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Two studies have confirmed that a daily pill containing HIV-combating drugs can be used to prevent infection in the healthy. One of the studies was conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Botswana Ministry of Health and the other was conducted by the University of Washington and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco spent the first week of their marriage in separate hotels ten miles apart, according to his palace.

Charlize Theron, 35, and Ryan Reynolds, are dating. At least US Weekly says they are. It's rumored that the Green Lantern star, 34, has been dating the blonde bombshell for months and that it's hush-hush.Reynolds split from wife Scarlett Johansson, 26, in December but was spotted having dinner with the former Mrs. Reynolds at Little Dom's in LA last Friday.Other women that the actor has dated include Alanis Morissette, who he was engaged and was seeing for 7 year...

Gilead Sciences, the leading maker of HIV drugs, is to share intellectual property rights on its medicines in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available to the poor.

A prison in Peru is holding their own month-long mock Copa America football tournament.

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A century ago, it was the explorers and infantrymen of Europe's great powers slugging it out for slices of Africa. Now, it is the agents of Chinese and Brazilian capital, but the competition is just as fierce.

The South Korean city of Pyeongchang was selected on Wednesday to be the host site for the 2018 Winter Olympics, beating out both Germany and France.

The South Korean city beat out Germany and France to win the bid for the 2018 games.

The International Olympic Committee announced Pyeongchang today as the destination of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The announcement was made after only one round of secret balloting by the group's 95 members in Durban, South Africa.

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is willing to step down from power if he receives security guarantees, reported Russian media, quoting an unnamed Russian government official.

Beijing solidified a business partnership with Zimbabwe last week that unionists say is responsible for abusive work environments across the southern African nation.

Incredulous New Jersey citizens have been contacting the police with reports of a baboon wandering around Garden State highways.

A dark cloud hangs over the 'Other Royal Wedding'

The Prince must produce a legitimate heir to the throne in order for his family to remain in control of Monaco

The 2011 Copa America promises to be a great battle

Emerging market debt issuance has soared in the first six months of 2011, driven by heavy corporate bond volumes and flying in the face of debt problems in the developed world, but risk aversion may erode demand in the second half.

Design Week's last print issue will hit stands this week, but its digital age is just beginning.

Emerging market debt issuance has soared in the first six months of 2011, driven by heavy corporate bond volumes and flying in the face of debt problems in the developed world, but risk aversion may erode demand in the second half.

Equatorial Guinea, one of the smallest African countries but surely the fastest in women's soccer ascendancy, fought Norway today, a traditional powerhouse fallen on less stellar times in a Group D encounter.

The United States formally offered its backing on Tuesday for French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to take over the top job at the International Monetary Fund, ensuring a win for her over Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens.