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The richest man in the world, Bill Gates (L), and his wife Melinda ® were named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year," along with Irish rock group U2's lead singer Bono, for being "Good Samaritans" who made a difference in different ways in this handout photo taken in Omaha, Nebraska December 16, 2005. "For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow, Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono are Time's Persons of the Year," the magazine said in its December 19 issue, made public on Sunday. Managing Editor James Kelly said the three had been chosen as the people most effective at finding ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria. REUTERS/Gregory Heisler for Time/Handout

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