WikiLeaks cable reveals Berlusconi's efforts to duck Bono tongue-lashing

Italian prime minister considered increasing budget for foreign assistance just to avoid losing face to U2 frontmanSilvio Berlusconi considered increasing Italy's foreign aid budget during the country's 2009 G8 presidency to avoid a "tongue-lashing" from Irish rock hero Bono, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.In the leaked memo, William Meara, the economic adviser at the American embassy in Rome, reports that despite budget cuts and "with its 2009 G8 presidenc...

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