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Call for an Aids truth commission
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
'Denialism has tarnished the image of SA's health sector' by SIPOKAZI MAPOSA South Africa needs to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to examine the way in which the government has dealt with the HIV/Aids pandemic over the past decade, to help rebuild…
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Services cannot cope with number of youths seeking help
Source: The Irish Times
by CARL OBRIEN HUNDREDS OF children and adolescents in crisis who need counselling and support are being turned away from services because they cannot cope with demand. Crosscare, the social care agency of the Dublin Diocese, said it was unable to deal with about…
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Will You Retire?
Source: The Washington Post
by Nancy Trejos Jan Fitzsimmons had the luxury of being able to retire at 47 after 22 years of service with the U.S. Navy. But retirement turned out to be not so luxurious. Now 52 and renting an Arlington townhouse, she is looking for part-time…
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Scheme marks the beginning of a two-tier health system
Source: Irish Examiner
by Eamon Timmins THE publication yesterday of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 marks a dramatic development in the way this country charges for essential health and nursing care services. Once it becomes law, those with dementia, paralysed by stroke or incapable due to…
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Senators push for immigration raid guidelines
Source: Associated Press Online
by SAMANTHA HENRY With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them.…
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Court blocks judge's order to free Chinese Muslims
Source: The Associated Press
by HOPE YEN A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S. In a one-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the emergency stay at the…
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Choosing Long-Term Care: Advice From an Expert
Source: The New York Times (The New Old Age Blog)
by Jane Gross For many of us, elderly parents and adult children alike, nothing is more complicated or consequential than understanding the differences between the many available permutations of long-term care, choosing which is most appropriate for our families and figuring out how to pay…
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Choosing Long-Term Care: Advice From an Expert
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By Jane Gross For many of us, elderly parents and adult children alike, nothing is more complicated or consequential than understanding the differences between the many available permutations of long-term care, choosing which is most appropriate for our families and figuring out how…
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New ad revives call for immigration reform
Source: Associated Press State & Local Wire
by KATHLEEN HENNESSEY A pro-immigration group has launched a new televison ad campaign intended to revive discussion of immigration reform in some swing states key to the presidential race. Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together, a nonprofit that describes itself as nonpartisan, launched the campaign Thursday…
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Troubles past: Northern Ireland conflict remembered
Source: The Guardian (London)
by Stephen Bates As a memorial it may have somewhat lacked the poignancy of a Remembrance Sunday or the sense of devastating loss from the trenches of the first world war, but yesterday, with due ceremony, the longest British military deployment in history - the…
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