have faith in professor busby you're up against a brick wall here aren't you because the world health organization the website there of god here claims that depleted uranium has no detrimental effect on newborn babies so in effect they're not listening to you are they. well there probably aren't going to listen to us but i have to tell you that the science in this area is completely being renewed every minute i mean there's an enormous amount of new science which is being completely ignored by the world health organization and by the scientists who work for the governments who are associated with the use of these weapons the science is changing we now know that you really binds very strongly to d.n.a. and causes affects exactly at the d.n.a. where you would expect it to cause the kinds of health effects that we're finding the cancers and the infant mortality in the congenital malformation the leukemia is all of these things that were found hiroshima and nagasaki but actually here we find them to a much greater extent so what can be done about it now like you've been working with doctors there is i

military the israeli military the british military even the world health organization. none of them have commented on it i think i mean partly with the responses i've gotten from the u.s. military is as i said to you that there are no direct. evidence there is no direct evidence that this is the result of the bombings but more than that they really i mean it's a can of worms if you start discussing what particular weapons are actually resulting in it doesn't and then you know there are so many different types of weapons that are having disastrous effects on civilians that could you know only civilians when you've got the environment and other other cases so they've been very reluctant to even discuss it and this is the problem of accountability one of the things that again white phosphorous became very well known especially after the gaza war the fact that it's used against millions and there are certain things that are not allowed by international law and this is where you can actually hold people accountable according to international but again they've been very caref

the world health organization and the un aid agency have called the results groundbreaking. researchers have been trying for years to make a protective jill or tablet or cream that could be inserted before sex and which will prevent the spread of hiv. past efforts have been disappointing. now, researchers in south africa say that a gel they have tested cut the rest isk of hiv infecti. confirmation comes from another study. this breakthrough opens up new frontiers in hiv prevention. >> it is a very encouraging results. it is the first time we have seen a significant reduction in risk. the search has been on for about 20 years looking for product such as this. this is the first signal products like this might work. >> the importance of the gel is it could be a defense for women whose partners refuse to wear condoms. they are badly needed. 60% of those infected with the virus are women. many are forced to take part in unsafe sex and are biologically more vulnerable to hiv infection than men, making a gel they apply attractive. the effectiveness appears to decline after 18 month

aid you disagreeing with the world health organization both very respectable organizations that do have the finger on the polls that say no it is an epidemic. what respectable they are about obviously they can and obviously they are driven by interests and we saw that just last year with this massive x. in asia for flu and now in reach respect it is it's become obvious that they were driven by pharmaceutical interests and the same i'm afraid to say is true for hiv it's a huge movement mainly driven by pharmaceutical interests you're really basically saying people if they do i shouldn't worry maybe should we go for a test if they believe they put themselves at risk on all what you saying is what you say almost criminal in some ways well i'm sorry to contradict you i'm not believing i'm going back to the facts and the facts tell the people who test positive for various reasons even the producer of the tests are not aware of a standard to verify presence or absence of hiv antibodies in human blood and quote that's what you find in the product information even people who test positive not n

aid you disagreeing with the world health organization both a very respectable organizations that do have the finger on the polls that say no it is an epidemic. what respectable they are about obviously they are and obviously they are driven by interests and we saw that just last year with this massive x. in asia for flu and now in reach respect it is it's become obvious that they were driven by pharmaceutical interests and the same i'm afraid to say is true for hiv it's a huge movement mainly driven by pharmaceutical interests and not driven by the care for the individual patients and my obligation as a doctor is mainly to serve my patients but none the less. provan saw in the sore as far as most of us know program science you know you disagree is that if you get infected with hiv it is best advisory early stages to get retroviral therapy that will that will put off any development of aids symptoms as long as possible maybe up to twenty five years your really basically saying people if they do have a child they shouldn't worry maybe should we go for a test if they believe they put t

