By Graeme Hetherington A DOCTOR is working with HIV and TB patients in the remote heart of Africa with the support of a North-East charity.

Q. When is the best time of year to hike to the top of Half Dome? Any tips for an enjoyable experience? _ E.S., San Jose, Calif. A. The best time? Not now, that's for sure. The good news is: You have months to prepare for reaching the summit of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park.

By Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nov. 2--Today, 410 ex-TWA flight attendants who lost their jobs five years ago finally will get some good news. Not their jobs back. Not yet. But a reprieve, at least, for two months, while American Airlines, their union and Sen.

American Airlines is bringing back 200 laid-off U.S. flight attendants, including former TWA attendants American let go after it bought TWA in bankruptcy.

"If your husband boils this plant and drinks it in this herbal mixture, within a matter of minutes, he'll have no problem getting an erection." This matter-of-fact medicinal advice is delivered in softly spoken Swahili by Alfonse Bifumbo, a medicine man of some repute here in Bwindi, south-west Uganda.