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Bob Geldof
History of Ireland
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| | 2005 | Live 8 | |
| July A series of "Live 8" concerts in 11 countries around the world are staged to help raise awareness of global poverty, led by Sir Bob Geldof |
| July Live 8 claims that an estimated 3 billion people watched 1,000 musicians perform in 11 shows, which were broadcast on 182 television networks and by 2,000 radio stations |
| July Live 8 is specifically not billed as a fundraiser, Geldof's slogan is "We don't want your money, we want your voice" |
| July Scheduled days before the annual G8 summit in an effort to increase political pressure on G8 nations to address issues facing the extremely poor around the world |
| July The G8 subsequently vote to cancel the debt of 18 of the world's poorest nations, make AIDS drugs more accessible and double levels of annual aid to Africa, to $50 billion by 2010 |
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