Only a handful of countries have made serious efforts to combat the disease, the report said. Worldwide, less than one in five people at risk has access to basic prevention services, and only one in 10 with HIV has been tested and made aware of the infection, the report said.

For the first time, though, there was evidence that increased efforts over the last five years have resulted in fe...

Aggressive treatment and prevention programs have reduced HIV infection rates in Kenya, Zimbabwe and the Caribbean, but the numbers continue to grow in the rest of the world, with more than 40 million people now living with the virus, according to a new U.N. report.

Globally, 4.9 million people became infected with the virus last year and 3.1 million died of AIDS.

"It's increas...

HIV infection rates are starting to decrease consistently in some countries for the first time, indicating that prevention programs set up over the last five years are finally yielding results, the United Nations said.

However, the AIDS virus continues to expand its reach, with the estimated number of people living with the virus now passing 40 million, according to this year's AIDS epid...

The woman is not alone in wanting a 'designer vagina,' a term used in the US.

Many other women here are also seeing doctors for this purpose, and not just for a facelift or breast augmentation.

To make their private parts look sexier and feel better for their men, it seems.

The trend has gathered momentum in the US, Europe, South America and Asian countries, such as Japan, K...

Paul Theroux, the prolific author of wide-ranging travelogues, takes another voyage for his latest novel, "Blinding Light."

But this time the trip is inward, and the natives are smug, self-centered white people.

"Blinding Light," Theroux's latest stab at blending real life with real fiction and making the reader wonder where the boundaries are, is also his self-conscious attempt at...

Minneapolis - Minnesotans, proud descendants of conservative Nordic and German settlers, have something else to brag or blush about: their first sex convention.

Minnesotans' other claim to fame is that they are residents of the Land of 10 000 Lakes once governed by a professional wrestler by the name of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

With exhibitors ranging from a 51-year-old grandmo...

The term "Illuminati" means "enlightened ones" and refers to Lucifer, the "light bringer." Its essential philosophy is to substitute "reason" i.e. expedience for "right reason" i.e. universal morality.

"Do as thou wilt" was the Illuminati motto. The Illuminati will define reality, not God or nature. Illuminism or "humanism" is a secular religion and a transition to Satanism. i.e. "toleran...

History: amphetamine was first synthesised in 1887 by a German chemist. It was then altered and developed into methamphetamine in Japan in 1919 where it was used by troops as a nervous system stimulant to stay awake for long periods.

Legal status: crystal meth is a controlled drug of class B status. Possession carries a maximum sentence of five years and/or a fine. Dealing carries a pris...

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Lou Myers, a satiric artist and graphic essayist whose expressive style helped modernize cartoons in advertisements and major American magazines, died yesterday at his home in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. He was 90.

The cause of death was spindle cell carcinoma, said his daughter-in...