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quarta-feira, julho 06, 2005
More than 25 million text Live 8
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More than 26.4 million people from around the world sent text messages on Saturday in support of the Live 8 campaign to cancel the debts of the poorest countries, setting a world record, organisers said.
Ralph Simon, who was co-ordinating the text messaging campaign in Philadelphia - the venue of the largest of 10 concerts around the world to demand relief of African poverty, said: "This is definitely going down as the biggest political call to action."
He said the previous record for the most text messages sent on a single day for a single event was around 5.8 million for an episode of the television talent show American Idol where viewers vote for the winner.
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More than 25 million text Live 8 - Mobile & Wireless - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
More than 26.4 million people from around the world sent text messages on Saturday in support of the Live 8 campaign to cancel the debts of the poorest countries, setting a world record, organisers said.
Ralph Simon, who was co-ordinating the text messaging campaign in Philadelphia - the venue of the largest of 10 concerts around the world to demand relief of African poverty, said: "This is definitely going down as the biggest political call to action."
He said the previous record for the most text messages sent on a single day for a single event was around 5.8 million for an episode of the television talent show American Idol where viewers vote for the winner.
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More than 25 million text Live 8 - Mobile & Wireless - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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