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Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Aid / Disasters Article Date: 02 Dec 2009 The "National Institutes of Health - perhaps our best hope for funding a cure for AIDS - has been underfunded since 2003," Kate Krauss, director of the AIDS Policy Project, writes in a Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece .

That's the potential price of a push by Democrats in Congress to continue providing extra help to the jobless beyond the core 26-week unemployment insurance package provided under permanent law.

Small investments can make a huge difference in the health of people around the world, write guest columnists Steve Gloyd and Jim McDermott.

Why it's Rep. Jim McDermott , Democrat of Seattle. How come he gets to rub elbows tonight with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Deepak Chopra, David Geffen, Dr.

Bipartisan legislation on so called "conflict minerals" was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives.

Washington It was a taste of India at President Barack Obama's First State Dinner, where he welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Hindi and treated him to a range of vegetarian delicacies, including dishes prepared with herbs from the White House kitchen garden.

With arugula straight from his garden and entertainment by two Oscar winners, President Barack Obama offered a fresh take on the state dinner Tuesday in Washington's top social event since his inauguration.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to work with the U.S. in securing Afghanistan and curbing the spread of nuclear weapons the day before he was to be welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House at a state dinner.

Washington: The United States Senate has adopted a bipartisan resolution by unanimous consent a oehonouring the Prime Minister of India, Dr.

Trade groups representing the nation's retailers are lending their support to legislation that will extend key trade preference programs that were due to expire on Dec.

One million people could lose unemployment benefits in January if Congress doesn't extend federal aid, according to a report released Wednesday.

You've heard of blood diamonds. Now mobile phones and other technology products are being targeted for containing minerals sold by armed groups engaged in war and rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WASHINGTON: It has been dubbed the hottest ticket in town. More than what President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be holding forth when they meet here on next Tuesday, the buzz is all about who all will be invited to the first White House state dinner in honour of the Indian PM - and what the menu is like.

About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new report and legislators and state officials.

In 41 states, unemployed men are more likely than women to collect unemployment insurance benefits, according to a May 2009 study by the New-York based National Employment Law Project.

By Kerry Eleveld Provisions in the House version of health reform legislation that would equalize tax treatment for domestic-partner benefits are not likely to be included in the Senate bill.

Health care reform is the great white whale of Rep. Jim McDermott's political career, an engrossing goal since he entered Congress in 1989, pursued with what The Washington Post once described as quasi-religious intensity.

This is kind of an odd story, not sure what to make of it. Oregonian reporter Allan Brettman reports that eleven members of the Northwest Congressional delegation signed a Nov.

So how about that "courageous" health care bill decision in the House, where a vote of 220-215 might actually hand Democrats and the White House something to look back upon fondly one day and be able to say, "Wow, we didn't fuck that up!" But with the Democrats wholeheartedly turning their backs on homos , might this health care bill actually ...

Disappointed labor activists and a few moderate Democrats reacted with anger Monday over U.S. Rep.