Blair sets sights on Aids fight
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The prime minister tells the BBC tackling Aids in Africa will be a priority when Britain takes the helm of the G8.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will discuss Sudan's Darfur conflict with Libyan officials and consult South African President Thabo Mbeki about Zimbabwe during a trip to Africa this week, an aide said on Tuesday.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas Â arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency Â may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
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The world&#39;s richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Two ethical controversies flared into life on World AIDS Day as the United States and South Africa backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programs to fight AIDS and British leader Tony Blair lashed at religious bans on condoms.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is traveling to Sudan and Ethiopia this week as part of his diplomatic initiative to deal with some of the most difficult problems in Africa.
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Tony Blair is being urged to use all his negotiating powers to end poor countries&#39; debt and double aid. Some 45m children will die needlessly before 2015 and aid budgets are half their 1960 levels, charity Oxfam says in a new report, Paying the Price.
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More than 100 charities, trade unions and campaign groups join forces to urge Tony Blair to fight poverty.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit the White House this week to discuss several international issues with President George W. Bush.
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The British government pledged on Thursday to put 300 million pounds aside to combat a surge in sexual diseases as health experts revealed record numbers of people in the UK living with HIV and other sexual diseases.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, surrounded by rock stars, launched a book of photographs of a major anti-AIDS concert on Thursday with a call to ordinary people to take a lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Nelson Mandela has launched a new  project to get people actively involved in fighting AIDS in  South Africa, one of the country's hardest hit by the epidemic,  his charitable foundation said on Monday.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela met Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the British leader's personal project to spearhead development activities in Africa.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki vowed Friday to step up the battle against  HIV/AIDS, saying his government's program was among the world's  best.
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An attempt to intensify the campaign against Aids will be made by the special envoy to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, meets with Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan Oct. 6. Blair began his three-day visit to Africa by pushing for an end to the ethnic conflict in Darfur.