• Obama Changes His Stance on Offshore Drilling
• Activists Crash Pharmaceutical Giant's Symposium at International AIDS Conference
• Blogger Matt Curtis Interviews Konstantin Lezhentsev at AIDS Conference
• Professional Health Students Blog AIDS Advocacy
• Americans Sail to Gaza to Challange Isreali Siege
• Water Tensions on the Pakistan-Afghan Border

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Obama Changes His Stance on Offshore Drilling
Presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama laid out a new energy plan full of
short term and long term goals. His long term goal: complete US energy
independence within ten years. In the meantime, Obama says he's open to
expanded offshore oil drilling, which marks a shift in his position.
Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

Activists Crash Pharmaceutical Giant's Symposium at International AIDS Conference

AIDS activists, organized by Act UP Paris, made their voices heard at a
symposium sponsored by pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb
yesterday, coinciding with the launch of the 17th Annual AIDS
Conference, being in held in Mexico City this week. Bristol-Myers
Squibb announced in March that it would stop distribution of a vital
HIV drug for children known as efavirenz – a move that activists
denounced as they took the stage and microphone at the symposium.
Worldwide, more than 300,000 children died from AIDS last year alone
and an estimated 420,000 children contracted the virus.

Blogger Matt Curtis Interviews Konstantin Lezhentsev at AIDS Conference
Matt Curtis is one of several activists and bloggers posting their
audio interviews, photos and videos on the conference at aids2008.com.
He spoke with Konstantin Lezhentsev, director of the All Ukraine
Network of People Living with HIV.

Professional Health Students Blog AIDS Advocacy
Health professional students from the US, Kenya and Uganda have
uploaded video postcards, adding their voices to the conversations
about HIV/AIDS advocacy. 

Americans Sail to Gaza to Challange Isreali Siege

A diverse group calling itself the Free Gaza Movement is heading to
Gaza from Cyprus to challenge Israeli control of the territory. They
say that in 2005 when Israel removed its settlements, it did not
surrender control of Gaza's borders, making the land what they call an
"open air prison, with no way in and no way out". So they're trying a
new approach to get through: by sea. Tanya Snyder has this report. 

Water Tensions on the Pakistan-Afghan Border
Access to clean water is a major source of tension in key regions
throughout the world. Quetta is the largest city in Pakistan's
Baluchistan province, which borders Afghanistan. Quetta was once called
Little London, famed for its cleanliness and efficient city planning,
and known as Pakistan's fruit basket. But as FSRN's Mudassar Shah
reports, this sensitive international border city has changed, and is
facing a new conflict, over water.