A specialist taskforce will be established to drive the end of HIV transmission in Australia, as the nation marks World Aids Day. The taskforce will be led by Health Minister Mark Butler and Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney, and include representatives from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, the National Association of People with HIV Australia, and medical experts.
Dozens of Uyghur demonstrators have gathered outside the Chinese consulate in Istanbul to protest a fire last week in the country's northwestern Xinjiang region. The fire killed 10 people and injured nine after breaking out in an apartment building in the regional capital of Urumqi.
The governments of Peru and Ecuador have declared health emergencies amid an outbreak of bird flu. The three months health emergency declaration follows a wave of cases and tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.
Thousands of Egyptians have demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum.
