Bono (R), the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, chats with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (L) and his wife Minu Barati (C) before being honoured with the 2005 German media award during a ceremony in the southern German city of Baden-Baden January 24, 2006. The U2 frontman was honoured for his efforts to write off debt in the developing world. REUTERS/Alex Grimm