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PAPPAS Announces New 24-Hour Phone System Which Gives Refund Information

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announces a new 24-hour a day, 7 days a week phone system to give homeowners information about refunds, bills, payments and other services in English and Spanish. Treasurer Pappas (left) presents a refund check to homeowner Lorain Moran.

NPP North America Congress in Chicago Ends

By

Kwaku D. Mensah

CHICAGO:- The NPP North America Branch has successfully concluded its National Annual Delegates’ Congress at the Four Point Sheraton Midway Hotel in Chicago, IL on September 14,2003. Approximately, 70 delegates represented the following states or cities both in Canada and the United States namely: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kentucky; Washington, DC; Montreal, Canada; Newark NJ; San Francisco, CA; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL, Ottawa, Canada and Detroit, MI.

Gates urges AIDS victims in Botswana to take advantage of free drugs

By SELLO MOTSETA

Associated Press Writer

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) _ Bill Gates, whose foundation has given $50 million to combat AIDS in Botswana, said he was baffled that more people were not taking HIV tests even though free AIDS drugs were available.

The stigma of AIDS runs deep against those with the disease in this southern African country where more than 38 percent of adults are infected with HIV _ the highest rate in the world.

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