The ABC's of AIDS in Africa

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Though President Bush is still undecided about deploying troops to Liberia, his trip to Africa is designed to showcase his promise of $15 billion to fight against AIDS. One stop on the five-nation tour will be South Africa, where nearly 10 percent of the population is infected with HIV. That adds up to more people suffering from the disease than in any other country, but President Thabo Mbeki is widely accused of being in denial about the problem. We go where the problem is worst, hear about some dramatic progress, and update the battle over generic drugs and patent protection with CNN's Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and activists from an international AIDS prevention organization, Doctors Without Borders and the Manhattan Institute. Making News: White House Acknowledges State of Union Inaccuracies In his State of the Union Speech in January, President Bush said, -the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.- Now, the White House has publicly acknowledged that it relied on incomplete and perhaps inaccurate information. David Sanger, White House correspondent for the New York Times, traces the events that led to the revelation. Reporter's Notebook: Frank Lloyd Wright-s Baghdad It is widely reported that in the so-called -Arab street,- America and the West are regarded as a hostile force intent on destroying Islamic culture. One path to reversing that perception could lie in drawings of America-s greatest architect. Architect-historian Mina Marefat, Rockefeller Scholar at the Library of Congress, says Frank Lloyd Wright's grand vision for the city of Baghdad was designed to honor its cultural and historic past.
Though President Bush is still undecided about deploying troops to Liberia, his trip to Africa is designed to showcase his promise of $15 billion to fight against AIDS. One stop on the five-nation tour will be South Africa, where nearly 10 percent of the population is infected with HIV. That adds up to more people suffering from the disease than in any other country, but President Thabo Mbeki is widely accused of being in denial about the problem. We go where the problem is worst, hear about some dramatic progress, and update the battle over generic drugs and patent protection with CNN's Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and activists from an international AIDS prevention organization, Doctors Without Borders and the Manhattan Institute.
  • Making News: White House Acknowledges State of Union Inaccuracies
    In his State of the Union Speech in January, President Bush said, -the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.- Now, the White House has publicly acknowledged that it relied on incomplete and perhaps inaccurate information. David Sanger, White House correspondent for the New York Times, traces the events that led to the revelation.
  • Reporter's Notebook: Frank Lloyd Wright-s Baghdad
    It is widely reported that in the so-called -Arab street,- America and the West are regarded as a hostile force intent on destroying Islamic culture. One path to reversing that perception could lie in drawings of America-s greatest architect. Architect-historian Mina Marefat, Rockefeller Scholar at the Library of Congress, says Frank Lloyd Wright's grand vision for the city of Baghdad was designed to honor its cultural and historic past.

State of the Union Address

Sanger-s article

Ambassador Joseph Wilson-s op-ed piece in the New York Times

World Health Organization (WHO) on AIDS/HIV

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

Frank Lloyd Wright: Europe and Beyond (collection of essays contains one by Marefat)

Credits

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Warren Olney