lions of people, particularly in Africa and the Islamic world, where the
             per capita continues to fall. Half of the world earns and lives on less
             than $2 a day (Inter-American Development Bank). Disease, prominently the
             dreaded AIDS, and infant mortality have cut lives down significantly.
             President Bush wanted to close the very wide gap between progressive
             nations and these in utter need and despair, realizing that this wide and
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