today, the director of the world health organization said the report was based largely on anecdotal evidence. ed researchers have succeeded in designing a malaria-resistant mosquito. the british foreign secretary william hague has called for the release of the lockerbie -- has called the release of the lockerbie bomber, al-megrahi, as mistake. he was suffering from cancer and only expected to live another three months. he is still alive. the u.s. has pressed for an investigation into the decision to free him and into allegations that bp lobby for his release. from washington, james reynolds reports. >> here is the problem facing britain and america. al-megrahi is free and not yet dead. the scottish government released him a year ago because the -- doctors said he had three months to live. 11 months have gone by, and he is still alive. al-megrahi is the only man convicted of the bombing of pan am flight 103. 270 people were killed when it exploded over the town of lockerbie. he was jailed for life. which is why his release last year and third so many in britain in america, despite -- angered

a scientist with the world health organization says confirmation -- is confirmation comes from another study, this does open new frontiers. >> it is a very encouraging results. it is the first time we have seen a significant reduction in hiv risk. the search has been on for about 20 years looking for a project -- products such as this. this is the first signal products like this might work. >> it could be of defense for women whose partners refused to wear condoms. new ways of curbing the spread of hiv are badly needed, particularly in sub-saharan africa, where nearly 60% of those infected are when then. many are if forced to take part in on save sex and are biologically more affected than men, making this an attractive option. the effectiveness appears to decline after 18 months. the gel is still at an experimental stage. it will have to undergo several years of extensive testing before a decision is made on whether it can be used widely. >> the u.s. appeals court has granted bail to the media magnate conrad black as he appeals his conviction. the british parent and other executives w

aids department of the world health organization for many thanks for joining us now also we're hearing in our report that there is a growing voice among the scientific community that challenges the conventional view that only a tiny b. causes aids but they feel that they're being ignored by the rest of the scientific world isn't science what about homes good questions. it certainly is so and this. this question has been asked many times and i think. we have very clear evidence. h.i.v. is the cause of aids this is an. issue an issue that has been dealt with of course science has to be open to any new evidence but as far as we're concerned there certainly isn't any new evidence to demonstrate anything otherwise if i can just inject. that you say that this is an old issue and that it's been dealt with in what way has it been dealt with how is any clarification on the issue of whether a child b. is the only cause of aids been reached or definitely. i think certainly from the nine hundred ninety s. when a child it was. discovered that the the evidence is very clear that there is a cause tha

the results have been welcomed as groundbreaking by the world health organization and u.n. aids. sewer nam's former dictator has been elected president of the south american country, the 64-year-old was voted in my parliament after he failed to win sufficient majority votes this the elections in may. the former army leader is accused of drug trafficking and human rights violations and still faces trial over the execution of 15 opponents in 198 during his military rule. syria has banned the face covering veil from the country's public and private universities and an official at the ministry of education says the decision aims to protect the country's secular identity. however the ban does not affect the head scarf which many syrian women wear. from damascus, nina sanjab reports. >> the decision is going to affect many women in syria. down the road from here is the university where we went and spoke to female students. some of them were wearing their jeans and t-shirts with their heads uncovered. others were wearing the head scarves and some others were wearing the full veil coveri

breakthroughs and protests have been marking the international aids conference in vienna the world health organization says revelations of a new vaginal gel promising to significantly reduce infections have given hope to manny women but human rights activists say the key to curbing the disease is access to universal care thousands marched in the austrian capital camp claiming complaining that medical advances we know nothing if patients cannot get treatment and blame the wealthy nations for not giving enough funds to the cause r.t. sarah first spoke to the executive director of the u.n. aid agency who says money is essential to continue the fight against the scenes. i think for me what is most important to say to the world is that of course we are all moving from the. city of course so we. are facing a major financial crisis many of these are for you see. to believe for a mess. crisis but that's not enough it is not the plans on to africa lying to scale down is the time to scale up we have been experiencing during the last the ten years big create. a global solidarity we have been more blazing financi

