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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:07 AM
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Clinton, U.N. Offer Cheaper AIDS Drugs (* and his drug friends will not be
happy.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-AIDS-Drugs.html

April 6, 2004
Clinton, U.N. Offer Cheaper AIDS Drugs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 6:27 a.m. ET

GENEVA (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton's foundation said Tuesday that the special drug prices it has obtained for HIV/AIDS sufferers in some countries are being extended to all poor nations covered by U.N. and other partner organizations.

The foundation negotiated the lower prices for its work in 16 countries in the Caribbean and Africa last year. They will now be available to any country supported by UNICEF, the World Bank and the U.N.-administered Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

``With these agreements, we are one step closer to making sure future generations can live without the scourge of AIDS,'' Clinton said in a statement released by his U.S.-based foundation


...more at AP
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:15 AM
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1. I wonder what Daddy Bush is doing right now?
No I don't, not really. I know he's plotting something evil that will line his pockets and that of his friends. Quite a contrast from Clinton to Bush isn't it.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 06:43 AM
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2. That Clinton bastard!
Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 06:43 AM by mzmolly
;) Oh how I'd love to re-elect that man.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-04 09:26 AM
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3. I'm with ya mzmolly
Thanks President Clinton, where the hell are you pResident bush*?
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