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Article: Timea[euro][TM]s pick for Persons of the Year.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- January 3, 2006
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THIS year Time magazineas choice for "Man of the Yearaa is, in this instance, Persons of the Year, an unlikely trio of philanthropists a" Microsoftas co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, chosen for tackling world health, through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, which is today the largest foundation in the world, and the Irish rock star Bono, leader of the worldas most successful rock band U-2, for his advocacy for the poor.
A song writer, singer, and head of the U-2 band, Bono became an activist in 1985 when he took up the cause of famine relief and apartheid in South Africa with Live Aid concerts that put U-2 at the top of the concert world, where ...