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A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed. Photo:Paballo Thekiso/AFP

Honey bees swarm on a hive in Al Taryyaq farm in Jordan Valley ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Honey bees swarm on a hive in Al Taryyaq farm in Jordan Valley February 8, 2010. Jordan has introduced a modern laboratory to help protect the bee population from infectious diseases after an outbreak in 2008 decimated nearly half of the region's bee hives, Jordan's Bee Research Unit Director Nizar Haddad said. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)

South african President Jacob Zuma speaks on the second day ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - South african President Jacob Zuma speaks on the second day of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. South Africa's ruling party dismissed a storm over Zuma's lovechild, as political opponents told him to stop behaving like a 'gigolo' and get sex addiction therapy. Photo:Pierre Verdy/AFP

France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) and Michel Kazatchkine, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS leave the Presidential palace in Cotonou after a meeting with Benin President Thomas Yayi Boni on January 26, 2010. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Benin for a two-day visit with the Global Fund to fight AIDS. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (BENIN - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Benin President Thomas Yayi Boni (R) stands with France's First ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Benin President Thomas Yayi Boni (R) stands with France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS (C) on January 26, 2010 at the Presidential palace in Cotonou. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Benin for a two-day visit with the Global Fund to fight AIDS. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (BENIN - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT)

Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni (R) walks with France's First ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni (R) walks with France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS (L) on January 26, 2010 at the Presidential palace in Cotonou. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Benin for a two-day visit with the Global Fund to fight AIDS. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (BENIN - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)

Patients wait to receive medecine and a check up at an AIDS ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - Patients wait to receive medecine and a check up at an AIDS clinic in Port-au-Prince on January 25. Supplied with medications by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, the US President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), and the Merieux Institute, the clinic has never suffered an interruption in its stocks of antiretroviral drugs. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

A nurse receives patients as they wait to receive medecine and ...

(AFP) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse receives patients as they wait to receive medecine and a check up at an AIDS clinic in Port-au-Prince on January 25. After the earthquake, the center broadcast reminders by radio to AIDS patients that their treatments were waiting for them in the capital or in the provinces, and it organized car pools to bring them from their neighborhoods. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

A man walks past banners bearing a message calling upon people ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man walks past banners bearing a message calling upon people to help halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in Beijing in December 2009. At least 80 hospital patients in central China were infected with HIV through contaminated blood, according to a state media report that highlighted the continuing impact of a 1990s blood-selling scandal. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not reduce ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not reduce the risk of transmission of HIV-AIDS, according to a medical study published Wednesday after a five-year trial. Photo:/AFP

Employees at the Maple Leaf Foods hog processing plant in Brandon, ...

(CBC) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:09:26 GMT

(CBC) - Employees at the Maple Leaf Foods hog processing plant in Brandon, Man., have approved a new contract that holds the company accountable for helping foreign workers gain citizenship.

The Christmas tree under Washington Square Park's Arch adorned ...

(AFP) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Christmas tree under Washington Square Park's Arch adorned with a red ribbon as part of the commemoration of World Aids Day on December 1 in New York City. Human rights groups have praised the official lifting of a decades-old ban that prevented people with HIV/AIDS from traveling to the United States. Photo:Jemal Countess/AFP

The White House displays a large red ribbon on the eve of World ...

(AFP) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - The White House displays a large red ribbon on the eve of World AIDS day in December last year. Human rights groups have praised the official lifting of a decades-old ban that prevented people with HIV/AIDS from traveling to the United States. Photo:Alex Ogle/AFP

A Timorese man is seen standing next to brochures about HIV/AIDS ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Timorese man is seen standing next to brochures about HIV/AIDS at a clinic in Dili. The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors say. Photo:Mario Jonny Dos Santos/AFP

Dr. Daniel Murphy shows medicines for HIV/AIDS patients at a ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Dr. Daniel Murphy shows medicines for HIV/AIDS patients at a clinic in Dili. The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors say. Photo:Mario Jonny Dos Santos/AFP

A visitor is seen looking at a brochure about HIV/AIDS at a ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - A visitor is seen looking at a brochure about HIV/AIDS at a clinic in Dili. The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors say. Photo:Mario Jonny Dos Santos/AFP

In this photo distributed by the press office of Tierra del ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo distributed by the press office of Tierra del Fuego government, Alex Freyre, right, receives a wedding ring from his partner Jose Maria Di Bello, both HIV positive, during their marriage at the civil registry in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. The couple's union is the first gay marriage in Latin America. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Government of Tierra del Fuego)

Custom made hearing aids by Starkey Laboratories are shown at ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:04:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Custom made hearing aids by Starkey Laboratories are shown at the Physician's Clinic of Iowa in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 2, 2007. Instead of the bulky, beige analog hearing aids one's grandparents wore, tiny technology has bred a sleeker, smarter and more inconspicuous generation of hearing aids. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Gazette, Cliff Jette)

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addresses orphans ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addresses orphans and AIDS patients at Mathew Rusike Children's Home in the suburb of Epworth, in the capital Harare, December 17, 2009. Tsvangirai visited three different homes that cater for vunerables children and HIV/AIDS orphans. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)

South Africa's Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang listens ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - South Africa's Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang listens to speakers during a World Aids Day commemoration in Cape Town in this December 1, 2004 file photo. South Africa's former health minister Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, died December 16, 2009 of liver disease, according to media reports. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY)

The former head of AIDS PEI has been sentenced to one year of ...

