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World AIDS Day: Protecting youth in Liberia

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:06:37 +0000

Merlin - UK Meet Pauline, a Nurse Counsellor at a Merlin-supported youth centre in Monrovia, Liberia. On World AIDS Day, we chat with Pauline as she carries out her work with young people at risk of HIV. Pauline Wleh is in her late forties and has been a Registered ...

U.S. to drop HIV ban, host 2012 AIDS meeting

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:32:42 +0000

Source: Reuters *U.S. to end 22-year ban on HIV-positive visitors *Officials commit to strengthen U.S. fight vs. HIV/AIDS By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The United ...

US senators urge renegotiation of US trade deals

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:32:27 +0000

Source: Reuters * Bill bars new trade deals unless past pacts renegotiated * USTR Kirk, in Geneva, says US ready for WTO "endgame" * Senators urge Obama not send S. Korea deal to Congress By Doug ...

FACTBOX-How Obama's Afghan strategy is shaping up

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:26:11 +0000

Source: Reuters Nov 30 (Reuters) - The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's revised war strategy in Afghanistan is expected to be the deployment of about 30,000 more U.S. troops to secure population centers, step ...

ANALYSIS-Europe unlikely to respond fully on Afghan troops

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:25:38 +0000

Source: Reuters * Europeans may offer only half troops Obama seeks * Need to go it alone could resonate with U.S. public * Tough Obama line would split Republicans * Weak EU response raises questions about its ...

Explosion kills Gaza militant - medics

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:13:00 +0000

Source: Reuters GAZA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A car exploded in the Gaza Strip on Monday killing a militant and wounding another, witnesses and medical workers said. The cause of the blast in a Gaza refugee camp was not ...

US blasts Sudan over Darfur peacekeeper harassment

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:53:30 +0000

Source: Reuters * Sudan UN envoy says harassment "isolated incidents" * Rebels also cause difficulties for peacekeepers - UN By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 ( ...

Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:53:23 +0000

Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [nAFPAK]) * Plan aims to satisfy both sides of political divide * Stresses that commitment in Afghanistan not open-ended * Major investment by Obama in war ( ...

Somali pirates seize Greek tanker near Seychelles

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:47:28 +0000

Source: Reuters * Crew unharmed, managing company says * Tanker heads for Somalia, shadowed by Greek frigate (Adds U.N. resolution; pirate warning to China) ATHENS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized ...

Obama Copenhagen visit to aid climate deal-W.House

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:20:17 +0000

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopes his decision to attend the United Nations' climate conference in Copenhagen next month will help to bring participants to the brink of a ...