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December 3, 2007

Racism, Gov't Apathy Fuel U.S. Epidemic

by Adrianne Appel, IPS News, Boston - African Americans are 13 percent of the U.S. population but are 50 percent of those diagnosed with HIV each year and 50 percent of those who die of AIDS annually, according to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control (CDC).

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Islamic Elegies for Social Justice

by Ajitha Menon, Boloji, USA - Most ancient religions have imposed restrictions on women in some way or the other. But the rural Muslim women...

Tactics Versus Strategy in Afghanistan

by Myra MacDonald, Reuters, UK - Reading the latest spate of news reports about U.S. policies in Afghanistan, one thing strikes me as troubling —...

West Papuans Demand their Freedom

by Farida Iqbal, Green Left, Australia - According to a September 14 WPNA statement, the Indonesian military has recently initiated incursions up to six kilometres...

Featuring a Woman on Turkish Currency Leads to Debate

by Ayse Karabat, Today's Zaman, Turkey - With the coming change in Turkey's currency, there will be, for the first time in Turkish history, a...

Break Arab-Israeli Deadlocks with Water Accords

by Karen Mneimne, El - Hassan Bin Talal and George Soros, Daily Star, Lebanon - The global financial crisis may be grabbing all the headlines,...