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/ 27 September 2003
As South African President Thabo Mbeki stumbled into another Aids controversy, the International Conference on Aids in Africa, (Icasa) which finished in Nairobi on Friday reached a consensus: the world’s poorest, Aids-devastated continent now has access to the serious money and modern drugs that it has fruitlessly sought for years.
August is proving an unforgettable month for amateur astronomers as they turn their gaze on Mars, now at its closest to Earth since Neanderthals walked our planet, a proximity of this kind last occurring nearly 60 000 years ago.
Scientists from around the world gather in Paris this Sunday for an update on the war against Aids, gloomily aware that good news will be rare and that, after more than two decades, they still lack basic knowledge about their foe.
The biggest attempt to tackle the Earth’s worsening environment problems and help the planet’s poorest gets underway in less than two weeks, but already the prospect of failure hangs over the Johannesburg summit.
Forum: Clean air or hot air?