Bush adds 8 nations to malaria fight
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_he_me/white_house_malaria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061214/capt.9806a708c0c842ec869a05a6bce1de17.bush_malaria_dcsa101.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=MHTwCBHfbJqVt1dL9h9PhA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Bush speaks at the White House Summit on Malaria, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 at the National Geographic Society in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Declaring that malaria can be defeated, President Bush on Thursday added eight countries to a U.S. initiative aimed at combatting the disease in Africa and slashing its mortality rate by half in targeted nations.</p><br clear="all"/>