NAME: WORLD AIDS 20081201I TAPE: EF08/1209 IN_TIME: 10:47:25:20 DURATION: 00:03:28:02 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Various - 1 Dec 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST Vienna, Austria 1. Exterior of United Nations building, with students carrying balloons walking on the Memorial Plaza 2. Various of students with balloons 3. Various of balloons being releasing of the balloons 4. Close up of balloons caught on a flagpole 5. Balloons flying in the sky Washington, DC, US 6. US president George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush walk up to podium 7. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: "When we launched PEPFAR, our goal was to support treatment for two million people in five years. Today, I'm pleased to announce that we have exceeded that goal - early. The American people, through PEPFAR, are supporting lifesaving treatment for more than two million people around the world." 8. Large red AIDS ribbon hanging on front of White House 9. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: "We thank our fellow citizens for being so compassionate and so caring and so decent. God bless." 10. Bush and his wife Laura walk away towards the White House Paris, France 11. France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and members of the panel entering news conference 12. Cutaway of journalist 13. Wide of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the podium 14. SOUNDBITE: (French) Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's first lady: "I would like to say, this is not an accidental commitment, what I'm doing today is the extension of something that I've already been involved in with my family. And I am very happy to be able to take it even further, thanks to my mission as Ambassador. Thanks for your support because I think the world has got used to AIDS, and yet we're still seeing figures that are unbelievable, 300,000 children dead in 2007." 15. Bruni, Pascal Villeneuve (UNICEF, associate director), Dr Michel Kazatchkine (executive director of Le Fonds Mondial) and Michel Sidibe (executive director of UNAIDS) posing for media Paris, France 16. Various of police removing AIDS demonstrators from the steps of the Palace of Justice who were carrying banners reading (French) "ACT UP Paris - AIDS: Not guilty, Not a victim." STORYLINE The United Nations on Monday marked World AIDS Day with a balloon launch in Vienna, as senior officials said the disease remained one of the world's key killers. According to a UN report published in August, an estimated 33 (m) million people were living with HIV in 2007. The report said that in virtually all regions outside sub-Saharan Africa, HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - disproportionately affected people who inject drugs, homosexual men and sex workers. Marking World AIDS Day in Washington DC, US President George W. Bush said that his presidential initiative on the deadly disease had already met its goal of treating two (M) million people in sub-Saharan Africa. When the administration launched the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief in 2003, the goal was to support two (M) million people with lifesaving antiretroviral treatment in five years. "I'm pleased to announce that we have exceeded that goal early," Bush said, standing with first lady Laura Bush on the North Lawn of the White House, which was decorated with a giant red ribbon to mark the occasion. When the programme began, only 50-thousand people living with HIV in all of sub-Sahara Africa were receiving antiretroviral treatment, the president said. In addition, the US supported care for more than 10 (M) million people around the world who were affected by HIV, including more than four (M) million orphans and vulnerable children. Bush concluded by thanking his fellow Americas for being "so compassionate and so caring and so decent". Meanwhile, French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on Monday said she wanted to divert media attention surrounding her marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy to a worthy cause - by becoming a goodwill ambassador for the fight against AIDS. Speaking at a news conference in Paris, she said she planned to travel to meet people with AIDS and organise fundraising events in support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bruni-Sarkozy, who lost her brother Virginio to AIDS two years ago, said she was not getting involved by chance and accused the world of becoming complacent about the disease, which killed 300-thousand children in 2007. The model-turned-singer said her work as ambassador would focus on women and children infected with HIV. Earlier in the day, demonstrators had gathered on the steps of the Palais de Justice, France's highest court, to highlight the ongoing case of a French woman who is being prosecuted for infecting her husband with AIDS. Blowing horns and chanting, they called on the government to stop penalising those who transmit the virus, and denounced the prosecution of the woman. Police later removed the protesters from the steps of the courthouse.

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The Stone Bridge (Macedonian: About this sound Камен мост (help·info),Turkish: Taşköprü) is a bridge across the Vardar River in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The bridge is considered a symbol of Skopje and is the main element of the coat of arms of the city, which in turn is incorporated in the city's flag. The Stone Bridge connects Macedonia Square, in the center of Skopje, to the Old Bazaar.The bridge is also less frequently known as the Dušan Bridge after Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia. The Stone Bridge is built of solid stone blocks and is supported by firm columns that are connected with 12 semicircular arcs. The bridge is 214 m (702 ft) long and 6 m (20 ft) wide. The guardhouse has recently been reconstructed. The current Stone Bridge was built on Roman foundations under the patronage of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror between 1451 and 1469. Throughout the centuries, the Stone Bridge was often damaged and then repaired. There is historical evidence that it once suffered during the great earthquake of 1555 which heavily damaged or destroyed four pillars. Renovations were carried out the same year. In 1944, explosives were placed on the bridge by Nazis. When Skopje was liberated, the activation of the explosives was prevented and the bridge was saved from destruction. The last reconstruction of the bridge began in 1994. The watchtower shaped like a mihrab was reconstructed in 2008. Some executions have also taken place on this bridge, such as the execution of Karposh in 1689