Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet An update from Gaza, protecting Afghan allies and assessing HIV risk in Africa November 15, 2012 By: Worldview Download Story [View the story "Worldview 11.15.12" on Storify]Worldview 11.15.12As Israeli troops and Gazan militants exchange rockets, we get an update from the Gaza strip. Then, as the U.S. military prepares for its 2014 drawdown, thousands of Afghans who helped the mission await visas while in serious danger. And, a Nigerian activist reaches the men most at risk for HIV.Storified by · Thu, Nov 15 2012 09:32:41Israel / Gaza conflict updateAs Israeli troops and Gazan militants exchange rockets, we get an update from the Gaza strip. Israeli air strike kills Hamas military leadereuronewsDeaths reported after fresh airstrikes on GazaeuronewsIsrael and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges - live updatesIsrael and militants in Gaza are trading fire after yesterday's assassination of the Ahmed al-Jabari, commander of Hamas's military wing....We speak with Yaakov Lappin, a military correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.The Afghan List ProjectIn 2009, Congress passed the Afghan Allies Protection Act that allocated 7,500 visas for Afghans employed by the US government. Most estimates, however, show that the US so far has approved less than 100. Afghan Allies Protection Act Has Yet To Keep Promise of US Visas For Interpreters | immigration-newsThu, Oct 25 3:24 PM In 2009, the Afghan Allies Protection Act allocated 7,500 visas for citizens of Afghanistan who served as military in...Meanwhile, as the US military prepares for its 2014 draw-down thousands of Afghans who helped the mission await visas while in serious danger. Becca Hanna, director of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, which has also begun working with Afghans, joins us to discuss the situation.Assessing, and addressing, H.I.V. risk in African menBartholomew Boniface Ochonya ("OBB"), a human rights and AIDS activist from Nigeria, runs the largest HIV prevention program for high-risk men in sub-Saharan Africa. He recently returned from a comparative study tour in India where he represented Nigeria’s MARPs (most-at-risk-populations). OBB and Lori Babcock, from Heartland Alliance International, tell us about fulfilling but sometimes dangerous work of HIV education and prevention in Nigeria. Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Previous post in Worldview Worldview 11.14.12 Next post in Worldview Global Activism: HIV prevention program for high-risk men in sub-Saharan Africa View the discussion thread. Top Headlines On WBEZ.org Two views of Roseland, decades apart Chicago 'TomKat' play takes on celebrity culture Old Maxwell Street remembered on film Searching for Chicago’s cable car tunnels Sharpen the pencils! Nailed it! The history of race and class in Chicago's nail art How Superman saved a small Illinois town Chicago books that would make great movies Chicago's municipal device: The city's symbol lurking in plain sight
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