News Round-Up - March 26
March 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pm | posted by Steve.Wilson- The U.S. scientific community is rethinking its approach to developing an AIDS vaccine after a much-touted vaccine that was tested in half a dozen countries not only failed to benefit people who received it, but also may have actually increased their chance of becoming infected with HIV.
- Forty aid agencies urged the world today to focus attention on Somalia’s catastrophic humanitarian crisis where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from war, drought and food shortages.
Reuters: Aid agencies urge world not to forget Somali crisis
- Western countries have failed to deliver $10 billion of nonmilitary assistance pledged to Afghanistan over the last six years, and two-thirds that has been delivered has bypassed the Afghan government and failed to do enough to relieve the poverty of the Afghan people, a new report claims.
-Steve Wilson
March 26th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
12 billion was spent on war last year!!!! 18 billion was spent on plastic bottles for water in one year. All it takes is a “mom and pop” shop in every little town and we can afford the freedom of iraqi’ woman and people who are used and abused. these fundraisers arent giving most money, otherewise they would be called “fundgivers” . brazil is is the most biggest rainforest we have left . i BET all these actors have brazilian cherry harwood flooring in thier houses!!!!!!! ANY TAKER!!!????? OUR soldiers are the reaL HERO’S’ ./…………… NOT SOME POLITICIAN , RAPPER, ATHLETE OR ACTOR . THEY are raising money to benefit thenselves, otherwise they would be in the middle class. ALL of the actors combined have enough money to cure world hunger, and they wont cometogether.