Word: asia
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...Jesse Helms, who admires her tough style. Still, there are points of disagreement. "I do think there are some members of the committee who have reservations on proceeding too quickly on the expansion of NATO," Fischer says. The committee also explored Albright's thoughts on the Middle East and Asia, areas of relative weakness for the ambassador. "In the Middle East, there will be no change in policy," Fischer reports, "but there will probably be a difference in style. I doubt you'll see her shuttling between Damascus and Jerusalem, as Secretary of State Warren Christopher has." In addition...
SICK MAN OF THE DECADE (ASIA): Deng Xiaoping of China...
Some ages are defined by their epidemics. In 1347 rats and fleas stirred up by Tatar traders cutting caravan routes through Central Asia brought bubonic plague to Sicily. In the space of four years, the Black Death killed up to 30 million people. In 1520, Cortes' army carried smallpox to Mexico, wiping out half the native population. In 1918 a particularly virulent strain of flu swept through troops in the trenches of France. By the time it had worked its way through the civilian population, 21 million men, women and children around the world had perished--more than were killed...
Despite rising casualties, Washington kept tight purse strings on funding for AIDS research for much of the 1980s. By 1987, though, even Ronald Reagan knew that AIDS was a serious threat. The plague had encircled the globe, stretching from Africa to Asia. The antibody test revealed the presence of HIV in the blood supplies of the U.S., France and Japan. The FDA approved use of the antiviral drug AZT in a record 14 weeks...
...1980s was the first African country to launch a genuine anti-AIDS campaign, billboards and government warnings appear to be paying off: HIV infections among young women dropped 35% between the periods 1990-1993 and 1994-1995. Elsewhere in Africa, however, and in some parts of Asia, similar programs have stalled, due to a combination of poverty, official indifference and, at times, paranoia. As a result, public understanding of even the most basic information about AIDS is still piecemeal. Most of those dying from the disease in rural parts of Africa have no clear idea of what is killing them...