[NYer]

Ping!

[Tax-chick]

to free the world's least developed countries from their foreign debt, enabling them to invest in education.

I'd like to see proof of the "investment in education" as well as some education outcomes before I believe this accomplished anything but making some rich people and dictators feel better about themselves.

[V_TWIN]

thats the thing that kept me from embracing the music of u2 any more that I have, always been WAY too political.

[mylife]

St Bono the smug

[A.A. Cunningham]

Also, do not post images from Corbis or Getty.

[Future Snake Eater]

The success of that effort has made possible “an extra 52 million children going to school,” Bono told Vatican Radio

Hell, why not 520 million children? I mean, as long as we're making up numbers...

[melsec]

I would really lie a list of these countries where debt has been forgiven. So many would be places where corruption is rife within government institutions. I would be very surprised to see that the money went anywhere other than in the pockets of those in charge.

Mel

[Fiji Hill]

U-2? It's interesting that a musical group would name itself after an old Soviet war plane.

Polikarpov U-2

[RugerMini14]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394422/Saint-Bono-facing-huge-Glastonbury-protest—avoiding-tax.html

[Moltke]

The famous U2 vocalist Bono...

I suppose vocalist is the polite way to say loudmouth.