Top 10 Renowned People Who Died From AIDS

Top 10 Renowned People Who Died From AIDS

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AIDS is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. As of 2009, it is estimated that there are 33.3 million people worldwide infected with HIV. However, the majority of people with the virus don’t know they have it. .............................

AIDS could be wiped out by 2030: UN expects

Afp, GenevaGlobal AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by over a third in a decade, raising hopes of beating the killer disease by 2030, the United Nations said yesterday...................

Stock markets rose on Wednesday as strong China growth data and potential big deals

 Stock markets  rose on 

Wednesday as strong China growth data and 

potential big deals

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 Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday as strong China growth data and potential big deals in the United States boosted investor sentiment while concerns eased over the vulnerability of Portugal's largest listed lender.

Commodity prices also found support from the Chinese data, which pointed to improving demand, while gold rebounded after a two-day drop.................

F-35 fighter ‘can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run’:

F-35 fighter ‘can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run’:

Pentagon needs budget  

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The U.S. military has grounded all its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters following an incident on June 23, when one of the high-tech warplanes caught fire on the runway of a Florida air base. The no-fly order — which affects at least 50 F-35s at training and test bases in Florida, Arizona, California and Maryland — began on the evening of July 3 and continued through July 11.

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Germany's jubilant World Cup triumph : Germany's Merkel doesn't get carried away on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

 Germany's jubilant World Cup triumph :

Germany's Merkel  doesn't get carried away 

on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

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Angela Merkel, it seems, has had her fill of parties for now.

Just four days after joining Germany's jubilant soccer players in their dressing room to revel in their World Cup triumph, the chancellor is making sure she doesn't get carried away on her 60th birthday on Thursday.

It is hard to imagine a more low-key celebration for Merkel, named by Forbes magazine as the world's most powerful woman but still known as "Mutti", or Mummy, in her homeland where her no-nonsense attitude merely enhances her soaring popularity....................