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De Villiers leads strong VW team for 2010 Dakar Rally
Wolfsburg, Germany - Title holder Giniel de Villiers leads a strong Volkswagen challenge at the...
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Second ticketing phase of World Cup to start on Monday
Zurich - Football's governing body FIFA on Thursday announced that the second phase for World Cup...
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Ronaldo wants back on national team, but it's no priority
Sao Paulo - Just a month after his comeback from a serious knee injury, Ronaldo, the three-time...
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Ronaldo can be fit enough for 2010 World Cup, says team doctor
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Three-time world footballer of the year Ronaldo could be fit enough to...
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South Africa confirmed as host of India cricket tournament
Johannesburg - Cricket South Africa confirmed Tuesday that it had been named as the host of the...
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Beckham needs "highest level" play on way to World Cup
Washington - David Beckham said Wednesday that playing with AC Milan "at the highest...
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Al-Attiyah wins sixth Dakar Rally stage to extend lead
Buenos Aires - Qatari Nasser al-Attiyah won the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday to...
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Sainz takes lead after second stage of Dakar Rally
Buenos Aires - Spaniard Carlos Sainz took the overall lead of the Dakar Rally ahead of Giniel de...
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Bolt, Phelps Eye 2009 Glory Amid Economic Concern
Hamburg - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American swimmer Michael Phelps aim to confirm...
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Joint Spanish-Portuguese 2018 World Cup
Madrid - Angel Maria Villar, president of the Spanish football federation, said early on Tuesday...
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FIFA happy and everything going to plan, say World Cup organizers
Johannesburg - The South African Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup said...
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Financial Crisis Has Not Touched Organization
Johannesburg - Football's controlling body FIFA on Friday said that the global economic crisis has...
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South Africa Happy As Confederation Cup Draw Will Favour Hosts
Johannesburg - South Africa football fans are eagerly awaiting Saturday's draw for next year's...
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Maradona out to win World Cup, avoid controversy
Glasgow - New Argentina coach Diego Maradona said in no uncertain terms Tuesday that his goal is to...
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Third Time Lucky For All Whites?
Wellington - New Zealand's All Whites see 2009 as their most important year since the national team...
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Confederations Cup: A troubled History
Johannesburg - Few international football tournaments have had such a troubled history as the...
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Three Newcomers For England Match As Frings Omitted, Ballack Injured
Hamburg - Torsten Frings asked to be omitted for Germany's friendly with England after a recent row...
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Maradona Named Argentina's National Football Coach
Buenos Aires - Former Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona has been named coach of the...
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German Team Facing Internal Problems
Hamburg - While fans are happy with the way the German football team team has been performing in...
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Disgruntled Frings Toys with Retirement
Hamburg - Midfielder Torsten Frings is the latest Germany player toying with retirement, after...
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England, Netherlands Win; Portugal Disappoint again
Hamburg - England, Spain and the Netherlands all maintained their perfect records in qualifying for...
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Opportunity for Europe's Top Nations toTake Control
Hamburg - Europe's top footballing nations including Spain and England play in World Cup qualifiers...
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Uncapped Adler Is Germany Goalkeeper for Russia Qualifier
Dusseldorf - Rene Adler faces a baptism of fire as Germany goalkeeper in an important World Cup...
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Ronaldo Is Planning Comeback and Dreams of 2010
Rome - Brazilian striker Ronaldo told an Italian newspaper that he is planning his comeback from a...
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Africa Is on WTA Radar Screen - Stuttgart Hope for Right New Formula
Stuttgart - Serena Williams will have to wait a little longer for a tournament in Africa while...
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Brazilians Break Ties with Their National Team
Rio de Janeiro - A goalless draw against a 10-man Bolivia in Rio de Janeiro was the spark that...
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Finland Set to Test German Resolve
Helsinki - Germany face a first stern test of their 2010 World Cup credentials when they take on...
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Relief in South Africa after Olympics Shame Ends
Johannesburg - Eleven days into the Beijing Games South Africans were celebrating the end of their...
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Isinbayeva Brings a Smile Back to China after Liu Drama
Beijing - The golden world record glamour of Yelena Isinbayeva brought a smile back to Chinese...
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Maria Mutola's Final Olympic Mission
Beijing - Maria Mutola was 15 when she had the honour of being the flag-vbearer for her native...
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Specials
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Ancient Footprint Suggests H. Erectus Had Developed Modern Gait
Nearly 1.5 million years ago, human ancestors living in Kenya walked in a manner similar to ours,...
