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Future galaxy collision predicted
DURBAN, South Africa, June 7 (UPI) -- The second HIV-AIDS conference in South Africa, where one-in-five adults is infected, is mired in controversy on the best way to fight the dreaded virus.
More than 3,000 researchers, activists and politicians are attending the four-day conference, which opened Tuesday in Durban.
In spite of the spread of the virus it was only two years ago that the government began to make anti-retroviral drugs widely available, the BBC reported.
Some opponents are asking for the resignation of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. The opponents include those lobbying for the availability of more anti-retroviral drugs. They accuse Tshabalala-Msimang of promoting a diet high in foods like lemons and garlic as a natural treatment for HIV.
AIDS activists want an unequivocal statement from her that anti-retrovirals are the most effective treatment for HIV.
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A U.S. appeals court panel in Boston ruled Thursday that the federal Defense of Marriage Act cannot affect gay marriages in states that permit them.
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U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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