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...Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a long-standing, vocal proponent of AIDS education, welcomed a $150 million pledge from Vice President Al Gore, who also gave assurances that the U.S. military could be used to help stop the spread of AIDS. Annan warned council members that the disease, which strikes at all levels of society and across age and gender lines, could destroy the social infrastructure of Africa, endangering the basic functioning of many countries. And while delegates from Russia and China voiced doubts that the AIDS epidemic should fall under the aegis of the generally military-minded Security Council, TIME...
While education and prevention are also key components in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the debate over the distribution of AIDS drugs will be particularly heated; it's complicated in Africa by the fact that most people are unable to find or pay for the necessary drugs, such as AZT and protease inhibitors. South Africa, where more than 25 percent of expectant mothers are estimated to be infected with AIDS, has been involved in a well-publicized tug-of-war with pharmaceutical companies keen to protect their patent rights for the most popular AIDS drugs. "At this point, pharmaceutical...
...Taliban is also credited with moderating the demands of the hijackers. Though the Taliban's assistance earned plaudits from many voices, their behavior during this crisis is no reason for the U.S. to change its chilly attitude towards the Taliban. The Taliban's abuses towards women are well known--they have lost the right to work, attend school or leave the house without their entire bodies and faces covered. This has been particularly cruel considering that several decades of war have left many widows who are now banned from working to support their families...
Rudenstine also said he has many suitors in the foundation world--he served as executive vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for three years before accepting the Harvard presidency...
...says Tumulty. But Bush did take advantage of his challenger's sudden vulnerability to press home his claim to the Reagan Republican mantle. McCain's campaign finance reform plan would hurt the GOP, he warned. And Bush not only repeated his father's "no new taxes" pledge, but also promised a tax cut, leaving McCain to counter that saving Social Security should take priority over cutting taxes - a position familiar to anyone who's listened in on a White House media conference in recent years...