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BBC Apologizes Over Erroneous Live Aid Weapons Story

(Nov. 4) -- The BBC has been forced to issue an apology for alleging in a succession of reports that millions of dollars raised by the 1985 Live Aid concerts were used to buy arms, instead of feeding the victims of famine in Ethiopia. The British broadcaster said sorry to Irish rocker Bob Geldof, one of the event's...

Live Aid Famine Cash Bought Guns, Not Grain

LONDON (March 3) -- Amid an ongoing global effort to raise funds for earthquake-stricken Haiti, new allegations surfaced today that millions of dollars raised by the 1985 Live Aid concerts for the victims of the Ethiopian famine were actually spent on weapons. The charges offer a timely reminder that collecting money is...

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Peaches Geldof's 'Birthing Terror'

Peaches Geldof spent her first few days as a new mum worried sick after her newborn son was whisked away to an intensive care unit as he struggled to breathe.

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Peaches Geldof Gives Birth To Son Astala

The daughter of former Boomtown Rats front man and poverty campaigner Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates has named her first child Astala.

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05/28/12 Let's celebrate Magna Carta and democracy - not the... Source: The First Post EVERY weekday morning from The Week online - a daily wrap-up of the best comment and opinion articles from the morning papers and the top political bloggers.
05/28/12 Ian Birrell: Geldof's obsession with aid hurt Africa.... Source: Irish Newspaper I FIRST became aware of Bob Geldof in 1977 when I bought the debut single by The Boomtown Rats. In those days, he was pretending to be a punk.
05/24/12 Bob Geldof: Tottenham riots Ã¢didnÃ¢t compare to those... Source: BBC London Geldof said he did not believe the riots were "emblematic of a wider malaise".
05/24/12 Bob Geldof is secret wedding crasher Source: Ananova Bob Geldof went incognito as he crashed a couple's wedding celebration in India - and was stunned when a guest sang Boomtown Rats hit I Don't Like Mondays.
05/21/12 Bob Geldof playing London next week Source: Female First To celebrate the onset of spring Bob Geldof and his band are touring the UK, playing a selection of songs from his long and fruitful recording career.