South Africa adopts plan to battle AIDS: sweeping program commits government to providing free antiretroviral drugs

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The South African government has announced it will provide AIDS-drug regimens to patients for free. The nation has the highest population level of HIV infection in the world, with 5.3 million of 45 million people testing positive. Health officials hope the program, if successful, will become a model for treatment.

Government expenditures, Government domestic functions, South Africa, Antiviral agents, Anti-HIV agents, Government finance, Health policy, AIDS education

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Cocaine boom in Europe fuels new laundering tactics: dirty euros enter U.S. via Latin America; the African connection

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Rising cocaine consumption in Western Europe has increased the incidence of euro laundering. Consumption in some nations has doubled or even tripled, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The euro has neared $1.50, making Europe a more lucrative place for drug cartel business.

Europe, Legal issues & crime, Capital funds & cash flow, Economic aspects, Company legal issue, Investigations, Euro (Currency), Valuation, Money laundering, Cocaine industry, Cocaine trade, Euro currency transition

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Russian drug official criticizes U.S. for Afghan heroin surge

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Viktor Cherkessov, the head of Russia's drug enforcement agency, said that the U.S. must do more to stop the flow of heroin from Afghanistan. Cherkessov said the U.S. is not using its full resources to stop heroin smuggling from Afghanistan.

United States, Russia, Illicit Drugs, Heroin, Afghanistan, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Drug traffic, Illegal drugs, Drug dealing, Cherkessov, Viktor

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