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BROWARD COUNTY - The Greater Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fla. area will play host to the National Minority AIDS Council's (NMAC) 10th annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA). The conference is scheduled for Sept. 21-25 at the Westin Diplomat Hotel on Hollywood Beach. The Broward County Health Department hosts a first time visitor to Broward County, USCA and Miami-Dade County Health Departments in partnership with several community-based organizations. Over 3,000 people are expected to attend the conference.
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The 2006 USCA will feature a combination of plenary sessions, workshops, training seminars, round-tables, poster presentations and plenty of local and national entertainment for conference attendees. Session topics will include: Building Healthy Organizations, Care and Primary Care, Housing, Nutrition, Prevention, Public Policy, Research and International Issues. A highlight of the conference is a presentation by Dr. [Robert Gallo] and Dr. [Luc Montagnier], the co-discoverers of HIV. They will be speaking for the first time together about recent innovations in the treatment of HIV.
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Hope Hotel and Conference Center has agreed to name the conference center for the late Richard C. Holbrooke, who negotiated the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995 at the hotel to end the war in Bosnia.
Holbrooke, a career U.S. diplomat, died Monday at 69 years of age.
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NEW YORK - A pair of judges put an end Tuesday to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors argued the hotel housekeeper accusing the French diplomat of sexual assault couldn't be trusted.
The decision to drop the charges in a case that has attracted global attention as a cauldron of sex, violence, power and politics had been widely expected. Prosecutors filed court papers Monday saying that they could not trust the word of the hotel housekeeper accusing the French diplomat of attempted rape.
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FRANCHISEES from the Sir Speedy and PIP Printing systems gathered in Ft. Lauderdale for their annual convention. Held at the Westin Diplomat hotel, this year's theme was "Set Sail to Our Future." Along with a packed educational program and a Floridathemed social schedule, the event featured a trade show that drew more than 100 exhibitors. Educational sessions included presentations on sales, marketing, management, technology, direct mail, and Internet resources.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam-rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out gig to play on Friday.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla., July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- 100 Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant Contestants will be packing 20,000 ready to eat meals in two hours on Monday, July 5th at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. The meals packaged by the Hooters Girls will go to malnourished children in Haiti. "We are proud to have Hooters support the important work that Stop Hunger Now does to aid the hungry around the world," said Mike McNeil, the Vice President of Marketing for Hooters of America. "It makes sense for a restaurant company to be involved in the noble goal of ending world hunger, and the fact that 100 Hooters Girls will be able to create 20,000 meals in just a few hours is a testament to the ingenuity and efficiency of this fine Organization.
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The 100 Black Men of America, Inc. and the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau willhostapress breakfast on Thursday, August 20, 2009, at 8a.m., at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to announce the details of the 24th Annual 100 Black Men of America Conference. This event will provide partiapatingmedia outlets with highlights of the upcoming 2010 conference, the 100 Black Men of America's global mentoring efforts, various community outreach programs, announcements from select corporate partnerships and details concerning the conference's regional economic impact.
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Entertainment Editors/Music Writers
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002
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NEW YORK - Dominique Strauss-Kahn formally asserted his innocence Monday to charges he tried to rape a hotel maid, but the drama unfolded outside the Manhattan courtroom as protesters jeered the former International Monetary Fund leader, and lawyers for the housekeeper said she was eager to testify despite a "smear campaign" against her.
Strauss-Kahn's attorneys offered a rival account of the May 14 encounter at his $3,000-per-night Manhattan hotel suite, hinting again that the French diplomat might argue the encounter was consensual.