Topic: Middle East

In an Arab world rife with social stigma, government inaction and often limited access to education and medical care, experts warn that an HIV epidemic is on the rise."In the Middle East and North Africa, the HIV epidemic has been on the ...

Iran releases jailed HIV doctor: family source

Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his US-based brother said Monday."He got released today," Kamiar Alaei told AFP in an email. "He ...

HIV 'epidemic emerging in N. Africa, MidEast'

The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday."This systematic review and data synthesis indicate that HIV epidemics appear to be emerging among MSM ...

HIV 'epidemic emerging in Middle East'

The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday."This systematic review and data synthesis indicate that HIV epidemics appear to be emerging among MSM ...

Bill Roedy reflects on military and MTV in new book

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the former head of MTV Networks International, Bill Roedy drew on his military career to build a youth entertainment business across 165 countries with an audience of millions -- and he had fun along the way.He says ...

Stigma hampers Afghan fight against AIDS

KABUL (Reuters) - Through a blue gate, they come for treatment in the early morning, faces wrapped in scarves against the cold. For now it's a trickle, but their numbers are rising."I try to keep it secret, especially from my mother," said ...
In my lifetime, the shot that was heard around the world was the one that Mark David Chapman let off. One can only hope that John Lennon only knew for a brief second he was going to die, maybe a brief moment ...

Reflections: The Iraq infection

A doctor at this clinic had worked in a V.A. hospital, had the infection in HIS blood, and it was contagious. The Iraq Infection has been kept very quiet by our government. These men and women of our Country, came home with ...

Abomination Part One

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol -- abominable (custom, thing), abomination??Homosexuality is an abomination unto the Lord, this statement is the first thing a Christian will say to a person who ...
History Colored ribbons became of a symbol dating to the 1970s. At that time, yellow ribbons were used to show awareness for the wives of American hostages being held in Iran. Penelope Laingen was the first person to use a ribbon to ...
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