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 |  | President’s AIDS Funding Bill Passes House, Senate May 16, the Senate approved President Bush’s initiative to triple U.S. funding for international AIDS prevention and care over the next five years. The bill authorizes $15 billion over the next five years to be set aside for AIDS prevention, care and treatment. An amendment to the bill authorizes at least 10 percent of initiative funds to children who were orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, a position advocated by World Vision and other faith-based groups. Read more... | 
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 | Atrocities Mount Following Ugandan Pullout Some 50,000 residents of Bunia in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week fled violence between rival militias. Increased fighting has followed the May 7 pullout of the Ugandan army – one of seven international fighting forces involved in what has been called “Africa’s First World War.” Read more... | ||
 | Women’s Group Starts Dairy Farm While Indian women today are able to achieve an education, professional careers and political power, in small villages throughout India, women are still expected to be meek, subservient housewives. But 15 women in the Gabanikilo village in Orissa have taken the big step of starting their own dairy farm. Read more... | | |
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