G-8 offers $60B to combat AIDS in Africa
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_he_me/g8_summit_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070608/capt.e6a91fd431e1491d866f6e97ee481970.germany_g8_summit_hld138.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=T4coykrHN9EyT0jcUBhODA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="South African President Thabo Mbeki, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left to right, talk during a meeting in Heiligendamm June 8, 2007. World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat. (AP Photo/Michael Dalder/POOL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Germany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>

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