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    <pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:31:56 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Prominent AIDS Activist Arrested in Senegal</title>
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Nine men in Senegal, including the head of an AIDS service organization, were sentenced to eight years in prison on January 7 for criminal conspiracy and engaging in homosexual acts, The Associated Press (AP) reports.


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      <pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>New Bill May End Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange Programs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Congressman José E. Serrano (DN.Y.) opened the 111th Congress on January 6 with a bill that would lift the ban on federally funded syringe exchange programs, according to the Harm Reduction Coalition. He is joined by 27 co-sponsors.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Florida HIV Clinic Owner Admits to Health Care Fraud</title>
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Orlando Pascual Jr., the owner and operator of Medcore Group LLC and M&amp;P Group of South Florida, pleaded guilty January 7 to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $5.3 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, <span style="font-style: italic;">South Florida Business Journal</span> reports.


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      <pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Possible HIV Link to Papua New Guinean Burnt to Death</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A young girl in Papua New Guinea was burnt to death in what officials believe may be the latest sorcery killing in the country&#8217;s lawless jungle highlands, a common punishment for women accused of sorcery, adultery or spreading HIV/AIDS, Times Online reports. The reason for her murder remains unknown.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Cambodia Bolsters Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A young girl in Papua New Guinea was burnt to death in what officials believe may be the latest sorcery killing in the country&#8217;s lawless jungle highlands, a common punishment for women accused of sorcery, adultery or spreading HIV/AIDS, Times Online reports. The reason for her murder remains unknown.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>California Groups Hope to Unite Local Neuropathy Community</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With 2 million California residents living with neuropathy&#8212;a nerve condition common in HIV-positive people&#8212;various chapters of the state&#8217;s Neuropathy Association hope to raise awareness about the disorder, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Mercury News</span> reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Binge Drinking Raises HIV Risk in New York</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New Yorkers who consume five or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion at least once a month are more likely than moderate drinkers to contract HIV or other sexually transmitted infections, <span style="font-style: italic;">Crain&#8217;s New York Business</span> reports.

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      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Low-Income HIV-Positive Indians Benefit From State Pension Plan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new government ruling in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will allocate a monthly pension of 200 rupees (about $4.08) to its low-income HV-positive residents to help pay for antiretroviral therapy, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Times of India</span> reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>HIV-Positive Pastor Charged With Sexual Abuse of Minor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A central Kentucky-based pastor has admitted to having unprotected sex with a 15-year-old and not disclosing his HIV-positive status to the minor, MSNBC reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Tommy Morrison&amp;#8217;s In-Ring Return Worries Boxing Officials</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An Australian boxing doctor has raised concern over allegedly HIV-positive U.S. boxer Tommy Morrison&#8217;s return to the sport, months ahead of the former world heavyweight champion&#8217;s proposed bout in Melbourne against Australian heavyweight champion John Hopoate, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Sydney Morning Herald </span>reports.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey: Abstinence Vows Fail to Prevent Teen Sex</title>
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Teenagers who promise to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not and are less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they have sex, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Washington Post</span> reports.&nbsp;


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      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>S. Africa&amp;#8217;s President Appoints Positive Judge to Highest Court</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s first senior official to reveal his HIV-positive status was appointed to the country&#8217;s Constitutional Court, Pink News reports.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Connecticut Hospitals Offer Free HIV Testing in ERs</title>
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Emergency departments in three Connecticut hospitals&#8212;Yale-New Haven Hospital, Waterbury Hospital and Lawrence &amp; Memorial Hospital in New London&#8212;are participating in a national pilot program that offers free HIV testing, <span style="font-style: italic;">The New York Times </span>reports. <br><br>



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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Cell Phone Soap Opera Helps Fight HIV</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A New Jersey safe-sex campaign aims to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women through a series of 20-minute soap operas that they can watch on their cell phones, The Associated Press (AP) reports.

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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Head of U.K.&amp;#8217;s Premier HIV Charity Is Knighted</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nick Partridge, chief executive of the United Kingdom&#8217;s largest HIV/AIDS charity, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), received a knighthood on December 31 for his 20 years of service to health care, aidsmap.com reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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