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Adenoid_Hynkel

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Mon Jun 18, 2012, 11:10 AM Jun 2012

Suu Kyi walks on with U2's 'star-struck' Bono

Source: AP

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined forces Monday as the Myanmar democracy activist's European tour moved from the home of the Nobel Peace Prize to the land of U2.

The pair spent more than an hour answering questions at an Oslo conference of peace mediators at the end of Suu Kyi's four-day visit to Norway. Then they jetted together to the Irish capital, Dublin, for an evening concert in her honor.

Bono, who wrote the 2000 hit "Walk On" in praise of Suu Kyi's long exile from her family and dedicated U2's 2009 world tour to her, had never met her before. He admitted he found her a wee bit intimidating.

"I'm star-struck ... but I'm managing to get over it," said the 52-year-old Bono, who donned his trademark yellow-tinted wraparound glasses and high-heeled boots.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/suu-kyi-walks-u2s-star-struck-bono-113057959.html



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Suu Kyi walks on with U2's 'star-struck' Bono (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2012 OP
Scott Pelley of CBS will be interviewing her for today's evening news Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2012 #1
 

Adenoid_Hynkel

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1. Scott Pelley of CBS will be interviewing her for today's evening news
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:21 PM
Jun 2012

They showed a clip of it Saturday, but the full segment airs this evening.

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