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  1. FastWeb Financial Aid Searcher
      Searches for scholarships from a database of over 400,00 scholarships, according to the site.

  2. Essay - Israelis Keep Palestinians from Essential Medical Aid (BBC News - Westcott)
      Reports complaints by humanitarian and medical workers that Israeli soldiers have prevented Palestinians from gaining life-saving medical attention. According to international law (the Geneva Conventions), such actions by soldiers are war crimes. 4-02

  3. -02-23-03 Vaccine for AIDS Works (USA Today News - Sternberg)
      "Nearly two decades after the discovery of the AIDS virus, researchers Monday report for the first time that an AIDS vaccine can prevent infection but with sharply different success rates depending on race."

      "The first full-scale human trial of the vaccine, AIDSVAX, indicates that although the vaccine failed to protect whites and Hispanics, it appears to be effective in Asians and blacks. Blacks account for half of all new infections in the USA, federal statistics show."

      "Although the vaccine failed to provide protection overall, it was 78.3% effective in blacks and 68% effective in Asians." 2-03

  4. Half of Clinton Aides Now Lobbyists (ABC News)
      "A study being released Monday by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, ranked the top 100 officials serving when President Clinton left office two years ago and found 51 now lobby the government or work for companies that do." 3-03

  5. 07-09-03 African Aid from U.S. in Question (BBC News)
      "Aid experts say that it may be difficult for many African countries to meet the strict conditions that the US has set for receiving funds from the new Millennium Challenge Account, which requires nations to adhere to strict standards of openness and democracy."

      "There are also significant problems of health care delivery in relation to HIV/Aids, with many African nations lacking the basic public health infrastructure to deliver improved care."

      "Meanwhile, experts are concerned about the lack of progress in negotiations over trade in agricultural products, which could offer more real benefits to African economies than any aid programme." 7-03

  6. 09-17-03 Bush and Bono Clash on AIDS Expenditures (CBS News)
      "Mr. Bush signed the Global AIDS Act in May that authorized $3 billion to fund global AIDS programs for 2004, but Congress has allocated only $2 billion. Both the president and members of Congress say developing countries wouldn't be able to make use of the extra money."

      "Bono said he's very angry but he's trying to calm down and get the president to open "America's wallet." 9-03

  7. AIDS - Map of the Prevalence of AIDS (BBC News)
      Shows where in the world the epidemic is strongest. 12-03

  8. AIDS - Map of the Speed of Spread of AIDS (BBC News)
      Shows where in the world the epidemic is growing the fastest. 12-03

  9. AIDS - Projections for 2010 - Best Case Scenario (BBC News)
      This study "predicted 45 million new infections in poor and middle income countries by 2010 if no improvements were made. But it said that 29 million of those infections could be averted if a set of prevention and care measures from successful projects around the world was implemented immediately". 12-03

  10. 03-04-04 Bush Aid Defends Use of September 11 Images (Bloomberg.com)
      "President George W. Bush's spokesman defended the use of images from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in political advertising after some relatives of victims said the campaign is exploiting the tragedy."

      "The ads to promote Bush' re-election, which include video clip of firefighters carrying a flag-draped stretcher through the rubble of the World Trade Center, reinforce the shared grief of the nation, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said."

      "The International Association of Firefighters, which is backing Kerry, also criticized the ads, releasing a statement that called use of the images 'disgraceful.' " 3-04

  11. 03-18-04 AP: Bin Laden Top Aide Surrounded (Bloomberg.com)
      "Pakistani soldiers believe they have surrounded Osama bin Laden's top aide, Egyptian Ayman al- Zawahiri, near the Afghan border, the Associated Press reported from Islamabad." 3-04

  12. Hillary Rodham Clinton Aide Found Innocent (International Herald Tribune)
      "A federal jury on Friday acquitted Hillary Rodham Clinton's former chief fund-raiser of charges that he underreported the costs of a glittery fund-raising event in 2000 to the Federal Election Commission." 5-05

  13. Bush Lowers Ethical Standards to Keep Top Aide (Bloomberg.com)
      "President George W. Bush raised the threshold for ousting his top aide, Karl Rove, if he revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent."

      "Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is investigating based on a 1982 law that prohibits revealing the name of a covert operative knowingly and with the awareness that the government is trying to conceal the agent's identity."

      "According to an ABC News poll released yesterday, 75 percent of the 1,008 respondents questioned July 13-17 said Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information. In addition, only 25 percent of respondents said they believe the White House is fully cooperating in the investigation, down from 47 percent in September 2003, when the inquiry began." 7-05

  14. White, Ryan - Hero for Those With AIDS (MyHero.com)
      "Ryan White is important to me because even when sick he went out and told many kids about AIDS and spoke out the truth about it. Ryan White has made a difference in my life because he helpes teach me the importance of going out and telling the truth to everyone, even people you don’t know." 7-05

  15. 09-01-05 Bush to Ask Congress for 10.5 Billion in Aid (Bloomberg.com)
      "U.S. President George W. Bush will ask Congress to approve $10.5 billion in emergency spending to help pay for cleanup costs associated with Hurricane Katrina, Republicans familiar with the plan said."

      "Bush may send his proposal to Congress as early as Friday as lawmakers cut short their recess and return to Washington, the officials said." 9-05

  16. -09-07-05 Bush Requests $50 Billion in Aid (CBS News)
      "President Bush is asking Congress for as much as $50 billion in immediate aid for the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, and the White House indicated Wednesday more money eventually would be needed."

      "New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton is calling for FEMA's removal from the Department of Homeland Security."

      "On whether Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Mike Brown should be fired, 'I would never have appointed such a person,' Clinton told CBS News' The Early Showco-anchor Hannah Storm (video). 'You would appoint somebody that is experienced.' " 9-05

  17. -09-15-05 Bush to Present a Hurricane Aid Package (MSNBC News)
      "Faced with the unprecedented destruction of a major U.S. city and communities across the Gulf Coast, President Bush — with damaged New Orleans as his backdrop — is offering a package of new federal aid to help uprooted hurricane victims." 9-05

  18. -09-30-05 Journalist Identifies Cheney Aide as Source (Guardian Unlimited)
      "An investigation into a White House intelligence leak was nearing its conclusion yesterday after a New York Times reporter, jailed in July for refusing to testify, identified Vice-President Dick Cheney's leading aide as her main source." 9-05

  19. -10-10-05 U.N. to Mobilize Aid (Bloomberg.com)
      "The United Nations will today announce a flash appeal for aid for north Pakistan, where survivors of the area's biggest earthquake in a century spent a third night outside without food and blankets." 10-05

  20. -10-11-05 Global Aid for Guatemala (MSNBC News)
      "Authorities abandoned efforts Tuesday to recover bodies from a deadly landslide and turned to international agencies to help feed, clothe and treat the tens of thousands of residents who lost everything in a week of deadly rains and floods."

      "The government Monday night issued an urgent call to the United Nations, seeking $21.5 million in aid because its own emergency response funds would not be enough to cope with the crisis."

      "Several countries already have offered to provide assistance to Guatemala, including flood-stricken Mexico. Sweden has donated $5 million, and Spain, France and Taiwan have sent aid shipments."

      "The United States has delivered 5,000 hygiene kits, 5,000 blankets, 15,000 gallons of drinking water and 11,000 gallons of fuel to victims in Guatemala, officials said. U.S. helicopters shuttled food and water to isolated villages and a medical unit from the Arkansas National Guard also was preparing to go to the region." 10-05

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