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Ageing with HIV: The hidden side of world's AIDS crisis
Vienna (AFP) July 22, 2010
The world will face a mighty social and medical challenge as millions of people with HIV survive into old age, the world AIDS forum has heard.
The problem is only now becoming apparent as the first generation living with the human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) head towards their 60th birthday and beyond, thanks to the lifeline of antiretroviral drugs, say specialists.
These survivors a ... more
One dead, dozens injured in southern Iran quake: reports
Tehran (AFP) July 21, 2010
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook southern Iran early Wednesday, killing one person, injuring dozens and damaging houses in four villages near the town of Lamerd, media reports said.
State television's website reported that "an 80-year-old woman, who was injured in the earthquake, died of internal bleeding after she was taken to hospital in Lamerd."
The tremor just after midnight was foll ... more
Hong Kong prepares for life after the tycoons
Hong Kong (AFP) July 21, 2010
Hong Kong's billionaire tycoons enjoy a status close to royalty in Asia's wealth-obsessed financial hub.
The city's richest man Li Ka-shing has the fame of a movie star, while the court case involving the will of eccentric pig-tailed billionaire Nina Wang last year enthralled Hong Kong with its brew of sex, money and power.
But Wang's death in 2007 and the hospitalisation last year of ca ... more
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Hospitals urge antiobiotic-free meat
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New landslides in China leave 38 missing
