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Any other group of activists might be in a mood to celebrate. The HIV-AIDS lobby has been among the most successful in the world, winning an impressive $10 billion in new annual funds and tripling the level of global support for AIDS programs since 2003.

When the rapist's aunt tried to settle the matter in the traditional way by offering two cows to the victim's mother, it was already too late to stop the women activists of Lusikisiki.
They had mobilized, and they were hunting for justice. They took to the streets with loudspeakers, placards and pamphlets. They went to the police station, the hospital, the courtrooms and the school.

At the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, you can see shrunken heads, a portrait carved in tree fungus, and a Statue of Liberty model made with more than 100,000 matchsticks.
One thing you don't see much of any more is American tourists.

The "Buy American" provisions in the United States' stimulus spending program are raising concerns that a spate of protectionist measures will spread around the world, slowing any economic recovery and becoming a permanent feature of international trade.

Little about Austin Heap's first online venture, a site hosting free episodes of the cartoon "South Park," suggested he would one day use his computer skills to challenge a government.

On the days when she can't afford three meals, Ndaloswa Bekinala cuts back to two meals and gives tea to her family instead of a proper meal.
Sometimes she has to mix corn husks into the food to make it last longer. She knows that her children and grandchildren are hungry, but they don't complain.

An absence of research into how influenza behaves among aboriginals is hindering efforts to curtail swine flu as it ravages native communities in Manitoba and Nunavut.
Even as doctors scramble to fill in those blanks, native leaders are accusing health officials of ignoring their plight.

In Iran, where mosques once served as the primary campaign stump for political candidates, Facebook is changing the face of the presidential election.
Nearly half of Iran's 46 million eligible voters are under age 30, which means victory in Friday's presidential election can be achieved only with significant support from young voters.

In 14 terse lines, saved on his hard drive in a file named "Many have suffered too much because of me," former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun tried to explain why he would kill himself a few hours later.

They came in the dark of night to sabotage the empty building with land mines. The explosion roared through the village at 10:30 p.m., and everyone soon knew the outcome: Another school destroyed.