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The U.N. has released the most comprehensive global climate science report ever. It is unequivocal: Humans must stop burning fossil fuels or suffer catastrophic impacts.

Many people feared violence and protests would tarnish the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference in Africa, which ends tomorrow in Durban, South Africa. Some participants even withdrew because of concerns about their safety. But as NPR's Richard Knox reports, the meeting has taken place virtually without incident.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that a U.S. government agency has promised one-billion-dollars a year in loans to help countries in Sub-Saharan Africa buy AIDS treatments from U.S. companies. But AIDS experts say the money represents only a small step toward addressing the huge problem of HIV infection in Africa.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from South Africa on the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Johannesburg. Representatives of 33 countries that belong to the movement signed a resolution condemning the pending lawsuit filed by major drug companies in an attempt to prevent South Africa from importing generic AIDS treatment drugs.

The settlement of the South Africa lawsuit ends one public relations headache for the drug industry. But in Washington, another battle is just beginning. The government seems ready to commit as much as $2 billion dollars to AIDS programs in Africa. But no specific spending plans have been formulated yet, and the drug industry intends to be in on that process. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Neda Ulaby reports on J.M. Coetzee of South Africa, who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for literature Thursday. His stories tell of apartheid and those affected by the system of racial separation that brutalized South Africa's black majority. The prize includes a check for $1.3 million.

Yaram Fall is staunchly against people leaving Africa to build their lives elsewhere. "The development of Africa comes from its own people," she says.

Fossil hunters in Africa have discovered human bones dating back 160,000 years. Paleontologists say the find adds detail to a crucial period in human evolution, and confirms the hypothesis that modern humans evolved in Africa. NPR' s Christopher Joyce reports.

A new United Nations climate report released in Monaco this week paints another grim picture for the planet and Florida. Seas are not only rising, but...

The most thorough examination of the infamous "Pacific Garbage Patch"-- a floating swath of debris caught in a gyre — shows it's bigger, way bigger, than thought. And it's mostly plastic.