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Israeli soldier thought captured is declared dead

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza...

Toward a Cure for HIV: The Promise of the ‘Mississippi Baby’

MELBOURNE, Australia – Is the glass half empty – or half full? That was the framework for thinking about the so-called Mississippi baby case...

Activists want gay rights on Africa summit agenda

Human rights and gay rights activists on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to ensure that the issue of anti-gay discrimination in Africa is on...

HIV-positive for 20-plus years and ‘one of the lucky ones’

MELBOURNE, Australia – Steven Watiti was diagnosed with HIV in 1993. His wife was pregnant with their second child when she died of the...

A kiss, a prayer: The last hours of MH17's victims

In a bedroom in a townhouse near Amsterdam, Miguel Panduwinata reached out for his mother. "Mama, may I hug you?" Samira Calehr wrapped her arms...

Unfair distribution of resources fueled abduction of girls in Nigeria

LOS ANGELES – Three months after 276 young girls were stolen from the “safety” of the private Chibok School in Northern Nigeria by armed...

Israel violence moves production of FX's 'Tyrant'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Production of FX's series "Tyrant" recently relocated from Tel Aviv to Istanbul, showrunner Howard Gordon told a TV Critics'...

South Africa: film profiles last apartheid leader

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — He was South Africa's last White president, overshadowed by Nelson Mandela when they plotted the historic transition to a multi-racial democracy...

South Africans remember Mandela on his birthday

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans marked Nelson Mandela's birthday on Friday with charitable acts in honor of the former president, whose death in December...

Both sides in Ukraine deny shooting down plane

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country...

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