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• S. African minister issues appeal on AIDS shot
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa’s new health minister asked scientists on Monday to intensify their efforts to find an AIDS vaccine amid widespread gloom over recent research setbacks . Health Minister Barbara Hogan said government policies ...
• Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
The Faina is one of 29 ships hijacked this year off the African coast. The latest is a Philippine bulk carrier seized in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday with a crew of 21, Noel Choong of the Malaysia-based International Maritime Bureau's piracy ...
• Heroes’ hasn't learned from sophomore slump
Psychic Matt Parkman (and his African spirit guide, Usutu) and a badass time-travelling Peter Petrelli are both trying to prevent a tipping point that will cause the world to descend into a dystopian future. But neither of them has honed their powers ...
• Black employees accuse U.S. Marshals of bias
This is the way the agency treats African-American deputies all over the country," said David Grogan, a deputy U.S. marshal who is filing the lawsuit. "If you're an African American doing a good job, they're going to find some loophole or exception ...
• Many still avoiding annual mammograms
In fact, a small American Cancer Society study published in Oncology Nursing Forum in April shows that, of 116 African-American women interviewed, 77 percent of those over 40 reported having a mammogram in their lives, 29 percent in the past year ...