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A high-level panel on U.N. reform on Thursday endorsed a proposal by U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis to create a new U.N. agency focusing specifically on women, the Toronto Star reports (Ward, Toronto Star, 11/10). Lewis earlier this year said that such an agency is needed in part because HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects women and girls in Africa. [click link for full

State legislators will get more done and boost public respect for the Oregon Legislature if they adopt some of the recommendations of a special commission, members of the panel believe.

Mount Union College’s Center for Public Service will present a panel series on the midterm election 2006 at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Presser Recital Hall. Panel members will discuss the election outcomes’ relevance to Ohio’s role in the 2008 presidential elections.

WASHINGTON - After meeting with President Bush on Monday, a panel of prestigious Americans will begin deliberations to chart a new course on Iraq, with the goal of trying to stabilize the country with a different U.S. strategy and possibly starting to withdraw more than 140,000 troops.

The disciplinary panel of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority will meet on Monday to consider the case of jockeys Brian Reilly and Dean Williams and registered owner Owen Churchill.

A disciplinary panel will discuss the cases of Brian Reilly, Dean Williams and Owen Churchill on Monday.

A Middleton panel hopes to keep alive an effort to solve the space crunch in the town`s elementary schools, despite voter rejection of its plan to build a new school on Locust Street.

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey`s bickering-prone legislative ethics panel is expected Monday to consider whether it should investigate an influential South Jersey senator, a debate likely to spark partisan squabbling and more talk on whether legislators can police each other.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will give evidence on Tuesday to a U.S. bipartisan panel that is reviewing policy in Iraq as Washington and London seek ways to stem violence in the country and draw down their troops.