Bono Twists and Turns Away From Bank Job

Looks like Bono won't head the World Bank after all. Here's the story from Yahoo!:

The lobby group co-founded by the Irish band U2's lead singer on Thursday knocked down media reports that he was a serious contender to head the global institution that provides billions of dollars annually to help the world's poorest countries.

"I can't believe I need to say this, but there are no circumstances in which Bono would be nominated or accept the World Bank job," said Jamie Drummond, executive director of DATA -- or Debt, AIDS (news - web sites), Trade, Africa -- for which Bono campaigns to raise awareness of Africa's problems.

"Bono is flattered to be mentioned for such an important job but DATA does its best work from the outside."
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Oh well. Maybe Jim Kerr is available.