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RESEARCHERS who picked up and analysed wild chimp droppings said today they had shown how the AIDS virus originated in wild apes in Cameroon and then spread in humans across Africa and eventually the world. Their study, published in the journal Science, supports other studies that suggest people somehow caught the deadly human immunodeficiency virus from chimpanzees, perhaps by killing and eating them. "It says that the chimpanzee group that gave rise to HIV ... this chimp community resides in Cameroon," said Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama, who led the study. "But that doesn't mean the epidemic originated...

'WE ALL have AIDS!" Remember this new slogan devised by fashion's Kenneth Cole. THE FIGHT against AIDS has never drafted a better fighter than Ken, a handsome brilliant guy, who has already made his mark stating his various philosophies as part of his advertising formulas. He is wed to Mario and Matilda Cuomo's daughter, Maria, and they have three children. He has been a big success story in the fashion world for ages. When Ken took over as the head of AmFAR, joining Dr. Mathilde Krim, he didn't know what was coming. He spent a year working on how to...

The obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires was covered by a giant pink condom as the city marked World AIDS Day. ADVERTISEMENT The city's health secretary, Donato Spaccavent, said the condom was placed on the monument to show that "you cannot lower your guard" against AIDS, which affects more than 120,000 people in Argentina. In a radio interview, Spaccavent encouraged condom use to prevent sexually-transmitted diseases and slammed critics of the obelisk's symbolic condom. A record 40.3 million people live with HIV/AIDS in the world.

Will and his partner are like a well-oiled machine when it comes to making their morning coffee. Will, wanted to donate blood: We never had a fight. Never had one fight. They have been in a monogamous relationship for five years and recently the couple was moved by the images of the devastation left behind by hurricane Katrina. Will: I went to donate blood, because I felt like I needed to do something for the hurricane victims. But before will could even roll up his sleeves, he was told his blood was unwanted. The reason - it wasn't because he...