03 Dec 2009 02:14:11 GMT U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years PHOENIX, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, ...
03 Dec 2009 02:10:21 GMT More women getting HIV
KUCHING: The ratio of women to men testing positive for HIV has risen drastically. Last year, there was one woman infected with HIV to every four men.
03 Dec 2009 02:10:20 GMT A case for strong action
FIVE countries - China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea - account for 90 per cent of the estimated HIV cases in the World Health Organisation's Western Pacific region. On the face of it, in a region of 37 countries and ...
03 Dec 2009 02:10:20 GMT Floods worsen, 1,549 victims evacuated
KUALA TERENGGANU: The floods in the state have worsened again with relief centres reopened in all seven districts.
At 5pm yesterday, a total of 1,549 victims from 336 families had been evacuated to 30 relief centres, according to the ...
03 Dec 2009 01:49:01 GMT Singapore to pledge 16 pct cut in emissions * Singapore says target relies on legal global climate deal
* Aims to improve energy efficiency, public transport
* Energy intensive economy, rising population pose challenge
By Neil Chatterjee ...
03 Dec 2009 01:04:26 GMT Obama aides defend ambitious Afghan scale-up (For more coverage of Afghanistan, click on [nAFPAK])
* Gates says first extra troops to arrive in 2-3 weeks
* Republicans worried by "arbitrary" withdrawal date
* Obama, Democrats ...
03 Dec 2009 00:54:30 GMT TNN(hiv.txt)Colourful procession on HIV awareness
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Chandigarh: Around 1,100 city residents participated in ?Walk against AIDS? organized to spread awareness about the deadly virus in the urban slums of Burail and Sector 45.
03 Dec 2009 00:54:30 GMT World AIDS Day leaves HIV +ve unemployed
CHANDIGARH: On Tuesday, World AIDS Day was observed around the globe to make people aware about the life-threatening disease and to raise concern for those afflicted with it. However, for some HIV positive people in India, it was a day that ...
03 Dec 2009 00:54:29 GMT Red Ribbon League demystifies AIDS
TO mark the World AIDS Day, Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust and NACO organised "The Red Ribbon League", a TOI initiative, at Fun Republic on Tuesday.
03 Dec 2009 00:54:29 GMT TNN(01_neha5.tim)Red Ribbon Club launched
at LU to fight AIDS
Slug: World AIDS Day
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Lucknow: To mark the World AIDS Day, Lucknow University students participated in the AIDS awareness and sensitisation programmes on Tuesday.
