The bad news: A Harvard University team discovered that the virus was able to outsmart another AIDS vaccine with a single mutation.

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Next week will also see the release of a celebrity fundraising single for victims of Aids in Africa, and for victims of the terror attacks of 11 September in New York.

BBC: Stars release Damilola tribute single

There are not enough single pill versions of drugs, there are very few aids medicines for children and technical problems with supplies persist.

BBC: HIV is a major problem in the developing world

Proceeds from the sales of the single, released on 5 November, will go to the Global Aids Alliance and to Aids prevention charities in Africa.

BBC: Stars release Damilola tribute single

Also included is Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Housing for Special Populations (Elderly and Disabled), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), Emergency Shelter Grants, the Supportive Housing program, the Single Room Occupancy program, the Shelter Plus Care program, and the Home Ownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) program, among others.

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Politicians will not dismantle the single market, but there is a lot they can do to meddle: doling out state aids, encouraging mergers and alliances to create national or European "champions", and taking an aggressive stance on foreign imports through things like anti-dumping complaints.

ECONOMIST: European politics