Official's Firing Revives S. African Battles Over AIDS

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki's firing of a top health official with strong ties to AIDS activists has undermined a fragile, year-old truce over how to combat the epidemic, an issue crucial to the future of Africa's most prosperous nation.
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Craig Timberg

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