Thursday, July 31, 2008

Aids receding

If fewer are affected that should be great news let the young beware.

AIDS deaths down 10% in 2007



New infections in children also declined, a U.N. report says. Greater access to treatment is cited.


By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 30, 2008


The number of AIDS deaths worldwide dropped 10% in 2007 because of increasing access to treatment, as did the number of new infections in children, the United Nations reported Tuesday.

Condom use and prevention efforts increased in many countries and adolescent sexual intercourse declined in some of the most heavily affected regions, the report says.


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at last fuel from outer space

Hope we can have a pipe line and ladder.

NASA says at least one lake-like feature on Saturn moon Titan is liquid hydrocarbon



By Associated Press
3:34 AM PDT, July 31, 2008


PASADENA, Calif. (AP) _ At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn's moon Titan studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday.

Scientists positively identified the presence of ethane, according to a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, which manages the Cassini mission exploring Saturn, its rings and moons

Black hole

Request against Deport

Law may be a written thing. But there are certain intuitions which can make exceptions.

Countdown to Crawford: Tracking the final days of the Bush administration


Laura_bush1 When First Lady Laura Bush returns from her trip accompanying President Bush to Japan this week, her in-box may well include a letter from 9-year-old Chigozie Okorie, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who wants her to help "save my dad."

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Gun spree

This seems to be one of gang killings.

 clipped from www.sfgate.com

Man shot and killed in East Oakland



Thursday, July 31, 2008


A man died after being shot numerous times early today in East Oakland, police said.


The shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. near Canon Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. The man was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he was pronounced dead. The victim's name was not immediately released.


No arrests have been reported in the slaying.


E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.
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