Bono visits UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York
Activist--singer Bono of the rock band U-2 (left) has a informal meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the UN offices in New York on February 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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