americanprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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Addressing the U.S. Epidemic December 1, 2008 On this World AIDS Day, as 33 million people worldwide live with HIV, we pause to recognize the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS crisis in our own country and to call for action commensurate with this domestic crisis. AIDS is the number one killer for black ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/1/2008
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sayanythingblog.com - 11/30/2008
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A group of experts are beginning to criticize
the AIDS movement for saying that their cause is
pulling funding and support away from more pressing causes. LONDON – As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at ...
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A Bit Of Truth For World AIDS Day Tomrrow: The AIDS ...
commentsfromleftfield.com - 12/6/2008
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A new treaty banning the production, use, stockpiling,
and transfer of cluster munitions was signed by over
100 nations during a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, that took place Wednesday and Thursday. The text of the treaty was adopted on May 30, 2008, in Dublin, Ireland. Here is how a cluster bomb ...
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Almost 100 Nations Sign New Ban on Cluster Munitions
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Bush to receive first-ever International Medal of Peace.
Think Progress —
To mark World AIDS Day, Saddelback Pastor Rick Warren is hosting a Civil Forum on Global Health at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Warren will present President Bush with the first “International Medal of PEACE” from the Global PEACE Coalition in recognition of his unprecedented contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The “International Medal of PEACE” is given for outstanding contribution toward alleviating the five global giants recognized by the Coalition, including pandemic diseases, extreme poverty, illiteracy, self-centered ...
Pastor Rick Warren to recieve first-ever medal of FAIL
Majikthise —
... Think Progress reports that George W. Bush will receive the first-ever International Medal of PEACE from mega-church pastor Rick Warren: To mark World AIDS Day, Saddelback Pastor Rick Warren is hosting a Civil Forum on Global Health at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Warren will present President Bush with the first “International Medal of PEACE”
from the Global PEACE Coalition in recognition of his unprecedented
contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The
“International Medal of PEACE” is given for outstanding ...
Leadership For World AIDS Day
Wonk Room —
... And while Bush undoubtedly deserves credit for aggressively tackling the problem of AIDS, his ideological insistence on refusing to fund contraception and forbidding family planning organizations for using their own funds to provide contraception or abortion services has hampered AIDS workers’ efforts and cost lives.
President-elect Barack Obama promises to reverse some of Bush’s restrictive funding policies, but his administration will also face daunting domestic challenges:
- Every 9.5 minutes, ...
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Bloggers Unite - "Blogging for Hope" on World Aids Day —
Queers United
On December 1st, bloggers from around the world will unite for World AIDS Day 2008. Worldwide an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV. In the United States, an estimated one million Americans are living with HIV. In response, both the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the ...
Bush's marks World AIDS Day —
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President George W. Bush with First Lady Laura Bush on World AIDS Day at the White House, Monday, December 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
by Frank James
The conventional wisdom is that President Bush doesn't have a lot of unequivocal successes to point to as part of his ...
On World AIDS Day —
Feministing
Today, December 1st is World AIDS Day . It's a day meant to highlight the worldwide epidemic of HIV/AIDS. The video above was created at the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City as part of their campaign to encourage action.
You've probably seen the Starbucks campaign for ...
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