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Military concerned about troops' weight
Jul 3 2005 9:32PM (CT)
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) - With America at war and in need of a few good men, Jon Schoenherr expected a warm reception when he walked into an Army recruiting office in this Midwestern farm community, intending to enlist. But a sergeant gave the 17-year-old some surprising news.
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Papua New Guinea at risk for AIDS epidemic
Jul 3 2005 9:17PM (CT)
KOBE, Japan (AP) - Papua New Guinea is at risk of an African level HIV/AIDS epidemic, while other Asia-Pacific nations like Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar are also worrisome as their infection numbers continue to rise, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Sunday. The epidemic is as vast and diverse as the region itself, with sex and injected drugs its main engines.
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AP: Review finds AIDS agency 'troubled'
Jul 3 2005 8:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's AIDS research agency "is a troubled organization" and its managers have engaged in unnecessary feuding, sexually explicit language and other inappropriate conduct that hampers its global fight against the disease, an internal review found.
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Canadian cities battle over hospital
Jul 3 2005 8:00PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Amid the clowns, mini-cars and tasseled fezzes at this year's Shriners convention, a bitter turf battle is being waged over the location of an $85 million children's hospital.
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Injured veterans use athletics to recover
Jul 3 2005 2:23PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Eight months ago, Ramon Guitard lay in an Army hospital bed, his legs nearly blown off by roadside bombs in Baghdad. He thought his life was as good as over. But not long after, at the urging of his therapists, Guitard watched a doctor demonstrate wheelchair slalom and was intrigued enough to try another activity: hand cycling, a bicycle powered with the arms.
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