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PanAfrica: Expecting Poor Marks for Aids Prevention On the UNGASS
AllAfrica.com - African countries have failed to meet prevention targets agreed upon in 2001 at the United Nations General Assembly's Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS), according to a statement issued recently by over 80 representatives of African civil society
Chernobyl - UNICEF Says Iodine Could Have Helped To Spare Many
Medical News Today - As the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl approaches, UNICEF says that the numbers of children who developed thyroid cancer could have been significantly lower if they had been consuming iodized salt in their daily diet at the time of the accident
Sex offender fails to register
Marion Star - MARION - A stint in a sex offender rehabilitation program was ordered for a man who has been unable to maintain a residence and violated his requirement to register his address with the sheriff's office. Russell D. Scarberry, 54, appeared before
Painting a rainbow of hope
South Africa Good News - There is an old saying that goes, "Some people make things happen and some people sit back and wonder what happened." Vivienne Owen is the kind of person that makes things happen. She is never still, always rushing from one meeting to another, never
Teens to perform anti-gang play Friday
North County Times - VISTA ---- With the teen years ripe for misunderstandings between parents and adolescents, a group of 12- to 18-year-olds is trying to bridge that communication gap through drama. The teens ---- part of the Project REACH after-school programs in
Salt Could Have Fought Chernobyl Radiation
Inter Press Service - LONDON, Apr 19 (IPS) - Properly iodised salt could have protected thousands following the Chernobyl disaster 20 years ago, says a Unicef report. The failure to iodise salt made children in the region particularly vulnerable to thyroid cancer, the




