GUWAHATI: The stigmatisation of HIV/Aids is a major hindrance in controlling the fast-spreading disease in India, a top UN official said here.

"Stigma and discrimination are indeed problem areas in tackling HIV/Aids in India," said Nafis Sadik, special envoy of the UN secretary general for HIV/Aids in Asia and the Pacific.

"There is acceptance of the problem at the highest level...

RE JENICE Armstrong's "Black men who fly to Rio" column (Sept. 19):

I am so tired of black men who put down black women as their excuse for dealing with someone outside their race.

They are the only men who do this. I have never heard a white man put down a white woman to justify his reasons for dealing with a woman of color. I have never heard it from Asian or Hispanic men. But fr...

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RE JENICE Armstrong's "Black men who fly to Rio" column (Sept. 19):

I am so tired of black men who put down black women as their excuse for dealing with someone outside their race.

They are the only men who do this. I have never heard a white man put down a white woman to ...

Phan Chinh Thuc, head of the Education and Training Ministry's Vocational Training Department (VTD), said 30 vocational training centres would be built by the end of 2007 with an aim to raise the rate of trained workers and supply more workers to the technical sector. From now to the end of 2010, the VTD also targets raising the rate of trained workers by 26% (Nguoi Lao Dong).

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Here's a roundup of what happened on your favorite reality shows last week:

Recap: Jerry Springer was smooth and Emmitt Smith struggled a bit with his posture. Joey Lawrence dazzled (by far the best of the night, receiving two 10s from judges). Harry Hamlin worked hard. Sara Evans and Monique Coleman had charisma. Mario Lopez (odds on favorite to win the whole thing) surprised judges wit...

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'Stigma and discrimination are indeed problem areas in tackling HIV/AIDS in India,' said Nafis Sadik, special envoy of the UN secretary general for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.

'There is acceptance of the problem at the highest level, although lots needs to be done to make it (the disease) acceptable in the society which is still in a denial mode,' Sadik told journalists.

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A late Monday night police baton charge on farmers, women and Trinamool Congress leaders at Singur, about 45 km from here, and the forcible removal of and assault on party chief Mamata Banerjee and her companions, saw the party leaders converging in Kolkata Tuesday morning at the foot of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mamata Banerjee was allegedly abused, physically assaulted and her cloth...

Sudarsanan Margasagayam, 48, denied all charges but admitted to having consensual sex with the maid once, reports the Today newspaper.

The former building safety officer produced medical tests in the court that showed him suffering from penile dysfunction and low testosterone levels.

The maid had claimed that between June 1 and 7 in 2004, Sudarsanan took her home to take care for hi...