 All Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 should be routinely tested for HIV to help catch infections earlier and stop the spread of the deadly virus, federal health recommendations announced Thursday say. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said HIV testing should become about as common as a cholesterol check. Nearly half of new HIV infections are discovered when doctors are trying to diagnose a sick patient who has come for care, CDC officials said. "We know that many HIV infected people seek health care and they don't get tested. And many people are not diagnosed until late in the course of their illness, when they're already sick with HIV-related conditions," said Dr. Timothy Mastro, acting director of the CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention. "By identifying people earlier through a screening program, we'll allow them to access life-extending therapy, and also through prevention services, learn how to avoid transmitting HIV infection to others," he said...
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 Taliban Hot Topic For Washington Talks Leaders Of Pakistan, Afghanistan To Meet Bush As Militant Attacks Continue |
The Pakistani government has stepped up security for government officials in a remote border region with Afghanistan — suspected to be home to renegade Islamic militants — after the killing of one official and two of his friends on Wednesday. The incident underlined lawless conditions in Pakistan’s southern Waziristan region, where President General Pervez Musharraf sent military troops two years ago to fight suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants who crossed over from Afghanistan, fleeing U.S. and Afghan troops. The ongoing tension in Waziristan may be a subject under discussion Friday when President Bush meets Musharraf at the White House for a bilateral meeting. Mr. Bush is scheduled to meet with Afghan president Hamid Karzai next Tuesday. All three leaders are to meet in Washington the following day. ...
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| Israeli PM hits back at critics |
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, under pressure for his performance in the Lebanon conflict, has dismissed his critics as bitter and inexperienced. He was speaking in a series of Israeli newspaper interviews at the beginning of the Jewish New Year holiday season. But a poll in Haaretz newspaper has suggested his approval rating is down to a new low of 22%. Mr Olmert faces public anger over his failure to crush Hezbollah militia fighters during the five-week conflict. On Wednesday night, veterans and parents of troops killed in the conflict heckled Mr Olmert and scuffled with supporters of his Kadima party during a Jewish New Year address in Tel Aviv. ...
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| Australia unease at Perth ruling |
An Australian court ruling that granted Aborigines the native title of Perth is of "considerable concern", Prime Minister John Howard has said. The federal court judgement is the first time a metropolitan area has been ruled to belong to indigenous people. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock warned that the ruling could have "significant implications" for Perth's citizens. But indigenous leaders dismissed any suggestions they could take over people's homes. In Tuesday's court ruling, the judge found that the Noongar people had proved their claim to more than 6,000 sq km (2,300 miles) of land in Western Australia, which includes the state capital, Perth. Judge Murray Wilcox said his decision was "neither the pot of gold for the indigenous claimants nor the disaster for the remainder of the community that is sometimes painted". ...
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| Japanese teachers win rare victory against wave of patriotism |
A court ruled Thursday that an order forcing Tokyo teachers to stand before Japan's flag and sing an anthem to the emperor violated the constitution, a rare victory for the country's waning pacifist movement, plaintiffs' lawyers said.The decision bolstered opponents of Japan's growing emphasis on patriotism.The "Hinomaru" flag — a red disc on a white field — and the "Kimigayo" hymn to the emperor were made Japan's official symbols in 1999.Supporters of the symbols say Japanese children should be taught national pride, but opponents argue the flag and anthem are remnants of Japan's militarist period in the early 20th century and should be replaced with newer symbols....
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| In British Court-Martial, Jury Told That Abuse of Iraqis Was Preceded by Officer's Death |
The mistreatment of Iraqis in custody was likely fueled by the death of a British army officer who was blown up by a bomb, according to testimony Thursday in the court-martial of seven soldiers charged with abusing detainees. The death of Capt. Dai Jones, who was killed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, and the fact that the abused men were suspected of involvement in a second attack on members of the Royal Military Police, engendered feelings of hostility toward the detainees, prosecutor Julian Bevan told a military jury. The camp's senior soldiers should have taken the tense atmosphere into consideration, Bevan said. "When one considers these particular Iraqis were suspected of being involved in the killing of the Royal Military Police, the risk of ill-treatment by soldiers was hugely increased," Bevan said. "It was even more so after the recent murder of Capt. Dai Jones." ...
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