Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud, When Toilets Were as Scarce as Hen's Teeth. AIDS, Israel to Africa

Afghanistan's presidential election has long been viewed by U.S. officials as a key to conferring legitimacy on the Afghan government, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his powerful warlord allies have planned to commit large-scale electoral fraud that could have the opposite effect. AFGHANISTAN: Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme

Dr. Bindeshwar Patak, the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate and founder of a grassroots sanitation movement in India, recounts the days before his country's independence in 1947 when toilets were a rare sight in remote villages and towns under British rule.
INDIA: When Toilets Were as Scarce as Hen's Teeth - Thalif Deen

Dr Saleem Azam cannot get MN and FM off his mind. These two died recently in two of Karachi’s government-run hospitals, unable to get timely medical treatment and denied the compassionate attention that they desperately needed. HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Stigma, Apathy Continue as the World Fights AIDS By Zofeen T. Ebrahim

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been busy pursuing one aspect of the Obama Administration's agenda - carrying to Africa the U.S. message of accountability. With a rather different agenda, Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Liberman also has Africa in his sights. MIDEAST: Israel Turns Dubiously to Africa By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler