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Beginning in the late 1990s, Bono began campaigning for social justice for the impoverished, specifically focusing on the continent of [[Africa]]. In 2006 he and Bobby Shriver co-founded the (RED) product line with The Gap, Motorola, Apple and other retailers, donating a portion of the proceeds to [[The Global Fund]] which helps women and children affected by [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] in [[Africa]].<ref>http://www.joinred.com/red/</ref> Bono has also appeared in front of the [[United Nations]] numerous times, and has met with many world leaders, including U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Liberty Medal, nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, and being named one of ''Time'' magazine's Persons of the Year for 2005 (with Melinda and [[Bill Gates]]).<ref>http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm</ref>
Beginning in the late 1990s, Bono began campaigning for social justice for the impoverished, specifically focusing on the continent of [[Africa]]. In 2006 he and Bobby Shriver co-founded the (RED) product line with The Gap, Motorola, Apple and other retailers, donating a portion of the proceeds to [[The Global Fund]] which helps women and children affected by [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] in [[Africa]].<ref>http://www.joinred.com/red/</ref> Bono has also appeared in front of the [[United Nations]] numerous times, and has met with many world leaders, including U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Liberty Medal, nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, and being named one of ''Time'' magazine's Persons of the Year for 2005 (with Melinda and [[Bill Gates]]).<ref>http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm</ref>
In 2006 there was criticism of U2 for moving some of their publishing company from Ireland to the Netherlands to avoid newly created high taxes for music groups in the country.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/08/nbono08.xml</ref>
In 2006 there was criticism of U2 for moving some of their publishing company from Ireland to the Netherlands to avoid newly created taxes for music groups in the country.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/08/nbono08.xml</ref>
==Albums==
==Albums==
They have released the following albums:
They have released the following albums: