More money, less waste and smarter programmes are urgently needed to consolidate precious gains in the war on AIDS and HIV, UNAIDS said on ahead of the disease's 30th anniversary. "The number of people becoming infected and dying is decreasing, but the international resources needed to sustain this progress have declined for the first time in 10 years, despite tremendous unmet needs," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday. "We have a long way to go to prevent new HIV infections, end discrimination and scale up treatment, care and support," he said in a foreword to the report. The 139-page document, "AIDS at 30: Nations at the Crossroads," coincides with the anniversary on June 5 of a 1981 report by US epidemiologists describing the case of five young homosexuals whose immune systems had been destroyed. That condition, later named acquired immune deficiency syndrome, has since killed nearly 30 million people, and more than 33 million others have the human immunodeficiency … [Read more...] about AIDS at 30: New funds, smarter spending needed – UNAIDS
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New threat to Iraq’s antiquities – tourism
KIRKUK, Iraq, May 12, 2009 (AFP) - When Ayad Tariq paces the dusty ruins of the ancient citadel towering over the disputed city of Kirkuk he sees a dazzling new tourist attraction just waiting to rise from the ruins. "We are going to make this a tourist citadel. So a house like this could be a museum," the city's antiquities director explained as he strode through the ruins of a 19th century mansion that belonged to a wealthy Christian family. Tariq wants visitors from around the world to see the splendours of the 4,600-year-old citadel, but the isolation imposed by Iraq's turmoil has left him working largely alone. The Kirkuk citadel rests on a massive archaeological mound that contains the remains of cities and settlements going back thousands of years, including more than 60 guard towers erected by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. Nowadays it stands guard over Iraq's most disputed city, the oil-rich epicentre of a conflict between the government in Baghdad and Iraq's … [Read more...] about New threat to Iraq’s antiquities – tourism
US Education Exhibition 2007 to attract over 100 universities and colleges
(CPV)- The US Education Exhibition 2007, the largest education exhibition in Vietnam will be held on October 9, in the Equatorial Hotel (Ho Chi Minh City) and on October 11, in the Sofitel Plaza (Hanoi), said the Institute of International Education (IIE) on September 28. The exhibition will attract the participation of 114 universities and colleges with two-year as well as four-year training courses, from 26 different states in the US. This year's exhibition will also present its largest number of US's universities and colleges, with 73 in Ho Chi Minh City and 41 in Hanoi. The exhibition, organized by the IIE, let students and their parents learn about universities in the US through traditional information sources. Together with the introduction of free consultant programs on US's graduated and post-graduated education, the exhibition will also give students the opportunity to meet with official representatives from well-known universities and colleges. Speaking at the press … [Read more...] about US Education Exhibition 2007 to attract over 100 universities and colleges
Ireland celebrates 250 years of Guinness
Ireland toasts the 250th birthday this week of Guinness, the country's unofficial national drink, as the iconic brand battles to hold its own in the global economic downturn. The company is celebrating the decision by Arthur Guinness, the son of a land steward, to sign a 9,000-year lease on a run-down brewery in Dublin's St. James' Gate in 1759. It was the birth of a drinks legend and the start of one of Ireland's biggest success stories: the consumption of the dark ale spread around the world and some 10 million pints are now downed every day in 150 countries. The birthday marketing hype will peak at 17:59 pm (1659 GMT) Thursday not just in Ireland but also in New York, Lagos and Kuala Lumpur with the toast "To Arthur!" to be followed by big name concerts and gigs. The celebrations come as Ireland is being hammered by recession and overall drink consumption is down four percent -- though Guinness says its sales held up and were "flat" last year. Social changes are leading to more … [Read more...] about Ireland celebrates 250 years of Guinness
New York City-sized ice collapses off Antarctica
A New York City-sized Antarctic ice shelf has broken into icebergs this month after the collapse of an ice bridge widely blamed on global warming, a scientist said Tuesday. "The northern ice front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf has become unstable and the first icebergs have been released," Angelika Humbert, glaciologist at the University of Muenster in Germany, said of European Space Agency satellite images of the shelf. Humbert told Reuters about 700 sq km (270.3 sq mile) of ice -- bigger than Singapore or Bahrain and almost the size of New York City -- has broken off the Wilkins this month and shattered into a mass of icebergs. She said 370 sq kms of ice had cracked up in recent days from the Shelf, the latest of about 10 shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula to retreat in a trend linked by the U.N. Climate Panel to global warming. The new icebergs added to 330 sq kms of ice that broke up earlier this month with the shattering of an ice bridge apparently pinning the Wilkins in place … [Read more...] about New York City-sized ice collapses off Antarctica