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Cookie and Magic Johnson and Spike Lee help fight the high rate of HIV and AIDS in the black community (LA Times)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

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Kinsler's homer aids Feldman in win (MLB)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:02:00 GMT

Kinsler's homer aids Feldman in win

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Mild weather aids Calif. firefighters, but strong winds hamper fire efforts to south (USA Today)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:58:14 GMT

Weary firefighters have had no reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, ...

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Mild weather aids firefighters in Big Sur, Calif., but strong winds hamper fire efforts to south (Star Tribune)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:34:07 GMT

BIG SUR, Calif. - Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.Despite cooler temperatures and light winds, flames from the stubborn fire that forced the evacuation of Big Sur inched closer to historic vacation retreats. Meanwhile,...

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Private drug aids cancer man left to die (Times Online)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:19:33 GMT

A cancer patient sent home to die by the National Health Service has seen his health improve after he cashed in his pension and used funds raised by friends to pay privately for an expensive drug.

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Download Music to Fight Aids - Project (RED) Music Subscription (TREND HUNTER Magazine)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:20:01 GMT

(TrendHunter.com) If you're the ethical type who pays to download music, you'll like the enticing new service being offered by the Project (RED) fund. In September the nonprofit organization will launch a music service…

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Malawi: HIV/Aids And The Workplace - Enterprises Leading the Way (Stories on Malawi)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:30:00 GMT

Many Malawi enterprises are leading examples in bringing the fight against HIV/AIDS to the workplace, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to be released nationally on 4th July 2008, at Crossroad Hotel, Cresta in Lilongwe. In collaboration with the Malawi Government through the Ministry of Labour, ILO signed a memorandum of cooperation with 10 enterprises...

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Malawi: HIV/Aids And The Workplace - Enterprises Leading the Way (Afrigator)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Many Malawi enterprises are leading examples in bringing the fight against HIV/AIDS to the workplace, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to be released nationally on 4th July 2008, at Crossroad Hotel, Cresta in Lilongwe.In collaboration with the Malawi Government through the Ministry of Labour, ILO signed a memorandum of cooperation with 10 enterprises...

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Improvements in HIV/AIDS Treatment in LAC (The Temas Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:08:17 GMT

This is a few weeks delayed in being posted, but frankly folks, I only have so many hours in my day... Everyone takes away something different from Towards Universal Access: Scaling Up Priority HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector - Progress Report 2008, the report released last month jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO), United [...]

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Guarding bus crew from AIDS (Hindu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:14:25 GMT

HYDERABAD: A programme to control HIV/AIDS among the crew of APSRTC buses will be launched on Monday. The occasion would be marked by signing of an agreement between APSRTC Vice-Chairman and Managing Director V. Dinesh Reddy and A. P. ...

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ACET leaders turn light on forgotten Aids pandemic outside Africa (Christian Today)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:37:57 GMT

Leaders of ACET programmes in India and Eastern Europe are using a UK visit to highlight the growing HIV problem in their regions

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Birth of Grevy's Zebra at Denver Zoo AIDS Species Survival (Red Orbit )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:23 GMT

By Bill Scanlon Elliot the Grevy's zebra took a stand for his endangered species, getting up on all four of his wobbly feet just an hour after he was born at the Denver Zoo. Zoo officials are celebrating the June 27 birth, saying it is a triumph for the species survival plan.

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Black AIDS Institute HIV/AIDS Card Could Help Stop The Spread Of The Disease In The Community, Columnist Says (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT

The Black AIDS Institute "may have come up with a strategy that could make a difference" and "help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS" in the black community, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell writes. As part of BAI's "Test 1 Million" initiative, the institute has developed a card that certifies that an individual has been tested for HIV in the last six months.

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Today's New Band - AIDS Wolf (A New Band A Day!)

noreply@blogger.com (Joe) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:32:00 GMT

... the Guinness Book Of Records. So, you've already probably noticed that Today's New Band is called AIDS Wolf. That's right, AIDS Wolf . Just slosh it around your mouth slowly, then suck some bubbles of air through it and really savour the name. AIDS Wolf. AIDS Wolf. I could just keep repeating the name over and over again for the rest of this post and, frankly, it would...

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PEPFAR Allocates $1.4M For HIV/AIDS Initiatives In Vietnam (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT

The U.S. embassy in Vietnam on Tuesday announced that President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will allocate $1.4 million to three HIV/AIDS initiatives in Vietnam, the Thanh Nien News reports.

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USAID Commits $7.6M To Care For AIDS Orphans, Other Vulnerable Children In Nigeria (Medical News Today)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

USAID on Monday announced that it is donating $7.6 million to provide quality comprehensive care to 8,616 AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria, the country's Vanguard reports.

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FG Allocates N1.115 Billion to Fight HIV/Aids (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:02:37 GMT

The Federal Government has allocated the sum of N1.115 billion to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria during the current year. Out of this figure, the sum of N1.1billion is allocated to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) while N15 million is to be spent by the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA).

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US, Indian HIV/AIDS Drug Rulings Could Reverberate In Brazil (Intellectual Property Watch)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:41:55 GMT

By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Indian generic manufacturers may be allowed to export a cheaper HIV/AIDS treatment to middle-income countries if US pharmaceutical company Gilead fails to win a patent for the drug in India. And a turnaround by the United States on the same patent may influence the ...

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Mandela's 46664 bangle makes Aids battle visible (A Blog Apart...)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:04:48 GMT

Former South African president Nelson Mandela's prison number - 46664 - is now a symbol of solidarity with people affected by HIV and Aids.

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Ministries May Create HIV/Aids Provisions in Budgets (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:17:08 GMT

THE Federal Government is considering the creation of an internal funding mechanism in which all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) would create HIV/AIDS lines of budget to consolidate the World Bank's efforts at fighting the scourge in the country.

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