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8,000 HIV patients at risk as medicine runs out

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a UN AIDS envoy has warned.

Security Council stuck on tribunal question

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Members of the UN Security Council have yet to reach an agreement on whether an international tribunal should be established to try those allegedly responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand's ambassador to the UN, told reporters on Monday.

VAT rises hurt as bailout terms become a reality

[2015-07-22 07:55]

To tourists wandering the narrow streets of central Athens, 20 cents on the price of souvlaki - a Greek favorite of grilled meat on a skewer - may not seem much.

Obama endorses Nigerian agenda

[2015-07-22 07:55]

United States President Barack Obama has offered strong support for Nigeria's new President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had a clear agenda for defeating the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and was working to root out corruption.

39 dead as cholera outbreak spreads

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Cholera in war-torn South Sudan has spread to another state, with at least 39 dead since an outbreak was declared last month, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

EU seeks unity for Middle East peace push

[2015-07-22 07:55]

The European Union wants to form a broader, UN-backed coalition to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, inspired by Europe's role in the recent nuclear deal with Iran.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-07-22 07:55]

A little more than half of Israeli Jews favor the reconstruction of a block of settlements in the Gaza Strip, a decade after Israel withdrew from the Palestinian territory, a poll published on Monday showed.

Cosby deposition details sex, deceit

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Under oath and away from the TV cameras and the soapbox where he did his public moralizing, Bill Cosby sketched a very different image of America's Dad.

Actor who played casino boss in The Godfather dies

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Alex Rocco, the Emmy-winning character actor best known for taking a bullet through the eye as Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in The Godfather, has died. He was 79.

'Military option' still possible

[2015-07-21 07:53]

The Iran nuclear deal does not mean military action is off the table when it comes to stopping Teheran from obtaining an atomic bomb, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Sunday ahead of a visit to Israel.

Normal routine returns to hospital affected by MERS

[2015-07-21 07:53]

The hospital at the epicenter of South Korea's deadly MERS outbreak started to return to normal on Monday, as officials moved closer to declaring a formal end to a crisis that triggered widespread panic and choked the local economy.

Most people support curbs on junk food marketing to children

[2015-07-21 07:53]

Most New Zealanders would back government actions to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food to children, a survey found.

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