stunt are you really saying the medical profession the world health organization your colleagues in the medical profession would be carrying out a p.r. stunt like this. well if you look over the last twenty years we have seen a number of hot air studies and this is just another one and i bet they do within one year no one will talk anymore about this study and if you look at the basis of the study it is focusing on african sexuality now this has been a white man's preoccupation since centuries and i ask myself as that. as a doctor why don't we why are we not as much preoccupied with clean drinking water sufficient food and clean housing of african people as much as we are preoccupied with sexuality of african people and just to give you one small detail about hundred almost hundred participants of this new study they had been enrolled in another study with another jail and they had to lie it they had deliberately lie it to the organizers of this study and it was discovered and then they were excluded from that study but to tell you that about one third of the of these participants delib

there's an enormous amount of new science which is being completely ignored by the world health organization and by the scientists who work for the governments who are associated with the use of these weapons the science is changing we now know that your brain environs very strongly to d.n.a. and causes effects exactly at the d.n.a. where you would expect it to cause the kinds of coping with finding the cancers and the infant mortality and the congenital malformation because we all of these things that were found there are not just talking but actually here we find them to a much greater extent than epidemiological study the first statistical epidemiological study that looks at the children and the adults on the ground to see whether these effects are real and we find that they are real and if i don't really really very much worse than people of thought we found evidence of the use of this weapon in afghanistan in lebanon and in gaza and so what we heard really need to do is to ask the u.s. military and the israelis and all the other people using this weapon to come clean about what it is be

breakthroughs and protests have been marking the international aids conference in vienna the world health organization says revelations of a new vaginal gel promising to significantly reduce hiv infections have given hope to manny women the human rights activists say the key of curbing the disease is access to universal care thousands marched the austrian capital complaining that medical advances mean nothing as patients cannot get treatment they play a wealth of nations for a dog giving enough funds to the cause r.t. sara first spoke to the executive director of the un aids agency says money is essential to continue the fight against the disease. and i think for me what is going most important to say to a war is that got to of course we are moving from the period of of one and see to what period of scarcity of course so we know in europe it is a facing a major financial crisis for many point these are facing the public finance crises but that's not enough it is not that there is only one tool for learning tool scaled down is the time to scale all we have been experiencing during the last ten years to

could be misleading in this case but in this respect hope you're going surely against the world health organization all those eminent doctors and professors would be meeting in vienna you're a doctor yourself what sort of reaction you getting from the medical world with your view. well to say the truth here in italy we don't know any adverse reaction and as a matter of fact we can teach freely that there are at least turn to views on aids and we can teach these freely at the university and actually we have been sponsored by the public health system the of our region who gave us the possibility to attend the two conferences so we don't get any adverse reaction and as a matter of fact there our data seem to confirm the warts of press for a moment then yes i think that in what is a respected yeah it's a little bit something like over thirty million people infected by hiv aids are you saying to them actually they could have been treated in a different way and they wouldn't be suffering or possibly future looking very bleak and dying from this you think perhaps they've got it all wrong over the last yea

the affects of all that tang could be dangerous a study by the world health organization shows the risk of skin cancer jumped 75% when people regularly used tanning beds before the age of 30. dermatologists say signs of tanning addiction include constant fear of the tan wearing off and budgeting time to get to the tanning salon. >> invited to the party, might say i can't make it or i'm going to be late n your mind, you know, you have got to go get your fix, you know you have got to go in the tanning box. >> experts say magazines and tv shows influence young people's decision to tan but one popular reality star is giving her tanning bed addiction a rest. "jersey shore" snooki says spray tanning since congress passed indoor taxing taxes also month. >>> the government spent millions of your tax dollars to buy car companies during the economic crisis. today, president obama will be in the midwest trying to argue that those investments are paying off. he will visit the chrysler and general motors plants, a new white house report claims that the $60 billion auto bailout saved a million jobs.

