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Nepalese HIV-positive people and activists hold placards demanding access to adequate medical services during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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A little girl embraces a balloon as Filipino health workers and volunteers, not in the photo, mark World AIDS Day in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Citing 2008 figures, WHO (World Health Organization) said some 33.4 million are living with HIV, with 2.7 million newly infected with the virus and 2 million dying of AIDS. The Philippines has a low prevalence of HIV infection with 5,729 cases, according to the data from the Department of Health. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A couple looks at a red ribbon, symbol of the fight against AIDS, hanging from the Puerta de Alcala in Madrid to commemorate World Aids Day, Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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A person walks past in a market announcing the fight against AIDS in Pamplona northern Spain, Wednesday Dec.1, 2010 during events for World Aids Day. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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In this photo relased by China's Xinhua News Agency, some 100 "campus ambassadors of AIDS prevention" pose to form the shapes of red ribbons during an activity in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, a day ahead of the World AIDS Day. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wong Ching-teng)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's proposed plan to balance the budget includes $161 million in agency and program cuts.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A woman who contracted AIDS looks through pamphlets as she attends a press conference to highlight the plight of AIDS sufferers in Beijing on Tuesday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Chen Bingzhong, 78, formerly head of a government health research and outreach agency, is calling on the government to come clean about a 1990s blood-selling scandal that infected tens of thousands of people with the virus that causes AIDS.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as committee staff members are receiving a briefing on the Armed Services Don't Ask Don't Tell survey. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as the member's staff are receiving a briefing on the Armed Services Don't Ask Don't Tell survey. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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People enter the Senate Armed Services Committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as the committee's members staff are receiving a briefing on the Armed Services Don't Ask Don't Tell survey. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., talks about the the Armed Services "Don't Ask Don't Tell" survey, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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** FILE ** Blood vials await examination for the AIDS virus at Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel)
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British police officers contain a group of students protesters outside Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against tuition fees. British students held a third day of protests over plans to triple university tuition fees, with police urging them to avoid the violence that marked earlier demonstrations. School and university students braved snow in London for a rally in Trafalgar Square against the decision to increase university fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year as part of government deficit-cutting measures.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters block traffic during a march protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to increase university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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People walk past British police officers blocking off Whitehall leading to the Houses of Parliament in London as students march through the streets in a protest against tuition fees, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A British police officer scuffles with a protester during a march by a group of students outside Buckingham Palace, protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Students reach the highway and block it in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students block the highway in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students gather in downtown Rome Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
