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While the entire continent continues to reel from the disease, eastern and southern Africa have been hit with particularly staggering numbers of AIDS cases. More than 10 million children have been orphaned by the disease, and experts predict the numbers will continue to climb unless extraordinary measures are taken.
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...
Buffeted by the initial support of Vice President Gore, several drug makers recently looked poised to withhold information that would enable countries too poor to pay for the drugs to manufacture their own medicines and pay a licensing fee to the drug companies. Gore, caught off guard by the fury...
Fortunately the hostage crisis sparked by the hijacking of an Indian Air flight at the end of December ended with a negotiated settlement and the loss of only one life. Despite the broader policy and philosophical problems raised by negotiating with terrorists, cool heads and calm negotiation saved many lives...
The negotiations were made easier according to some reports by the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic regime which controls much of Afghanistan. They made it clear to the hijackers that they would not tolerate violence against the captured passengers, and provided food and medical assistance to those on the plane as...