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Ancient Footprints Show that Ancestors Walked Upright
Thursday, scientists announced that footprints resembling the ones left in wet sand by people had...
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Relay for Life Events to be Held across the U.S.
Relay for Life events are scheduled across the U.S. to bring people together for a common...
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Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
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Relay for Life Scheduled to Kick Off February 12 at Capital Banquet
Relay for Life, an event organized by the American Cancer Society, is scheduled to begin on...
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Miss World finals in Johannesburg give city needed nip-tuck
Johannesburg - Johannesburg's pre-World Cup nip-tuck continues this weekend.
The city, which has...
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A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV
A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
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Can AIDS Epidemic Be Stopped?
How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to
be more frequent than ever nowadays....
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Mariam Makeba Died At The Age Of 76
The legendary singer and symbol for freedom and justice Mariam Makeba died on Monday in Italy. She...
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Miriam Makeba Dies Aged 76 After Performing At Italy Concert
Miriam Makeba, the Grammy Award-winning South African folk
singer also known as “Mama Afrika,”...
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South African Singer Miriam Makeba Dies in Italy
Rome/Johannesburg - South African singer Miriam Makeba died Monday morning from a heart attack in...
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World's First HIV-Positive Organ Transplants Performed in South Africa
Johannesburg - The world's first organ transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive...
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S. African Health Minister: “We Desperately Need an Effective HIV Vaccine”
South
Africa is the country experiencing one of
the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world....
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Martti Ahtisaari Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo - Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish ex-president and veteran peace broker, has won this year's Nobel...
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Shipwreck Found in Namibia: "A Heritage for the World"
Oranjemund, Namibia - The archeologists are into raptures about the close to 500-year-old shipwreck...
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Code Name: Tropical Storm Josephine
No, a new Nikita series is not on its way. But the code name
the character was given while working...
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One Third of the World’s Population Watched the Olympics’ Opening
Over two billion people or almost one third of the world’s
population watched the opening ceremony...
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AIDS Conference Ends with a Call to Fight Stigmatization
Participants at the 17th International AIDS Conference made
a call on the last day of the meeting...
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There Is Still Lots To Be Done To Meet Ends In The Fight With AIDS
How to improve HIV treatment and to prevent the spreading of
the virus are two questions that lie...
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“American Idol” Loses Top Producer As Nigel Lythgoe Moves On
Nigel Lythgoe will keep on smiling, but to another show. The
executive producer of “American Idol”...
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Gene Variant Could Raise Africans’ AIDS Risk
In an attempt to find an explanation for the high frequency
of AIDS cases within the world’s black...
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Zimbabweans Voted in a State of Violence
People in Zimbabwe went to the polls today, accompanied by Paramilitary
police and bands of ruling...
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Jon Voight Joins "24" as Villainous Character
Jon Voight is returning to the small screen for the first time in four decades and what better...
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Spike Lee Vs. Clint Eastwood- Round Two
Temperamental, these actors! Everybody has to know their
problems. I mean, why can they solve them...
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Amistad Opera Opens Again
Anthony Davis’s opera “Amistad,” a historical piece about
slavery and freedom, opens again in...
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Save the Children: 200M Kids Don’t Get Basic Health Care
According to a report released May 6 by the U.S.-based
humanitarian group Save the Children more...
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Carly Smithson Voted Off for Blasphemy?
Carly Smithson’s surprising elimination could have blasphemy
as explanation.
Carly may...
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Oprah Speaks about Abuse Scandal
Oprah Winfrey spoke for the first time in public about shameful
things that have happened recently...
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Dancing Stars Announced
ABC is getting ready for its new season of “Dancing with the Stars” and plenty of...
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Science
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Ancient Footprint Suggests H. erectus Had Developed Modern Gait
Nearly 1.5 million years ago, human ancestors living in Kenya walked in a manner similar to ours,...
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Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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HIV Treatment Is Most Efficient when Started Earlier, Study Says
US and Canadian researchers suggests that starting HIV
treatment earlier than currently...
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Self-Sustaining Life Form Found in Deep Recesses of the Earth
Two miles beneath the earth’s surface, in a
South African gold mine; there’s no light, no oxygen,...
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IUCN Red List: 1/4 Of World’s Mammal Species on the Verge of Extinction
The world’s population of mammals is in constant decline,
and at least one fourth of them are on...
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Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina Linked To Modern Birds
An international team of scientists from USA, Argentina and
Canada stumbled upon rare evidence of...
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Private Company Successfully Blasts off Rocket
Sunday
night, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, a privately financed
company, managed...
