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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 11, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Canada / world Winnipeg free press sunday july 11, 2004 win prime seats to this great production in aids Agency recommends routine testing for deadly virus Bangkok Thailand ? the current strategy of leaving it to patients to request an his test is not working in the developing world where 90 per cent of those infected with the aids virus have no idea they Are carrying it in health experts said yesterday. The in aids Agency and world health organization said countries where his is widespread and where treatment is available should test routinely ? while allowing patients to opt out. The environment of aids is changing dramatically. Not Only is there a globalization of the epidemic across Asia and Eastern Europe but there is also a Funda mental shift in the response where treat ment is becoming far More available said or. Peter Piot chief of in aids. The change was announced ahead of today a opening of the International aids conference. Patients who visit clinics for what Ever reason and Are not offered his tests represent millions of missed opportunities for Early diagnoses of aids Piot said. Routine testing would be accompanied by safeguards against discrimination. Many people have avoided his tests fearing social stigma if people know they Are infected. Who has mulled routine testing for years but has not announced it Asun policy until now. ? associated press Karel Prinsloo / associated press a sudanese refugee cries moments after she and her family reached the safety of Bahai. Families try to escape Slaughter in Sudan Arab gunmen kill tens of thousands of Black africans july 16-18 Centennial concert Hall tickets at 780-33333 name address Day pm eve. Phone no Purchase necessary. Full contest rules available. Entries must be marked cats and mailed to . 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They say they Don to want to see Black skin on this land again said Issa Bushara whose brother and Cousin were gunned Down in front of their horrified families during an attack by the janjaweed militia. Now with Many More Likely to die of hunger and disease in Camps in Sudan and neighbouring Chad International pressure is mounting on president Omar Elbashir a government to end the carnage. . And in officials haunted by memories of inac Tion in Rwanda a decade ago have made a series of highly publicized visits to the Region. This week african leaders also called on Sudan to act. Even so word of More raids continues to filter through with the starving exhausted and terrorized families that trickle every Day across the 600?kilometre Border into Chad. At the Kouno Ungo refugee Camp 80 Kilometres from the Sudan Border zen Aba Ismail sits on a dirt floor. In her arms she cradles her Sisters sleep ing infant. Janjaweed fighters burst into their Home Early one morning and shot the child a pregnant Mother in the stomach. The shooting induced labour and she died while giving birth. He cries All the time but i have no milk to give him said the tall woman with traditional scars etched on her hallowed Cheeks. Every time i look at this child i see my sister and i can to Stop the More victims of the raids Are dying now from hunger thirst and disease than in the killings in officials say. They have described the Region As the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. We Are late in Darfur. We have to admit that in undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs Jan Egeland said on a visit last week. He blamed government obstruction the Remote Ness of the area a failure to get adequate funding and preoccupation with the Iraq War which made the world slow to respond to the unfolding disaster. If humanitarian workers can to reach the Esti mated two million in desperate need the death toll could surge to 350,000 by the end of the year ? a conservative estimate according to the . Agency for International development. The crisis developed from Long standing tensions Between nomadic Arab herders and their farming Neighbours. It became violent after two Black african rebel groups took up arms in february 2003 Over what they consider unfair treatment by the government in faraway Khartoum in their struggle Over political influence and resources in Darfur. The rebel groups and the refugees accuse the sudanese government of arming the mostly Arab janjaweed a name that Means horsemen in the local dialect. ? associated press Sunrise 5 33 . Moonrise 1 32 . Sunset 9 35 . Moonset 4 42 . By weather Tec services a 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 -45 map valid for noon july 11, 2004. Of 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 32 23 14 5 -4 -13 -22 -31 -40 -49 Churchill 22 / 10 St. John s 16 / 8 Winnipeg area forecast Thompson an area of High pressure Over the province will keep Southern l 26 / 14 Edmonton Manitoba generally sunny today. Expect an increase in Cloud 19 / 13 Saskatoon 27 / 11 tomorrow with a Chance of showers. Temperatures will be warmer. L h Quebe today. Sunny. Victoria Vancouver City Fredericton l 21 / 11 Calgary Thunder High 30. Low tonight 17. 21 / 14 Winnipeg 25 / 17 Bay 25 / 11 19 / 11 Montreal Regina Halifax monday. A mix of Sun and Cloud. 30% Chance of showers. 22 / 12 26 / 18 Seattle 32 / 13 19 / 12 High 31. 22 / 13 30 / 17 Ottawa great Falls Portland Minneapolis 26 / 14 a 27 / 9 Boston 26 / 15 27 / 20 Milwaukee precipitation Toronto 25 / 16 for the record july 11 26 / 19 h april 1 to july 10 27 / 15 Max min mean l Boise 237.4 my. Last year.23.9 13.5 18.7 new York City 30 / 15 117% of Normal. Normal.26.0 13.5 19.8 Chicago Windsor 29 / 21 Salt Lake City july 10 to 6 . Highest on record .42.2 in 1936 28 / 21 28 / 17 Washington 33 / 19 san Francisco 6.0 my. Lowest on record.3.9 in 1941 h 29 / 2219 / 12 Reno 32 / 12denver Las vegas St. Louis Kansas City 31 / 17 31 / 23 Manitoba conditions yesterday 40 / 26 32 / 23 Orlando los Angeles Miami maximum to 4 . Minimum 24-hour precipitation to 6 . Memphis Atlanta 33 / 23 32 / 25 32 / 18 32 / 24 32 / 22 27 / 18 Albuquerque Winnipeg.28 .17.6.0 Phoenix san Diego thompson.20 .12.nil 42 / 30 Thunder 23 / 19 today s ultraviolet Index new Orleans the Pas .24 .12.trace Dallas 25 / 12lh highest Index 8.0 at 1 30 . Fort Worth gimli.27 .16.2.0 Low High valid for Sunshine or thin Clouds. 26 / 15 rain pressure sunny Cloudy Thunder pressure Index above 3.0 9 . To 6 . 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