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HIGHLIGHTS: Obama's speech on Africa in Ghana's capital
(Reuters) - Below are highlights of U.S. President Barack Obama's address to members of Ghana's parliament on Saturday, the main speech of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president. Full Article
HIGHLIGHTS-Obama's speech on Africa in Ghana's capital
July 11 (Reuters) - Below are highlights of U.S. President Barack Obama's address to members of Ghana's parliament on Saturday, the main speech of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president.
U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONSHIP
"I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world -- as partners with America on behalf of the future that we want for all our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility
"We must start from the
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HIGHLIGHTS-Obama's speech on Africa in Ghana's capital
July 11 (Reuters) - Below are highlights of U.S. President Barack Obama's address to members of Ghana's parliament on Saturday, the main speech of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president.
U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONSHIP
"I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world -- as partners with America on behalf of the future that we want for all our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility
"We must start from the
Full Article
U.S. House Democrats eye funding for needle exchanges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday unveiled legislation to lift a ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs, a shift to try to reduce AIDS virus infections but one that likely will spark a fight. Full Article
US House Democrats eye funding for needle exchanges
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday unveiled legislation to lift a ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs, a shift to try to reduce AIDS virus infections but one that likely will spark a fight.
As part of a $160.7 billion measure to fund the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services for fiscal 2010, which starts Oct. 1, Democrats scrapped the prohibition that has been included in the ann
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Q+A: What does Obama hope to accomplish on Africa trip?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will on Friday arrive in Ghana, on the continent where his father was born, for his first trip as president to sub-Saharan Africa. Full Article
Q+A-What does Obama hope to accomplish on Africa trip?
(This is a repeat of an item that first ran on July 2)
By Ross Colvin
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will on Friday arrive in Ghana, on the continent where his father was born, for his first trip as president to sub-Saharan Africa.
WHY IS OBAMA GOING TO AFRICA?
Africa has not been high on Obama's foreign policy agenda in his first six months in office as he wrestles with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and nuclear standoffs with Iran and
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Q+A-What does Obama hope to accomplish on Africa trip?
(This is a repeat of an item that first ran on July 2)
By Ross Colvin
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will on Friday arrive in Ghana, on the continent where his father was born, for his first trip as president to sub-Saharan Africa.
WHY IS OBAMA GOING TO AFRICA?
Africa has not been high on Obama's foreign policy agenda in his first six months in office as he wrestles with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and nuclear standoffs with Iran and
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UPDATE 2-FDA OKs widened use of Merck's Isentress HIV drug
* Merck shares little changed in after-hours trade (Adds shares) Full Article
UPDATE 1-FDA OKs widened use of Merck's Isentress HIV drug
NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - Merck & Co on Thursday said U.S. regulators had widened the approved use of its Isentress HIV treatment to include patients who have not yet been treated for infections with the virus that causes AIDS. Full Article
