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South
African nurses stand in a TB pediatric ward, in 2007 on the outskirts of
Johannesburg
,
South Africa
. A record 2.3 million people were cured of tuberculosis in 2007,
exceeding the global treatment target for the first time, the World
Health Organization said Tuesday. Photo:Gianluigi Guercia/AFP
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This
is a Sept. 12, 2009 file photo of Pop singer Elton John as he kisses
baby Lev during a news conference at a orphanage for HIV-positive
children in the town of
Makeyevka
outside
Donetsk
,
Ukraine
. Elton John's partner David Furnish said Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009 that the
musician was devastated that he wasn't allowed to adopt baby Lev a
Ukrainian child, but plans to support the boy anyway. The 62-year-old
pop star met 14-month-old Lev at a home for HIV-positive children in
September. But he was refused permission to adopt the boy because he was
too old and not married. (AP Photo/Ho, Fule)
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David
Cato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist, poses for photographs at a
restaurant in
Kampala
,
Uganda
, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Proposed legislation would impose the death
penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family, friends and even
landlords also could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to
report them to authorities. Cato became an activist after he was beaten
up four times, arrested twice, fired from his teaching job and outed in
the press because he is gay. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)
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