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HOW TO UNDERMINE THE VALUE OF A MAJOR PRIZE: Apparently Bono is being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second time. It's hugely unlikely that he's going to win - Nobel watchers are convinced it's going to go to a tsunami agency - and he's not the most absurd name being suggested - Colin Powell, the man who spent hours telling the UN about all the weapons that Saddam had in a bid to kick-start the Iraq war is also on there - but that's hardly the point. Let's not forget that just two hours before George Bush declared the start of the "shock and awe" of dropping bombs willy-nilly over Baghdad, Bono made a huge speech about what a good chap Bush was, and refused to take any questions at all on the war about to break. Not quite what we'd expect in a man whose name was being put forward as working tirelessly and bravely for peace.

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