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India’s Navy to Hunt Some Pirates
The Indian navy has received formal approval from the United
Nations to track down and destroy...
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Lack Of Government Participation Stymies Timor Stability
Dili - Two years after the police and military collapsed and months of anarchy drove more than...
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Ban: Pirates received 30 million dollars in ransom this year
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that Somali pirates have...
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Russia-Georgia talks "productive," next meeting planned
Geneva - All the delegations attended "constructive" talks on the Russia-Georgia conflict...
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Supertanker Seizure Ups Stakes In Piracy Battle
Nairobi - Somali pirates achieved a new milestone in their seemingly unstoppable rise this weekend...
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Iran Scheduled A Conference On Obama And US Affairs
Tehran - Iran announced earlier today an upcoming conference meant to review the victory of Barack...
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Miriam Makeba cremated after moving memorial in South Africa
Johannesburg - The body of acclaimed South African singer Miriam Makeba was cremated at a private...
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G20 leaders open critical financial summit
Washington - The world's 20 top economies launched on Saturday an historic summit aimed at...
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The UN Plans To Transfer 60,000 Displaced Congolese
Geneva - The UN decided to put together a plan for the transfer of more than 60,000 displaced...
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Bush, Others, Support Faith Dialogue; Saudi King Saluted
New York - Government leaders attending the UN General Assembly debate on religion and peace on...
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IMF Hopes To Improve Reputation With Expanded Lending Role
Washington - As leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather for Saturday's historic meeting, one of...
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Youth Meet In East Timor To Grapple With Violence In Society
Dili - Young people from around the world gathered this week in East Timor to participate in a...
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"Sistine Chapel" At United Nations Sparks Controversy
Madrid - As Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo prepares for the unveiling of his most gigantic work so...
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Bush Asks The UN To Promote Democracy Everywhere
New York - US President George W Bush asked the United Nations today not to leave out religion from...
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Iraq Will Not Take Part In The Raids on Syria
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari discussed with his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday about...
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Nepal's Himalayan glaciers at risk due to global warming
Kathmandu - The rise in global temperatures and climate change caused by greenhouse gases are...
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World War I recalled in poignant 90th anniversary tributes
London/Paris - Commemorations to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I were held in...
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Legendary, Anti-Apartheid Singer Miriam Makeba Dies at 76
Legendary singer Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Afrika, died on Sunday night. The Grammy...
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Brazilian President Calls for Global Solutions
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Chinese Leaders Urge Rich Nations to Lead on Climate Change
Beijing - Chinese leaders on Friday called for developed nations to take the lead on climate change...
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EU's Barroso Calls for "New Deal for New World" with Obama
Brussels - The head of the European Union's executive body on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama...
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Death Toll above 230 in Pakistan Earthquake
Islamabad - The official death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit south-western Pakistan...
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UN Secretary General Calls for Ceasefire in Congo
Manila - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an immediate end to fighting in...
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Legality of US Strike in Syria Debatable
Washington - The US raid against a top al-Qaeda operative this week in Syria was the latest effort...
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China: Rich Nations Should Help Developing Nations Fight Climate Change
Beijing - Richer, developed nations should lead the effort against climate change and help...
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Nobel Peace laureate Ahtisaari deplores Middle East deadlock
Stockholm - Martti Ahtisaari, Finland's former president and winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize,...
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UN renews call for more aid to the poor on World Food Day
New York - United Nations leaders on Thursday called on the international community to assist the...
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Asia-Europe Leaders to Tackle Finance, Climate Change
Beijing - This week's largest ever gathering of Asian and European leaders was planned to focus on...
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India Begins Its Way To The Moon With Chandrayaan-1
India on Wednesday launched its first mission to the moon with a "perfect" lift-off of...
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Reformists urge Khatami to run against Ahmadinejad
Tehran - Leading reformists in Iran have urged former president Mohammad Khatami to run against...
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Chronically Ill Americans Experience More Medical Errors
Chronically ill U.S. residents are more likely to forgo medical care on account of high costs or...
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HIV-Living Population Rising 11 Percent in the US
The number of people living with HIV is growing as more
patients survive thanks to antiretroviral...
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Global Push for Malaria Eradication by 2020, End of Deaths by 2015
At the United Nations Summit in New York a bold plan to eradicate malaria begins to take shape. A...
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The American Health Care System Has A Long Way To Go
As found in the results of a health care oriented study completed last year by the Commonwealth...
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New AIDS Reports Look Discouraging
A new report of the AIDS epidemic produced by
researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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UN Reports Progress In Fighting AIDS; Black Americans Neglected
A report of the United Nations issued in advance of the 17th
International AIDS Conference, which...
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Bill Gates And Michael Bloomberg Join Forces Against Smoking
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this morning a $500...
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Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial
of a human...
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CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu
Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a...
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US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years
Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
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UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down
For the first time since AIDS was identified in the mid-1980, the United Nations says the numbers...
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Research on New Bug Repellents Has Promising Results
Following the increased risk of West
Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, researchers...
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Indonesia Reports Its 108th Bird Flu Victim
Just days after Indonesian authorities organized a three-day
bird flu crisis exercise, a...
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Extensive Indonesian Bird Flu Crisis Drill
A major drill initiative is taking place in Indonesia, as
authorities have prepared a three-day...
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House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion
The House of Representatives, Wednesday, overwhelmingly voted
to expand a popular program aimed at...
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WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis
The fight against the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic slightly
slowed in 2006, the most recent...
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Study: Gel Using Anti-HIV Drug, Tenofovir Proves Safe for Women
A gel that uses popular anti-HIV drug, Tenofovir proved to
be safe for women to use on a daily...
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Pre-Chewing Babies’ Food Linked to HIV Transmission
The AIDS virus can be transmitted by a mother pre-chewing
the food for his baby, a practice that...
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US Has Disastrous Preventable Deaths Record
A survey of preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries has found that France ranks first in...
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World AIDS Day: AIDS Is Still A Problem Worldwide
A Summit
of health ministers back in 1988 designated December 1rst as World AIDS Day to
raise...
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More China Citizens HIV-positive This Year
This Thursday, Health Minister Chen Zhu announced that statistics show that 700,000 of China...
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China Reports Increased Number of HIV Cases
The number of people estimated to be suffering from HIV in China
has risen in the last months...
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United Nations Says New Cases Of HIV/AIDS Have Fallen
In its latest report released on Tuesday, UNAIDS, the joint
UN and World Health Organization (WHO)...
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U.S. Health Care System Falls Short in the Survey
According to the survey published by the Commonwealth Fund
in the journal Health Affairs Americans...
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Ebola Fever in Congo, The WHO Issues Alert
The World Health Organization issued an alert Tuesday after the Congolese government confirmed an...
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HIV/AIDS Cases On The Rise In China
China reported a significant increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country, according to...
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