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The World AIDS... </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-tags"> <div class="myblog-tags">Tags:</div><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/aids/"> AIDS</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/health/"> Health</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/awareness/"> awareness</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/health-fitness/"> Health & Fitness</a> </div> </div><!-- EO single-mblog --> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-star-comment"> <span class="mblog-star" id="main370010"> <span class="star-it"><a href="javascript:increase_vote('0','370010',1)"> 4 Star It</a></span> </span> <span class="mblog-comment"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/world-aids-day-women-urged-to-take-the-lead/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/css-img/club-comment.gif"/> 1 Comments</a> </span> </div> <div class="single-mblog"> <div class="inner-icon"> </div> <div class="mblog-title"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/">Wish I could hear you...</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-author"> Nov 25 2008 </div> <div class="mblog-img"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/11/25/th_red_sunset1_19882_200x150.jpg"/> </div> <div class="mblog-desc"> On this day every year the first call I receive is from him. Wherever he is, he never forgets to call me first thing in the morning. Why I didn’t hear from him this year? Where is he today? When I was kid, he was my hero. He knew everything under... </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/" class="myblog-continue">Continue reading this article ...</a> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-tags"> <div class="myblog-tags">Tags:</div><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/family/"> Family</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/relations/"> relations</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/regrets/"> regrets</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://www.instablogs.com/morocco/"> Morocco</a> </div> </div><!-- EO single-mblog --> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-star-comment"> <span class="mblog-star" id="main366392"> <span class="star-it"><a href="javascript:increase_vote('0','366392',1)"> 8 Star It</a></span> </span> <span class="mblog-comment"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/css-img/club-comment.gif"/> 5 Comments</a> </span> </div> <div class="single-mblog"> <div class="inner-icon"> </div> <div class="mblog-title"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/housemaids-body-kept-at-the-morgue-for-two-months/">Housemaid's body kept at morgue for two months</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="mblog-author"> Nov 11 2008 </div> <div class="mblog-img"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/11/11/11_ae_alemintu_girma_hailu_4_aJxA2_3868_200x150.jpg"/> </div> <div class="mblog-desc"> Alemintu Girma Hailu, 19-year-old Ethiopian woman, who came to work as a Domestic worker for a family in UAE, fell ill after a few days of her arrival due to heat stroke. She spent two months in the hospital in coma before she died on October 9. 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AIDS day is well-mediatised here in France, with the three major tv channels contributing to a nationwide fund-collecting effort. Laudable, but far from being enough of course. This is a very serious problem, and tackling it has come up... </div><!-- EO content --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comment --> <div class="comments-on-author-single-comment"> <div class="comments-on-author-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/#comment-551712">Wish I could hear you...</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="image"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/user-img/m/mik/t_mikool.jpg"/></div> <div class="author-and-date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mikool.instablogs.com/">Michael C</a>, <span> 2 weeks ago </span> </div><!-- EO author-and-date --> <div class="content"> Well my friend, now that you’ve started, don’t stop. Please........... </div><!-- EO content --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comment --> <div class="comments-on-author-single-comment"> <div class="comments-on-author-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/#comment-551525">Wish I could hear you...</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="image"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/user-img/w/waz/t_waz84.jpg"/></div> <div class="author-and-date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://waz84.instablogs.com/">Wa'd</a>, <span> 3 weeks ago </span> </div><!-- EO author-and-date --> <div class="content"> Hi Maya, very nice post... and may his soul rest in peace :) </div><!-- EO content --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comment --> <div class="comments-on-author-single-comment"> <div class="comments-on-author-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/wish-i-could-hear-you/#comment-551468">Wish I could hear you...</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="image"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/user-img/m/mik/t_mikool.jpg"/></div> <div class="author-and-date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mikool.instablogs.com/">Michael C</a>, <span> 3 weeks ago </span> </div><!-- EO author-and-date --> <div class="content"> Oh, what a delightful and sad piece of writing. So sad. I lost my sisters for thirty-off years. I know what you mean..... Thank you for this.... </div><!-- EO content --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comment --> <div class="comments-on-author-single-comment"> <div class="comments-on-author-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/entry/housemaids-body-kept-at-the-morgue-for-two-months/#comment-549956">Housemaid's body kept at morgue for two months</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="image"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202im_/http://www.instablogs.com/user-img/m/mik/t_mikool.jpg"/></div> <div class="author-and-date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mikool.instablogs.com/">Michael C</a>, <span> Nov 16 2008 </span> </div><!-- EO author-and-date --> <div class="content"> ”Who”, not ”Sho”. Sorreeeee! </div><!-- EO content --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comment --> <div class="more-received"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://mayaa.instablogs.com/more_received.php?id=19882">More Received</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="topic-given" style="display:none;" class="recent-comments-by-user"> <div class="single-comments-by-user"> <div class="comments-by-user-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://alertmind.instablogs.com/entry/a-fathers-pride-turned-into-a-sorrow-by-a-nincompoop-politician-shameshame/#comment-553738">A father's pride - turned into a sorrow by a nincompoop politician! shame shame!</a> </div> <div class="comment-date"> 1 week ago </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="comment-img"> </div> <div class="comment-text"> He is such a moron! he was warned before also by his own PB members for articulating his stupidity. </div><!-- EO comment-text --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comments-by-user --> <div class="single-comments-by-user"> <div class="comments-by-user-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://shiv1.instablogs.com/entry/i-am-eternally-pregnent/#comment-553710">i am eternally pregnent</a> </div> <div class="comment-date"> 1 week ago </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="comment-img"> </div> <div class="comment-text"> Shiv Good to have you back.....nice poem You are blessed with such beautiful thoughts...what more belssing do you need? Why only Eve? Adam not invluded? LOL </div><!-- EO comment-text --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comments-by-user --> <div class="single-comments-by-user"> <div class="comments-by-user-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://jolly.instablogs.com/entry/eco-architecture-architect-proposes-900ft-tall-sky-garden-condo-for-new-york-city/#comment-553698">Eco Architecture: Architect proposes 900-foot-tall 'Sky Garden' condo for New York City</a> </div> <div class="comment-date"> 1 week ago </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="comment-img"> </div> <div class="comment-text"> It looks beautiful...architectural innovations…. we will have Sky Garden Parties in the future… Good post Anupam. </div><!-- EO comment-text --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comments-by-user --> <div class="single-comments-by-user"> <div class="comments-by-user-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://themis.instablogs.com/entry/bush-to-receive-first-ever-international-medal-of-peace/#comment-553689">Bush to receive first-ever International Medal of Peace</a> </div> <div class="comment-date"> 1 week ago </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="comment-img"> </div> <div class="comment-text"> I really wonder how these Moderators of IB publish such unauthentic news in the front page... It must be in some funnies section... </div><!-- EO comment-text --> </div><!-- EO comment-content --> </div><!-- EO single-comments-by-user --> <div class="single-comments-by-user"> <div class="comments-by-user-title-link"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081217080202/http://themis.instablogs.com/entry/mumbai-intelligence-report-deep-background/#comment-553648">Mumbai Intelligence Report - Deep Background</a> </div> <div class="comment-date"> 1 week ago </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="comment-img"> </div> <div class="comment-text"> Nothin new.. 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