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...When Uganda announced its plan to hand out female condoms, it got plenty of support. "The No. 1 issue for women is to be able to negotiate," Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity in Washington, tells TIME. "The main issue was the desire for women to be able to say, 'O.K., you're not going to use yours, then let's use mine.' " In the fight against AIDS, say the advocates, any little bit helps. True, studies about the efficacy of female condoms are inconclusive. But, they insist, women, especially in Uganda, need as many...
...Elsewhere, victorious DPJ candidates lifted their arms and hoarsely shouted the celebratory phrase "banzai" after exit polls showed Japan's main opposition party blasted the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from its virtually untested 54-year reign. Polls indicate the DPJ's historic win will likely hand the party more than 300 of the 480 seats in the Diet's lower house, while the LDP is expected to get about 100 - just one-third of what it had before Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved parliament in July and called the Aug. 30 election. If the DPJ lands more than...
...Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, conducted the Rite of Committal and Prayer of Commendation, reading from a letter that Kennedy had asked President Barack Obama to hand deliver to the Pope earlier this summer. The Senator asked for the Pope's prayers because he knew his brain cancer had the upper hand. "I know that I have been an imperfect human being," Kennedy wrote, "but with the help of my faith I have tried to right my path." The Vatican's letter in response, made public by the Cardinal for the first time, encouraged Kennedy to remember that...
...Senator's wife Victoria was the picture of dignity walking along the sloped ground with her hand on her son's arm; on her face she wore a look of utter and exhausted sadness. She had given a 100-hour tutorial on composure and grace. On the way to Arlington, the hearse paused outside the Senate chamber where Kennedy had served longer than all but two men in the nation's history. Victoria Reggie Kennedy stepped from the motorcade and a great cheer went up. She hugged current and former members of her husband's staff, waved softly, blew gentle...
Senator John Kerry, the new senior Senator from Massachusetts, stood with his eyes closed, his right hand on Ted Kennedy's flag-draped casket. Thirty seconds went by, and, head bowed, Kerry crossed himself and stepped back. His hand reached toward the casket one last time for a final friendly...