NEW DELHI — Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India’s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. Read full article > >

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India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say

The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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With help from a program that aids badly burned veterans, Joey Paulk received surgery that revived a measure of his self-confidence.

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The Hard Road Back | Scars of Battle: For Soldier Disfigured in Afghanistan, a Way to Return to the World

Firms face raids and fines of up to £500,000 for sending unsolicited text messages about credit or compensation.

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Fines threat for credit messages

“Bridesmaids” star Melissa McCarthy honored.

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‘Hugo,’ ‘The Help’ Rule Oscar Noms

Sir Elton John’s first book, detailing his experiences of the global Aids epidemic, is to be published.

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Sir Elton John secures book deal

An experimental vaccine protects some monkeys against getting infected with that species’ version of the virus that causes AIDS and appears to make the disease more manageable in those that aren’t protected, researchers reported Wednesday. Those findings, in a study published in the journal Nature, are further evidence that after decades of disappointment, scientists are making slow progress toward an AIDS vaccine. Read full article > >

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Researchers report the best-yet AIDS vaccine in monkeys

The UN moves a battalion of combat troops to Pibor in South Sudan to try to prevent thousands of rival ethnic fighters resuming their clashes following a series of cattle raids.

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Egyptian soldiers and police storm offices of at least 17 non-governmental organisations, seizing computers and documents in a series of raids.

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Seventeen South Sudanese civilians are killed during air raids by Sudan’s military, an official tells the BBC, as relations continue to worsen following the south’s independence.

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An AIDS advocacy group seeking stricter enforcement of laws requiring condoms on movie sets has put a measure on the city ballot.

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Los Angeles to Vote on Condoms for Pornography Actors

Police arrest 62 people in raids on 100 addresses across London in an operation targeting suspected rioters.

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Met raid 100 homes in riots probe

At least 41 people have died in an attack on a village in Jonglei state, notorious for ethnic fighting and cattle raids, South Sudan authorities say.

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Deadly South Sudan ‘cattle raid’

Twenty-five years ago, Washington Post Magazine was launched. That doesn’t seem like many years, but life sure has changed. In 1986, terrorism was someone else’s problem, AIDS had only just become a household name, and we’d never seen a serious tech rally, much less a bust. Heck, Whitney Houston even had two hits on Billboard’s year-end singles chart. Read full article > >

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Washington Post Magazine’s 25th anniversary: 25 moments that changed Washington most since 1986