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Video: President Obama with Turkish Students

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Video (44min 41sec): President Obama with Turkish Students.

The President talks to students in Turkey on his last day in Europe, April 7, 2009.

Speaking in a majority-Muslim country, United States President Barack Obama addresses some of the issues between America and the Muslim world over the past several years and beyond face-to-face.

This event was held at the Tophane Cultural Center in Istanbul.

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Video: President Obama: Listening in Strasbourg France

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President Barack Obama

Video (59min 54sec): President Obama - Listening in Strasbourg, France.

President Obama spoke with and listened to a gathering in Strasbourg, France on April 3, 2009.

President Obama had met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy immediately before this meeting.

He reiterated a consistent theme of his trip, telling the audience he felt it was "important was for me to have an opportunity to not only speak with you but also to hear from you, because that's ultimately how we can learn about each other."

"Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons, or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet.

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Video: President Obama with Turkish Parliament

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Video (25min 45sec): President Obama: Addressing the Turkish Parliament.

President Obama speaks to US-Turkish relations in his address to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2009.

He discusses the progress of Turkey's own democratic reforms, and reaffirms US support of the Turkey's bid to become a member of the European Union.

"We has stood together through many challenges over the last sixty years.

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Video: G20 Pledge $1 Trillion to Boost World Economy

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Video (4min 47sec): President Barack Obama attended the G20 Summit which pledged $1 Trillion to Boost World Economy.

Despite a number of earlier disagreements, G20 leaders seem to have finally reached a consensus and pledged over one trillion dollars to the IMF and the World Bank to stimulate the global economy.

The main issue was how much they will spend and how far should they go with the regulations.

The G20 are likely to agree on the one trillion US dollar rescue plan.

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Targeting Hiv Rates in Sex Workers Disappointing

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Zimbabwe Sex Workers

Reducing HIV Levels Across the World by Ken Brower. Various campaigns are created to stop the spread of HIV infections that run rampant, especially in countries like Africa. It is disappointing when an initiative fails to yield the expected results, as was the case with a study that spanned three years in several Zimbabwe communities. Researchers were hoping a program which offered free condoms, peer-to-peer education for the entire community and counseling sessions along with treatment of STD's aimed at women in the sex industry and their male counterparts would have an impact on HIV infection rates amongst the sex industry as well as the whole community. However, the study determined that this initiative to impact those people who had much higher risk of being infected with HIV (sex workers and clients) did very little in reducing the rates of HIV infection in the general population. While this initiative actually succeeded in lowering the number of infections of HIV in men, it did not reduce that risk for women.

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