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Billionaire Trashes Idea Of International Aid, Bono

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.18.2012 | Business
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Lord Ashcroft of the U.K. has decreed the “golden taps” spewing foreign aid money shall henceforth be ceased. In a letter to the British govern...

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Mealbreaker: Man Finds Used Band-Aid In Chinese Food

Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
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Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always disgusting...

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"Too Cuticle for Words"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.07.2012 | Comedy
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Jerry Zezima

I can just imagine the lead of my obituary: "Jerry Zezima, a longtime newspaper columnist and certified public nuisance, died yesterday of complications from a hangnail. He was 58."

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Glee Teaches Bob Geldof a Lesson in Charity Work

James Sims | Posted 02.13.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Glee, Ryan Murphy, Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Broadway League, Broadway, Do They Know It's Christmas, Fox, Bono, Video, Entertainment News
James Sims

Watching this week's episode of "Glee" and seeing its rendition of the classic '80s charity song, "Do They Know It's Christmas," brought to mind the debacle that was Bob Geldof's last attempt at re-creating his Band Aid group.

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The Question for John Lennon's 71st Birthday: Did Yoko Ono Really Break Up the Beatles?

Mario Almonte | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Concert for Bangladesh, The Beatles, Band Aid, John Lennon, Farm Aid, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Abbey Road, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, We Are the World, All Things Must Pass, Home News
Mario Almonte

Approaching what would have been John Lennon's 71st birthday, it is finally time to look back through more sober eyes, and to finally acknowledge that Yoko Ono did not destroy the Beatles.

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BBC Apologizes For Band Aid Claim

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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The BBC has apologised over reports claiming millions of pounds raised by Band Aid was used to buy arms. ...

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'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell?

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Peter Christian Hall

We should ask more questions about where public and private contributions are going.

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Beyond 'Band-Aids' for Hunger

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Worldwatch, Nourishing the Planet, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Feed the World, Hunger, State of the World, Band-Aid, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

Our collective understanding of how to "cure" hunger has matured enough to recognize that solutions lie not only in shipping food aid, but also in a new approach that nourishes people and the planet.

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25 Years After Band Aid, Diminished Foreign Aid and Drought Threaten Ethiopia's Food Security

Chloe Malle | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Band Aid, Ethiopia, Kenya, Bob Geldof, United Nations, Famine, G-8, East Africa, Somalia, World Food Programme, Meles-Zenawi, Jean Ping, World News
Chloe Malle

International aid agencies predict this winter may bring the worst food crisis to Ethiopia since the infamous famine of 1984-85.

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The 10 Least Appropriate Moments in Christmas Music History

Jason Notte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Wham!, Band Aid, Kurtis Blow, The Vandals, Bono Africa, Bono, Christmas, Ray Davies, Christmas Music, Ben Affleck, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Kinks, Ted Kennedy, Santa, Sarah Silverman, George Michael, Run DMC, Gene Autry, Fear, Joni Mitchell, Bob Geldof, Dan Fogelberg, Entertainment News
Jason Notte

These 10 [songs] show just how much of a jerk you can be around the holidays without anyone giving you hell for it.

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