the world health organization cites improved access, especially in subsaharan africa.e lagging in eastern europe because drug users there often go untreated. and there are concerns that worldwide insufficient funding could slow efforts to fight the epidemic. >>> 5:50. divers are exploring a shipwreck near finland and have found champagne. from the 18th century. it is likely the oldest drinkable champagne in the world. a dive instructor sampled the bubbly said it tastes fantastic. experts believe the champagne is from the 1780s. in all, about 30 bottles still on the shep wreck. if the corks are intact and the champagne is drinkable each bottle may be worth $65,000. >> that's why he said it tasted so good. >>> it is 5:51. >>> coming up, just one week after the world cup ends, south africa has yet another reason to celebrate. >> also ahead, ice skating down under. and what better place than the beach! it quite a year for sports for south africa. just after the country when i melt to sleep when i melt to sleep with unisom sleep melts i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and

. >> reporter: studies by the world health organization and fcc have concluded that smart meters are safe and emit radio frequencies lower than radio and tvs. >>> months after she attempted to pass through massive insurance rate increases the president of anthem blue cross in california says today she is leaving her job. she tried to raise anthem's rates by an average of 25% in february. the move drew public outrage, even a rebuke from president obama. anthem backed down. that was in april. but later the company announced rate increases of 14%. she says she's going into health care consulting. >>> well, a huge the pro of land formerly known as the oakland army base is one step closer to becoming a major job source for the city. we're talking over 400 acres of land located between the nimitz freeway and the toll plaza. a report live from headquarters with a story of how one community group wants to make sure those jobs stay in oakland. >> reporter: well, jessica, the group calls itself revive oakland. they held a rally outside the port of oakland, and it seems like their efforts paid

the icao to the world health organization and other international organizations as appropriate and mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i rise as a co-sponsor of this important resolution which calls upon the international civil aviation organization, icao, to accord observer status to taiwan. taiwan, which provides air traffic control services for well over 1.3 million flights per year needs to be part of the international organization responsible for air safety and security, is this especially not true in a post-september 11 11 world where security in the -- postseptember 11 world where security in the sky is not important to people across the globe? the manipulation of beijing's leaders who seeks to deny taiwan's airspace -- it is time to bring to an end beijing's petty games of oneupmanships and running of slight in internation

. >> reporter: the world health organization estimates there may be as many as 50 million cases of dengueut it's the more than 10,000 cases this year in the caribbean that are of concern to authorities in the u.s. at least 32 people have died so far in the dominican republic and puerto rico. the 18 cases in key west this year hardly constitute an enkick and there are no serious illness and no reason to panic. >> we're doing okay. so far, we're doing okay. >> reporter: precautions are being taken. standing water is being cleared. fumigation is under way. >> dengue fever is not even on the top 100 list of my concerns. >> reporter: photographer robert clark knows why people fear the disease. he was infected with dengue while on assignment in cambodia. >> i was sore, joints felt swollen. i felt like i had aged. >> reporter: there are several strains. it's usually not fatal, often mild, but when it hits hard, it hurts. >> some people who have will say it feels like your bones are made of glass. apparently, it's one of the most painful symptoms that people can endure. >> reporter: one more reas

quoting the world health organization, more than half of the world's population rely on waste to meet their basic energy needs. heating with solid fuels is on open steeves. exposure to high children who spend most of the time next to the heart hmp. indoor air pollution is responsible for one death every 0 seconds. the use of polluting fuels that poses a major burden on the health of poor families, their agendaens is the result of poverty as poor families don't have the resources to obtain cleaner fuels and appliances. reliance on these can compromise health and hold back. according to the 2004 assessment of the international energy agency, people relying on this will continue to rise especially if the obama administration continues. if they are serious about cleaning up the environment, the u.s. export import bank to approve. the plant will be built. but u.s. manufacturing mining machinery won't be used thanks to the president and its followers at the congressesally u.s. job-killing u.s. export-import bank. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mchenry from no

