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Yahoo! joins AIDS fight with ONE

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 16 (UPI) -- Yahoo! is joining the global campaign to fight AIDS by partnering with the ONE group.

The ONE campaign has signed celebrities including U2 frontman Bono and has more than 2.3 million members as well as partnerships with more than 70 U.S. non-profit groups to advocate against AIDS.

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The Internet group will help revamp the group's Web site and improve access.

"Yahoo!'s gift of their time and tools has the power to save and change lives in Africa and the world's poorest countries," said Paul Dioguardi, ONE's chief executive officer. "Together, we're connecting people across America and exponentially widening our reach, engaging millions in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty. Putting the fight to help the over one billion people who live on less than a dollar a day on a site with millions of hits a day is nothing short of incredible."

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