Fight looms over global AIDS program
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080202/ap_on_go_pr_wh/global_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080202/capt.dc39c9c955b34d6491ffbb224cfcc5c4.global_aids_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5bZ10MLdHEIt3T3aDakTLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pascazia Mukamana, left, holds her three-year-old sister Solange Muragishemaria, who displays symptoms of HIV infections at their home in Ntenyo in southwestern Rwanda, months after she quit school to single-handedly raise three siblings after their mother died from AIDS in this May 6, 2003 file photo. Arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency, a five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas, may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal this year. President Bush wants to double and House Democrats want to triple spending on a program that is now treating 1.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, where he will visit in two weeks (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas ? arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency ? may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.</p><br clear="all"/>
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