AIDS Day drives plea for abstinence and awareness worldwide
World AIDS Day is marked around the globe with schoolchildren in Senegal pledging abstinence and Indian women shedding stigma about HIV status. Campaigners stress that science helps but ignorance and taboos fuel transmission, with about 40 million people living with HIV and Africa bearing over half of new infections. The Senegal example shows relatively low infection rates at about 1 percent.
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India
Aissatou Niang
Africa
Kelebogile Moloi
Soweto
South Africa
AIDS awareness and leadership push across nations
In Fatick students discuss delaying relationships amid AIDS concerns. In India about 70 HIV positive women rallied to admit their status and urge acceptance. Nigeria ranks third in HIV cases after South Africa and India records 5.1 million living with HIV. South Africa’s Mlambo Ngcuka calls for year round concern while President Bush pledges expanded US AIDS programs abroad.
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India
Golaghat
Assam
Jahnabi Goswami
South Africa
Nigeria
Africa
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Lawyers prepare class action over sodas in U.S. schools
A coalition of lawyers who sued tobacco companies plans to file a class action against soft drink makers for selling sugared sodas in schools. The likely venue is Massachusetts, with a new legal strategy backed by prominent tort and consumer protection advocates.
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Washington Post
Washington
Tobacco
Massachusetts
American Beverage Association
Richard Daynard
Northeastern University School of Law
Boston
Tobacco Control Resource Center
Tobacco Products Liability Project
Zarqawi Fighters Parade in Ramadi Amid Sunni Talks Tensions
In Ramadi, masked gunmen allied with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi staged a street show carrying rocket launchers and AK-47s in a bid to intimidate Sunni leaders negotiating with U.S. Marines. Residents and officials described a fearsomely tense scene as pledges to kill attending leaders circulated, though the U.S. military denied unrest.
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Baghdad
Iraq
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U.S
Medicare drug benefit signup deadline faces pressure to extend
Washington lawmakers press to prolong the Medicare prescription drug benefit signup beyond the May 15 deadline as seniors struggle with complex options and mixed information. Rep. Pete Stark urges extending the period into 2006 to avoid penalties for late enrollment.
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