception hosted by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe and attended by five Nobel winners, reports AFP. Bono was chosen for his ongoing crusade to lighten Africa&amp;#039;s debt, combat poverty, promote fair trade and raise money for the treatment of HIV-AIDS and malaria. He said: &amp;quot;This is a very big award for me, because let&amp;#039;s be honest, this is as close as I am going to get - as close as a rock star is ever going to get to the Nobel Peace Prize. &amp;quot;I am an over-awarded, over-rewarded rock star. You are the people who do the real work,&amp;quot; he told the Nobel winners present. &amp;quot;So I am very, very pleased to be in such esteemed company.&amp;quot; George Clooney and Don Cheadle were last year&amp;#039;s recipients of the award for speaking out on the violence in Darfur. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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