MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4 -- Fresh off a whirlwind tour of AIDS programs
across Africa, former president Bill Clinton said Monday that new U.S.
figures highlight the need for fresh attention to the disease at home,
particularly among African Americans.
Citing data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
indicating that the U.S. epidemic has been underestimated by 40
percent, Clinton pledged the resources of his charitable foundation to
refocus on domestic AIDS.
"For Americans, this should be a wake-up call," Clinton said,
addressing the International AIDS Conference here. "Even as we fight
the epidemic globally, we must focus at home. And I intend to do so
with my foundation."
Until now, the William J. Clinton Foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative
has focused overseas, primarily in Africa and the Caribbean. The
foundation is credited with helping negotiate drastically lower prices
for anti-retroviral therapies and diagnostic tests in places such as
Senegal, Tanzania, Rwanda and Haiti.
The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US
experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World
Trade Center.
The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers.
Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse.
Conspiracy theorists have argued that the third tower was brought down in a controlled demolition.
Unlike the twin towers, Tower Seven was not hit by a plane.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, based near
Washington DC, is expected to conclude in its long-awaited report this
month that ordinary fires caused the building to collapse.
That would make it the first and only steel skyscraper in the world to collapse because of fire.
COVINA, Calif. - Phony "ghetto" names were
printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members at a
suburban Los Angeles high school, leaving some angry students and
parents calling for an apology and a reprint.
"Tay
Tay Shaniqua," "Crisphy Nanos" and "Laquan White" were among the nine
names placed next to the club's photo in Charter Oak High School's
yearbook, Charter Oak Unified School District Superintendent Clint
Harwick said.
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