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World AIDS Day is observed globally

Published December 2, 2008, 3:04 am, San Diego Union-Tribune

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Church bells tolled and workers put down their tools yesterday as South Africa observed a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic.

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