(CBC) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:22:58 GMT

(CBC) - The former head of AIDS PEI has been sentenced to one year of house arrest and 240 hours of community service for stealing more than $80,000 from the organization.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seen visiting a booth of ...

(AFP) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seen visiting a booth of the UNITAID, an international drug purchase facility, during a meeting of UN Economic and Social Council, in July, at UN Offices in Geneva. UNITAID has decided to create a 'patent pool' to help facilitate the production of generic AIDS medications for low- and middle-income countries. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Queen Noor AL Hussein of Jordan, widow of late King Hussein, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Queen Noor AL Hussein of Jordan, widow of late King Hussein, arrives to attend the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT ROYALS)

U.S. actress Mandy Moore sings at Cinema Against Aids during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actress Mandy Moore sings at Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

Bahraini actress Haifa Hussain arrives for the Auction for Cinema ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Bahraini actress Haifa Hussain arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids on the sidelines of the Dubai International Film Festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

Queen Noor AL Hussein of Jordan, widow of late King Hussein, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Queen Noor AL Hussein of Jordan, widow of late King Hussein, and Dubai International Film Festival chairman Abdulhamid Juma arrives to attend the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT FASHION)

U.S. actor Matt Dillon (R) and amFAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actor Matt Dillon (R) and amFAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost arrive for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

Comedian Samir Ghanem of Egypt arrives to attend the Auction ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Comedian Samir Ghanem of Egypt arrives to attend the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

Egyptian actress Athar El-Hakim arrives for the Auction for ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Egyptian actress Athar El-Hakim arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids on the sidelines of the Dubai International Film Festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actress Mandy Moore arrives to attend the Auction for Cinema ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actress Mandy Moore arrives to attend the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actor Matt Dillon arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actor Matt Dillon arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actress Mandy Moore arrive for the Auction for Cinema Against ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actress Mandy Moore arrive for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actress Christina Ricci arrive for the Auction for Cinema ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actress Christina Ricci arrive for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actresses Christina Ricci (L) and Mandy Moore arrive for ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actresses Christina Ricci (L) and Mandy Moore arrive for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids during the Dubai International Film festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

U.S. actor Matt Dillon arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. actor Matt Dillon arrives for the Auction for Cinema Against Aids on the sidelines of the Dubai International Film Festival in Dubai December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ENTERTAINMENT)

Stephen Lewis looks on during a press conference following the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Stephen Lewis looks on during a press conference following the closing ceremonies of the 16th World Aids Conference in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Harris)

Pretty girls and handsome boys were at their best as they gathered ...

(Metro) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

(Metro) - Pretty girls and handsome boys were at their best as they gathered for Bloor Street Entertains after-dinner party mixer at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about AIDS initiatives ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about AIDS initiatives of the Obama administration during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, November 30, 2009, on the eve of International AIDS day. REUTERS/Jason Reed

A red ribbon standing structure is seen near a statue called ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A red ribbon standing structure is seen near a statue called El Salvador del Mundo (The Saviour of the World) during an event to mark World AIDS Day in San Salvador December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Oscar Rivera (EL SALVADOR ANNIVERSARY HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)

People carry torches during a march to mark World AIDS Day in ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People carry torches during a march to mark World AIDS Day in San Salvador December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Oscar Rivera (EL SALVADOR ANNIVERSARY HEALTH)

Youths carry torches during a march to mark World AIDS Day in ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Youths carry torches during a march to mark World AIDS Day in San Salvador December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Oscar Rivera (EL SALVADOR ANNIVERSARY HEALTH)

Cadets of the National Academy of Public Security carry torches ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cadets of the National Academy of Public Security carry torches during a march to mark World AIDS Day in San Salvador December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Oscar Rivera (EL SALVADOR ANNIVERSARY HEALTH)

Brad Gammell, chapter program manager of the Names Project Foundation, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:13:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Brad Gammell, chapter program manager of the Names Project Foundation, walks among panels of the AIDS memorial quilt on the lawn of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Danny Johnston)

Volunteers bearing HIV/AIDS awareness symbols take part in an ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Volunteers bearing HIV/AIDS awareness symbols take part in an AIDS awareness event on the World AIDS Day held at the Beijing's south railway station. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andy Wong)

Angela MacKinnon apologized during a sentencing hearing Tuesday ...

(CBC) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:27 GMT

(CBC) - Angela MacKinnon apologized during a sentencing hearing Tuesday for stealing from and defrauding AIDS PEI while she was working for the charity.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is seen lit up in red atop ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The statue of Christ the Redeemer is seen lit up in red atop the Corcovado mountain during a World AIDS Day event in Rio de Janeiro December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL HEALTH SOCIETY RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is lit up in red atop the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The statue of Christ the Redeemer is lit up in red atop the Corcovado mountain for a World AIDS Day event in Rio de Janeiro December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL HEALTH SOCIETY RELIGION)

An HIV testing kit that delivers results in minutes will soon ...

(CBC) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:48:33 GMT

(CBC) - An HIV testing kit that delivers results in minutes will soon be available in six health regions in Saskatchewan, the provincial health ministry announced Tuesday.

A woman jokingly covers a man's face as he poses for a picture ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman jokingly covers a man's face as he poses for a picture while wearing a red ribbon to commemorate World AIDS Day in central Malaga, southern Spain December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN HEALTH SOCIETY)

A woman places a candle over a red ribbon to commemorate World ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman places a candle over a red ribbon to commemorate World AIDS Day in central Malaga, southern Spain December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN HEALTH SOCIETY)