Vaginal gel 'slashes HIV risks'

Vaginal gel 'slashes HIV risks'


Vaginal gel 'slashes HIV risks'

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT

A vaginal gel significantly cuts the rate of women contracting HIV from infected men in a South African experiment, researchers say.


State Can Try to Detain Man Who Infected Women

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:29 PM PDT

New York State can try to keep a sex offender who infected at least 13 women with the AIDS virus locked up beyond his 12-year prison sentence, a judge ruled.


Gay-lesbian group overcomes opposition at U.N.

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday accredited a major gay and lesbian organization that Egypt, Russia and others had tried to keep out as a group permitted to lobby at the world body.


Studies Offer 2 Paths to Cut H.I.V. Rate for African Women

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:53 AM PDT

Two new studies found different ways to sharply cut H.I.V. infections among women: a vaginal gel and a system of cash payments.


List of Interns Offers Glimpse of Bloomberg’s Orbit

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Dozens of young people with connections to the mayor have been awarded internships at City Hall.


Senators request meeting with British PM over Lockerbie case

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Four U.S. senators have requested a formal meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron during his visit to the United States this week to discuss the 2009 release of a man convicted of playing a role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.


Sadr urges Iraqi political progress

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Shia leader meets Allawi in Syria for talks on negotiating formation of new government.


Cuts biting

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Five regions hit hard as school rebuilding schemes are axed


100,000 euro offer for octopus

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:55 AM PDT

A Russian bookmaking company is offering to pay 100,000 euros for Paul, the prognosticating octopus who correctly predicted Spain's win in the World Cup.


Camera catches reclusive loris

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Wildlife researchers in Sri Lanka have photographed one of the world's most reclusive primates for the first time.


Moat victim 'a hero' says brother

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:56 AM PDT

The brother of a police officer apparently shot by Raoul Moat says he is "a hero" and believes he will return to work.


Sadr Emerges to Call for New Government for Iraq

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Moktada al-Sadr made his first direct public foray into the impasse, meeting with the prime minister's rival.


Cameron refuses Lockerbie meeting

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:54 AM PDT

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will not meet four US senators to discuss allegations BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber.


Cards bickering 'ended in murder'

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:35 AM PDT

A man murdered his wife amid constant bickering about her playing abilities at their bridge club, a jury hears.


Legal first life sentence quashed

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT

The only person sentenced by a Dublin court for a criminal murder in Northern Ireland has his conviction quashed.


Tackling Everest's 'death zone' dump

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:40 AM PDT

A team of 20 Nepalese climbers has braved the heights of Everest's 'death zone' to remove rubbish left by explorers.


A Look at The Washington Post's 'Top Secret America'

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Bloggers and the intelligence community have been quick to react The Washington Post's investigative series, "Top Secret America." Here are a few highlights.


Rains Test Three Gorges Dam

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:52 AM PDT

China's Three Gorges Dam is facing what could be its toughest challenge, as record-breaking storms raise water levels and doubts about the dam's ability to control floods on the Yangtze River.


Oosthuizen eyes more major wins

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Louis Oosthuizen targets further major wins after winning the Open by seven shots at St Andrews.


UNICEF: HIV epidemic among street kids

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Growing numbers of children across Eastern Europe and Central Asia are at risk of dying from AIDS, with widespread drug use and the sex trade contributing to an "underground HIV epidemic," UNICEF warned on Monday.


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