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GOLDFLUTE QUEEN BEA Space station module ready to launch HIV pregnancy drug treatmen ARLINGTON, ,ve failed to clea ieve by Gov. Gei inutes before he id murder convicl The way Busb nalty in two te en a campaign imination next indidate for pre; Sources close t r in Wednesday BAIKONUR, Kazakstan (AP) — The rocket that will car ry the long-delayed International Space Station's service module into orbit was prepared for fueling Tuesday as work ers made last-minute checks to ensure a smooth launch. Both Russia and the United States have a lot riding on the success of Zvezda, which will be the heart of the 16-na- tion space station project. As well as containing flight con trols and the sewage system, the Zvezda will be a hub for future modules and is where the crew will sleep. It was a quiet day Tuesday at the Baikonur cosmodrome, located on thd remote steppe of this Central Asian nation, with the giant Proton-K rocket standing at its launch pad and most preparations already completed for the Wednes day morning launch. Workers measured temperatures at the rocket's base and readied it for the fuel that will be pumped into its tanks just before the launch. The 22-ton, 43-foot-long segment, which Russia says cost about $320 million to build, has taxed Russia's dwin dling resources and put the U.S.-led project more than two years behind schedule, casting doubts on Russia's relia bility as a major partner. The launch could have come sooner if not for two crash es of Proton rockets. Russia insists problems with the rock et have been worked out, and it has put several satellites into orbit with the help of Proton rockets since the crashes. The Zvezda module will go into orbit unmanned, dock ing several days later by computer with two other space sta tion components that were launched in 1998. The first crew could go to the station by October, NASA has said. Two cosmonauts will be prepared to immediately launch to Zvezda aboard a Soyuz rocket if the automatic linkup goes wrong. A failed launch would be a major setback for the pro ject and Russia's attempts to retain its image as a leading space power, which it gained by putting the first satellite and the first man into space. Abedrooms OOifiS $369 DURBAN, South Africa (AP) Treating HIV-infected mothers during pregnancy reduces the number of ba bies who get AIDS, even if the women risk passing on the virus later through breast-feeding, researchers report. Several studies have shown that giving AIDS drugs such as AZT dur ing pregnancy can substantially re duce the risk of passing on HIV at birth. However, more than half of all mother-to-child HIV transmission re sults from breast-feeding, and some have questioned whether the early treatment actually matters in the end. A new analysis, presented Tuesday at the 13th International AIDS Confer ence, suggests indeed it does, even though breast-feeding clearly does wipe out much of the advantage of the treatment during pregnancy. Dr. Stefan Z. Wiktor and colleagues from the U.S. Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention analyzed two studies conducted on 641 births in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. In both studies, women were treated with AZT during the last month of their pregnancies. At birth, 14 percent of the babies were infected among mothers getting AZT, compared to 23 percent among those who received dummy pills. The researchers then followed the babies while most of the infected mothers breast-fed. vival advantage from AZT was on whelmed by the large number deaths from other infant diseases,st as diarrhea. Wiktor said that while passing lint trug for pi THURMONT, through breast milk is a seriousdfe ;ij n t on continue! 6 6 - * Providing women with a single dose of nevi rapine, you can reduce by at least one-third the transmission from mother to child” ma, “we don't have to solve thatpn: a y to p US h i srae lem in order to start these regimes: j] oser t0 a se ( : t : ] en1 conflict over th Observing a i ouse spokespei — Daya Moodley University of Natal After two years, 22 percent of the babies whose mothers received AZT were infected, compared with 30 per cent of those who got placebos. Wiktor said this is because the sur- prevent AIDS transmission at birtl The treatment, which costs ate $4, involves one dose of nevirapin during labor, one a’fter birth, dose to the newborn. Dr. Daya Mi ley of the University of Natalfl pared this with a combination of tl drugs AZT and 3TC. Eight weeks after birth, tion rates were virtually ideitaW-f percent in the nevirapine babies®® percent in the comparison group. “The message is very simple,'® Moodley. “Providing women will' 1 single dose of nevirapine, youcante duce by at least one-third the W mission from mother to child." On Friday, Boehringer Ingelhein which makes nevirapine, said itwoii >ointed by that, offer the drug free to developing® ^ met again w tries to help stop mother-to-cH omething that 11 spread of HIV. If CLINTON was described as u somber terms i "We went intc >e a struggle; w< per person per month All prices slashed! OPEN HOUSE! 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Miner Tuesda’ The vessel, an old fisltenderloin and' boat carrying mostly I rar |,presidentm Kurds and Moroccans, incluW« T ^ e y are v\ 53 children, hit a sandbafU Punto Stilo, police said, f ainlo „ Officials escorted the i « linni f| grants to a detention cer# ■ . ° Sant’ Annadi Crotone aoc " ele ™ ^ rested two Turkish citizens , ^ ls LOiri 01 ' lieved to be crew members 0 u L ^ Police suspect that the momin 8 befor£ left from the port of Izmir, U u tbe san Human trafficking is 3 W lere are mee ous problem along Italy's Wl and inforr coastline with smugglersc , T e y e,s a certs ing refugees — mainlyadding t< Kosovo, Turkey and North/ 1 . — large sums for the jouF <