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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...
...effort to bring affordable drugs to the developing world. While some kind of compromise will probably be reached between the diplomats and drug companies, says Dowell, it's unclear what the terms will be. As the pharmaceutical firms know, profit can inspire robust defense - but fierce public sentiment could buoy the U.N. position, clearing the way for more accessible AIDS therapy in the countries where the need is so great...
After so much wear and tear, former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, decades ago, envisioned a new and improved Holden Chapel. With some renovations, Holden could ease the space crunch facing so many student groups and make for a beautiful and intimate performance venue...
...hour subpoena Burton filed Friday for Elian Gonzalez to testify before Congress February 10 will preclude the agency from returning the six-year-old boy to his father in Cuba by its stated deadline of January 14. And while Burton, a legislative ally of anti-Castro senator Jesse Helms, could be expected to find some way to both keep the boy in the country and make some political hay for himself, support came from less expected quarters. Saturday's example: New Hampshire senator Bob Smith, a member of the Senate committee that oversees the INS, who took time...
...That could signal a tough time for the operatives at INS as they search for ways to keep their promise to have Elian Havana-bound by Friday. They'll get little help from the White House, which is (at least for the moment) sitting this one out. And while White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart said last week that that the matter "should be considered on the facts" and "not in the political arena," that's the most likely venue where this boy's fate will be decided...