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Tropical Storm Kyle Might Become A Hurricane
The National Hurricane Center has announced that, according to
their three-day forecast, Tropical...
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Genetic Map of Europe ShowsLlittle Diversity
Hamburg - Two international research teams have compiled a genetic map of Europe, revealing little...
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Study Shows That Cows Can Sense North And South
Researchers recently found out that cows seem to know how to find north and south. The research...
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Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation
Rice University physics Professor W.J. Llope alleges that according to his yet unpublished...
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Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial
of a human...
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The Environment To Lose California To Global Warming
A recent study on some of the effects of global warming
presents some rather alarming results...
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Sergey Brin To Fly in Space
One of the Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, has allegedly
booked a flight to the International...
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Scientists Uncover Cretaceous Frog, A Dinosaur Hatchling Predator
A team of researchers led by
paleontologist David Krause from the New York Stony Brook University...
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Scientists Discover New Species Of Elephant-Shrew
It seems like the Tanazian forests on the Udzungwa Mountains
are the home of many mysteries and...
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South Africa Discovery Reveals Seafood Diet of Humans
A new study which appears in the journal Nature details archeological discoveries in a sea cave on...
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Russia Plans To Go On the Moon
Roskosmos, the Russian space agency, has ambitious plans for the future, including a manned...
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Humans Originated From A Single Point In Africa Claims New Research
Where was humankind born: on which continent or in which
geographical area? That question has many...
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Zanzibar's Ocean Depths Reveal Living Fossil
It is now official that we know more about the vastness of the cosmos than we know about the depths...
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Health
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PEPFAR Program Decreased AIDS-Related Deaths in Africa
According to a study published online Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine, the...
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WHO earmarks 15 billion dollars to curb drug-resistant TB by 2015
Beijing - Ministers from 27 nations have backed a 15-billion-dollar plan to...
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China launches partnership to fight drug-resistant TB
Beijing - China on Wednesday launched a partnership with the Gates...
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Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB
Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
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Gel against HIV Infection Found Effective
Researchers present at the Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections held in Montreal...
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Tests of Anti-HIV Gel Show Promise in AIDS Fight
An experimental gel that uses a popular anti-HIV drug to protect women from the deadly virus has...
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UN Needs Another $11.3 Billion To Fight Against AIDS
The world needs to spend another 11.3 billion dollars to reach the goal of providing universal AIDS...
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More Hong Kong Birds Test Positive for H5N1
Three of the 21 dead birds that were recently discovered on Hong Kong’s shores tested...
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UNICEF To Provide $5 Million To Zimbabwe Health Sector
UNICEF Executive Director M. Ann Veneman made a three-day visit in Zimbabwe at the end of...
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Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research
Teams of friends, family, neighbours and colleagues are organizing for the 2009 Relay for Life, the...
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UN Report: Early HIV Diagnosis and Treatment Essential to Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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Complacency About AIDS Heightens Risks, Experts Say
Geneva - Asian countries, youngsters and people spoiled by the availability of medicines in the...
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HIV Protection: Could Pills Work Wonders Against HIV?
New York /Bethesda, Maryland - Anti-HIV medicines have rescued tens of thousands or perhaps even...
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WHO: Universal Testing And Treatment Could Tackle AIDS
In an attempt to find answers on how to better tackle the
AIDS epidemic and the role of so-called...
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HIV Testing Recommendations Highly Ignored
Two years after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommended that patients in...
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Early HIV Treatment Cuts Babies’ Death Risk
A study in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that, for infants with...
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The Gates Foundation Plans to Fund 104 Researchers around the World
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
made public its intention to give 104 grants of $100...
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Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States
This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister,
Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
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WHO Probes Mystery Deadly Disease in South Africa
The World Health Organization is currently investigating a mysterious disease that has killed three...
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Acyclovir Treatment for Genital Herpes Doesn’t Prevent New HIV Infections
One of the issues that stirred the interest
of researchers at the International AIDS Conference...
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Black AIDS Institute Says U.S. Neglects Black People At Home
A new report by the Black AIDS Institute has found that the United States spearheads the global...
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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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CDC: High TB Rates among US Immigrants Call for Immediate Measures
A study published on the July 22 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association called...
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AIDS Vaccine Testing Delayed, Not Cancelled
Although last week the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) gave up on its...
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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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WHO: New Molecular Test to Detect TB Faster Gives Sufferers Hope
The World Health Organization unveiled on Monday a new
diagnostic test that will give doctors the...
