Bono's U.S.-based anti-poverty groups to merge
<p align="center"><img align="center" border="0" id="614062" md5="" sourcedescription="编辑提供的本地文件" sourcename="本地文件" src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2007-10/30/../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20071030/000d60aa06df0890cb0806.jpg" style="WIDTH: 230px; HEIGHT: 307px" title=""/></p><p align="center">U2's Bono speaks during an event at the Apollo Theater for the Clinton Global Initiative in the Harlem neighborhood of New York September 29, 2007. [Agencies]</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Anti-poverty groups the>The new organization will be known as>Outside the United States, DATA -- or Debt, AIDS, Trade Africa -- will retain its name and focus>"ONE and DATA are two organizations with the same outrage: extreme, stupid poverty in the 21st century makes no sense when the resources and technology exist to do something about it," Bono said in a statement.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">"What makes sense is to harness these two forces into a single organization and redouble our efforts.>The new organization will be led by president and chief executive David Lane, an executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">"By combining DATA and the>The new organizations will be headquartered in Washington with offices in London, Los Angeles, Abuja and Berlin.</p>