U S holds new talks amid fresh Middle East violence
U S mediator presides over a new round of Israeli Palestinian truce talks after two stalled meetings. Israeli helicopters fire on Gaza targets and a West Bank checkpoint kills two. EU envoys join, Solana meets Arafat and Sharon as both sides claim progress. Since Sept 2000, 811 Palestinians and 232 Israelis killed.
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House approves $1.3 billion for global AIDS fight
The House voted a 1.3 billion dollar package to back education, prevention, treatment, and research against AIDS worldwide. The plan, doubling current year funding, channels 750 million to an international AIDS trust fund and 485 million to bilateral aid through NGOs, plus 50 million for a pilot access program.
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Tom Lantos
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