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The United Nations is touting "dramatic" progress in the global fight against AIDS.  In an annual report, UNAIDS  says deaths from AIDS and HIV infection rates are falling, while the number of people getting treatment is rising.  By the end of last year, almost ten-million people in poorer and middle-income countries had access to AIDS-fighting drugs, up 20 percent from a year before...

President Barack Obama opens meetings at the United Nations with diplomatic opportunities on three vexing issues: Iran's disputed nuclear program, Syria's chemical weapons use, and elusive peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Much like the Republicans of the 1950's, many Republicans are pushing an idea that Senator McCarthy had during the Cold War era.