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| Bono on Oprah 9/20/02 RealMedia His interview with Oprah Winfrey, pre-recorded earlier this week, is expected to reach audiences of more than 20 million when it is broadcast this evening. "If you want to talk to the American people, you come to Oprah," he told the studio audience. Bono, dressed in a black suit, dark grey shirt and trademark wrap-round glasses, discussed both Third World debt and Africas AIDS epidemic, describing the situation as, "an emergency". "We can throw pennies at the problem, but God doesn't want alms, God wants action," he said. The singer compared the Africas AIDS crisis to the Holocaust of World War II and urged the world not to stand by and watch people die. "We're watching people being put on the trains," he said. According to Launch.com, Bono admitted that he had been a "real pain in the arse" when it came to lobbying US politicians, though he believes he was influential in persuading President Bush to increase aid to Africa by $5 billion. Comedian Chris Tucker and United States Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill join Bono to talk about their experiences in Africa. This includes the aftershow as well... |