Dhāka :: Bangladesh
| about 20 hours ago
Dhaka, Dec 1 (bdnews24.com) The world observes the World Aids Day on Monday with a slight ray of hope as global HIV/Aids epidemic has been stabilising, though not adequately, since 2001, according to the UN. "The global epidemic is stabilising but it...
Tags: world aids day, aids, disease, global fund, hiv, drugs, Bangladesh-Brazil, aids epidemics
Johannesburg :: South Africa
| about 23 hours ago
South Africa's new heath minister has promised to increase the availability of treatment for HIV and Aids, speaking at a rally to mark World Aids Day. Barbara Hogan cited the case of an eight-year-old boy battling Aids-related TB and meningitis who died...
Tags: world aids day, hiv, aids, South Africa, disease, drugs, world aids, early hiv, hiv tested
Kabul :: Afghanistan
| 4 days ago
Afghanistan has produced so much opium in recent years that the Taliban are cutting back poppy cultivation and stockpiling raw opium in an effort to support prices and preserve a major source of financing for the insurgency, Antonio Maria Costa, the head...
Tags: opium, drugs, Taliban, war, Antonio Maria Costa, Afghanistan
Norfolk :: VA :: USA
| 5 days ago
The Broward Sheriff's Office has arrested two men wanted on murder charges in Virginia. Joshua Daly, 20, and Tavon Pauley, 21, were arrested Tuesday after detectives got a tip that motel guests at a Dania Beach motel were selling drugs.
Tags: arrested, drugs, Virginia, Dania Beach
Police :: Poland
| 5 days ago
Fort Myers police arrested a man on drug and weapon charges today after conducting a search warrant at a residence where undercover officers had bought cocaine. Thomas D...Officers also seized 77 ecstasy pills, a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun...
Tags: ecstasy, drugs, arrested, weapons, arrest, war
Johannesburg :: South Africa
| 5 days ago
I feel ashamed that we have to own up to what Harvard is saying," Hogan, an ANC stalwart who was imprisoned for a decade during the anti-apartheid struggle, said in a recent interview. "The era of denialism is over completely in South Africa." For years,...
Tags: africa, aids, hiv, drugs, united nations, medicine, South African, cure, aids policies, Harvard University
London :: United Kingdom
| 6 days ago
The plan involves testing everybody for HIV every year in hard-hit areas like sub-Saharan Africa and immediately putting those who are positive on Aids drugs. It could slash dramatically the number of new infections, because Aids drugs lower the levels...
Tags: hiv, aids, drugs, disease, hiv test, sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, The Lancet, universal hiv, World Health Organization
Lima :: Peru
| 6 days ago
A multinational effort led to the breakup of a major cocaine ring and the seizure of the largest quantity of drugs in Israeli police history, officials said. More than 3,000 pounds of cocaine was seized in three raids worldwide, including Haifa's international...
Tags: cocaine, smuggler, drugs, Israeli, Israel Police, israelis police
Norwich :: United Kingdom
| 7 days ago
Nick Broadus, 40, of 128 Paul Revere Road, was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to drive right...Smith, 28, of 21 Lucas Park Road, Norwich, was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol or...
Tags: drugs, Norwich
Merced :: CA :: USA
| 10 days ago
Those are two likely arguments from prosecution and defense in the case of a 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of killing his ex-girlfriend...Jennifer Marie Hernandez-Moreno,27, at her 3104 Denver Ave. apartment. Merced police said Hernandez-Moreno...
Tags: drug raid, marijuana, police, drugs