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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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Yellow Fever Outbreaks In Paraguay, 7 Deaths Confirmed
Paraguay is facing the first
yellow fever outbreak after more than three decades, since 1974, and...
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Home Treatment Equally Effective for Children's Pneumonia
Home treatment with oral antibiotics for children ill with severe pneumonia can be just as...
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Study Reveals Higher Risk of Breast Cancer In Ethnic Groups
Minority women have a 65 percent
chance of getting breast cancer, says a recent study...
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World
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Clinton seeks "meaningful" steps against climate change
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the...
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Voting underway in South Africa's fourth democratic poll
Soweto, South Africa - Voting was under way Wednesday in South Africa's fourth general election...
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Pope Benedict XVI spends 82nd birthday resting
Castel Gandolfo, Italy - Following a week of intense Easter festivities, Pope Benedict XVI was set...
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Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates, holding a US ship captain in a lifeboat and surrounded by two...
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Some 21 dead and over 200 missing in shipwreck off Libya
Rome - At least two boats carrying hundreds of African would-be immigrants have sank off the Libyan...
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EU greets US proposal for climate change forum in April
Beijing - The European Union on Monday welcomed US President Barack Obama's...
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Shark kills 16-year-old South African surfer
Johannesburg - A 16-year-old surfer died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of South...
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UN rights chief decries racism ahead of Sharpeville anniversary
Geneva - The United Nations top rights official, Navi Pillay, issued a call Friday denouncing...
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Benedict to push reconciliation on first Africa papal visit
Johannesburg - Four years after his ascension to the throne of St Peter, Pope Benedict XVI embarks...
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NATO to divert South-East Asia warships to fight Somali pirates
Mons, Belgium - NATO is to divert seven warships, bound on the alliance's first-ever visit to Asia,...
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Tough Cattle Shrug Off Europe's Snow
Kiel, Germany - As the bitter chill of winter grips Europe, one of the toughest of bovine breeds,...
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Report: CIA strike in Pakistan killed suspect in African bombings
Washington - A January 1 strike from an unmanned CIA drone in Pakistan killed...
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A Motoryclist Was Found Dead At The Dakar Rally
Buenos Aires - During the race in Argentina, a French motorcyclist from the Dakar Rally was found...
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Modern Marrakesh Offers Tantalizing Glimpses Of Oriental Magic
Marrakesh - Marrakesh in Morocco is not only one of the most exhilarating cities in Africa -...
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African Union Still Fails To Keep The Peace In 2008
Johannesburg/Nairobi - The African Union's attempts to keep peace on the continent were again...
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UN Nuclear Watchdog Leaves Much To Do For New Director
Vienna - As Mohamed ElBaradei is about to enter his last year as head of the International Atomic...
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Obama Election Only Bright Spot In Black Year For Africa
Nairobi/Johannesburg - You know it has been a bad year when the only news to cheer is the election...
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Mugabe Clings To Power Through Election Calamity, Cholera
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe is short on laughs these days, so short, in fact, that the capital Harare,...
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2008 - The Year The Rainbow Nation Lost Its Lustre
Johannesburg - 2008 in South Africa was bookended by two watershed political events that reflected...
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Cholera Epidemic In Zimbabwe Passes 1,000 Death Toll
Cholera is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by enterotoxin-producing strains of the bacterium...
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Disgruntled Zimbabwe Soldiers Warn Of More Riots
Harare - In scenes that rattled the regime of President Robert Mugabe and stoked speculation its...
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North Korea Gets A New 3G Cellular Network
North Korea is stepping up its telecommunications services
with a new 3G cellular network, called...
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Bangkok Airport Becomes Political Stage For PAD
Bangkok - Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, once the pet project of former prime...
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World Cup Host South Africa Welcomes Bargain-Minded Backpackers
Johannesburg - A South African holiday does not have to include a stay at a luxury safari lodge in...
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Elders Tell MDC: Join Government Now, Push For Change Later
Johannesburg - The Elders on Monday urged Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
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Somali pirates reduce Saudi tanker ransom demand, move ship
Mogadishu - Somali pirates have reduced their ransom demand for a hijacked Saudi supertanker to 15...
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South Africa plans 15-minute work stoppage for World AIDS Day
Johannesburg - South Africa's leaders are planning a 15- minute work stoppage to commemorate World...
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President Bush Calls For Mugabe's Resignation
U.S. President George Bush has called for the end of President Robert Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe and...
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Somali pirates live high life when not on high seas
Mogadishu - They drive flashy cars, throw extravagant parties in their massive houses, talk loudly...
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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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