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Bush Doing Business As Usual, Along With Protest In Rome On Visit
US President George W Bush drew gasps at the Vatican on Saturday by referring to Pope Benedict XVI as "Sir" instead of the expected "His Holiness".

Meanwhile anti-war protesters gathered in Rome on Saturday as US President George W Bush was to meet Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and Pope Benedict XVI, a day after the release of an explosive report detailing secret CIA prisons in Europe.

G8 Agrees To Fight Aids In Africa With $60 Billion In Funding
"The agreement within the G8 will follow the US proposal to increase the aid for fighting these diseases to $60 billion in the forthcoming years with $30 billion coming from the US".

Merkel will make the deal public on the summit's final day after a meeting with the heads of six African nations. Detail on the plans were not available, making it hard to tell how much new money the deal involves.


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