| Subject: U2's Bono may head World Bank |
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Date Posted: 08:36:27 03/07/05 Mon
Front man of Irish U2, rock idol and social activist Bono may become the next to head World Bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow has said on ABC's ‘This Week.’ Snow said that he wouldn't rule out Irish rock star as a potential successor to current World Bank President John Wolfensohn.
Wolfensohn is leaving the post June 1, and U.S. Treasury Secretary considers that Bono has got the right background for such a job: ‘He's somebody I admire. He does a lot of good in this world of economic development.’
This year Bono is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for his initiative in writing off the debts of Third World countries as well as support of anti AIDS campaign.
'I suppose I could tell you about some of the people I've met in the last year. There's the powerful ones - politicians, business men, bankers - with that look in their eye, a kind of wary recognition,' group’s official Web site www.u2.com cited Bono describing his year in politics.
‘Then there's the powerless ones, dying, sick, starving in vast numbers, silent, compliant. I can't begin to describe the look in their eyes. But it's a habit I have, looking people in the eye, and it gets me into a lot of trouble...’
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