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US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle (AP)

FILE - This is a Saturday July 26, 2003 file photo of Louise Brown, front center, with Alastair Macdonald front fourth left, the first in vitro fertilized female and male babies born, attend the 25th anniversary reunion at the Bourn Hall Clinic near Cambridge, England.  An American infertility clinic is offering free human eggs to one British woman for attending an informational seminar Wednesday March 17, 2010 in London.The promotion, which has been described by some as a raffle, has sparked an ethical debate in Britain about whether women should be paid for their eggs,  which is illegal in the European Union, but not in the United States. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday.


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US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle (AP)

FILE - This is a Saturday July 26, 2003 file photo of Louise Brown, front center, with Alastair Macdonald front fourth left, the first in vitro fertilized female and male babies born, attend the 25th anniversary reunion at the Bourn Hall Clinic near Cambridge, England.  An American infertility clinic is offering free human eggs to one British woman for attending an informational seminar Wednesday March 17, 2010 in London.The promotion, which has been described by some as a raffle, has sparked an ethical debate in Britain about whether women should be paid for their eggs,  which is illegal in the European Union, but not in the United States. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday.


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Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid (AP)

President Barack Obama is introduced by Connie Anderson, sister of cancer patient Natoma Canfield, who wrote the president saying she gave up her health insurance after it rose, before he spoke about health care reform, Monday, March 15, 2010, at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.


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All sides playing hardball on health care bill (AP)

Several hundred demonstrators gather for a AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.


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Clinic: Ohioan championed by Obama will keep home (AP)

President Barack Obama is introduced by Connie Anderson, sister of cancer patient Natoma Canfield, who wrote the president saying she gave up her health insurance after it rose, before he spoke about health care reform, Monday, March 15, 2010, at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.


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New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (AP)

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg. Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)AP - New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.


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