. >> reporter: the world health organization estimates there may be as many as 50 million cases of dengue are of concern to authorities in the u.s. at least 32 people have died so far in the dominican republic and puerto rico. the 18 cases in key west this year hardly constitute an epidemic, and there have been no serious illnesses. there has also been no panic. >> business is doing okay. a little slow with the oil. so far we're doing okay. >> reporter: but precautions are being taken. standing water is being cleared. fumigation is under way. >> dengue fever is not even on the top 100 list of my concerns. >> reporter: photographer robert clark knows why people fear the disease. he was infected with dengue while on assignment in cambodia. >> i was sore, my joints felt really swollen. i felt like i'd aged. >> reporter: there are several strains. it's usually not fatal and often mild. but when it hits hard, it hurts. >> some people who have had it say your bones feel like they're made of glass. apparently it's one of the most painful set of symptoms that people can endure. >> reporter: one m

speaker, as the former deputy general of the world health organization once said, mothers, the new born and children represent the well-being of a society and its potential for the future. their health needs cannot be left unmet without harming the whole of society. mr. speaker, there is no doubt the future of our country depends on the health and well-being of our mothers and their children. i urge my colleagues to make evidence-based maternity care a national priority by co-sponsoring and helping to pass the moms for the 21st century act. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. poe from texas. mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. or five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the ban continues to -- band continues to play the same song. third or fourth verse. and that is the song of nuclear weapons in iran. now, is there anyone in the house of representatives, democrat, republican, who believes that iran has stopped its development nuc

country's government and international aid organizations have come up with a water based solution counselling has joined in this health mission. to water world this is the. originating in a bit it enters india and flows on into bangladesh it's the peak of the rainy season and here in the state of assam in northeast india health care arrives by boat for those living in remote villages it can take three or four days to reach some of the islands. many villages we can go on when the rainy season it's more difficult to get to them during the dry season we have to try to seven kilometers this could take two hours we can't carry all our medical equipment such a long distance one hundred thousand people live in the district of nobody but there is only one functioning medical center no wonder then that the arrival of the book clinic is a big event here the entire village turns out to meet the stuff. sixteen year old is pregnant and feels this free check up is a far better option than travelling to the nearest town the book clinic is run by an ngo the center for northeast studies and is funded by the indian government and unicef its main focus is the

health care because of this platform-like infrastructure. >> that was the conference organizer, tim o'reilly. while most attendees come from the u.s., some come from all over the world as far as australia. senator lundy is a member of the australian better -- federal parliament and part of an expert -- part of an effort to expand broadband availability throughout australia. >> does the term gov 2.0 mean the same thing in australia as it does in the united states? >> i think it does. people are understanding in using the internet. -- and using the internet. saying gov 2.0 relates it to government. it is helping them understand what we're about. >> is there a desire for those that you serve with and government to get more transparent via technology? >> we have a top-level policy commitment to making did a more sensible by australians and also -- more accessible by all this trillions. -- by all australians. there has been some legislative change recently. we had two acts of parliament -- the freedom of immigration amendment act and the information commissioner act, which both change things. it provides new objectives that make the difficult position of information publ

organizations, a great number of current medical facilities were built after world war ii and were constructed with a structurally obsolete design that, quote, do not typically meet the needs of modern health care delivery. the result of these outdated buildings has left them with a long list of major construction projects waiting for congressional funding. right now there are over 60 medical construction projects in the backlog. that means there are over 60 locations that are in need of major construction, renovation or modification. it means that there are 60 locations where our veterans are not receiving care in modern facilities. unfortunately, this bill was only able to address a total of five of these projects and only two of them are new medical facilities. with more women and men service members transingsing from active duty to v.a. care with multiple illnesses, we will require more new and modified medical facilities. though $10 million is far less than what is needed to address these aging medical facilities, infrastructure and construction needs, the amendment still will play a role in ensuring more veterans are receiving the care they deserve in a modern and quality health care