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Swaziland"s King Mswati III attends the Southern African Development Community

Swaziland cash crunch critical, AIDS spending hit

A budget crunch in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, has reached a critical stage with the government struggling to maintain spending on HIV/AIDS, education and the elderly, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.
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Daphne Guinness

Daphne Guinness Graces FIT with her Fabulousness

Daphne Guinness, the Queen Bee of avant-garde, graced FIT with her fabulousness Thursday. The stunning artist posed playfully for photographs with the budding-fashionistas and signed autographs (some on pieces on scrap paper), reports Women’s Wear Daily. Like the Marie Antoinette of the Hell’s Angels, Guinness wore 10-inch Alexander McQueen heels, a Parisian coif, and stacks of metal rings and ribbons around her fingers and wrists.
President Obama

Obama Announces Student Debt Relief to Mixed Response

President Obama announced a much-heralded plan on Wednesday to help recent college graduates struggling to pay back their student loans. Reactions were mixed, with some people lauding the President for taking decisive action and others saying he didn't go far enough.
Mass Grave at Abu Salim

More Mass Graves Found in Libya [PHOTOS]

The Red Cross reports that they are still finding mass grave sites from the Libyan dictator's reign, with dead bodies buried or burned near warehouses, hospitals, and roadsides. Over 13 mass grave sites have been uncovered since Gadhafi was ousted from power, including the remains of some 1,200 political prisoners from the Abu Salim massacre in 1996. [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES]
Marijuana

Caught in the Middle, California Doctors Back Marijuana Legalization

California doctors find themselves in a tenuous position when it comes to marijuana, a substance that remains illegal under federal law and whose potential health benefits have yet to be proven. The California Medical Association's recently announced solution to this predicament was both simple and unprecedented: legalize it.
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WHO Outlines Action Plan for Mental Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pegged a per capita investment of US $3 to $ 4 for managing mental health as part of its initiative on World Mental Health day. 2011 commemorates the 20th year of World Mental Health day and this year’s campaign focuses on, Investing in mental health”, noting that financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries.
Amanda Knox is overcome with emotion after speaking at a news conference at Sea-Tac International Airport, Washington

Amanda Knox Tricked into Believing She Had HIV to Extract Lovers List: New Details of Sexual Harassment in Prison

American student Amanda Knox, cleared last week of the 2007 murder of her roommate, British exchange student Meredith Kercher, is finally getting back on track. Knox, 24, who is back in Seattle, Wash. ventured out for a shopping trip to grab a bar of chocolate and toothpaste, probably for the first time in four years, putting the four years of Italian prison ordeal behind her. Knox's first attempt to get over her secluded existence comes along with new details of sexual harassment she was sub...
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Jackson tribute show goes on despite setbacks

A Michael Jackson tribute concert will go ahead this weekend in Wales despite squabbling among the late singer's siblings, a backlash from fans, a headline act withdrawing at late notice and tickets still unsold.
Elton John

Art Auction Will Benefit Elton John's AIDS Charity

Works by Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and four other artists are expected to raise more than $1 million for Elton John's AIDS Foundation (EJAF) when they are sold at auction in November, Sotheby's said Friday.

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