SA leader urges virginity tests
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South African's deputy president encourages young girls to take virginity test to help fight HIV/Aids.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 9--President Thabo Mbeki on Friday sought to reassure a worried South Africa that his government is stepping up its fight against crime but offered little new detail on how it can curb levels of rape, robbery and murder that are among the highest in the world.
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&quot;No Rubba no Hubba Hubba&quot; is the message being pushed in a campaign launched at Parliament today to try and stem the high rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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SINGAPORE : Parliament will be debating the AIDS issue and the fight against it, when it sits on November 24. The Senior Minister of State for Health, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, told
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African, especially southern African, nations must link tuberculosis testing and treatment with HIV prevention programs if they are to win the AIDS battle, a top World Health Organisation official said on Thursday.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki urged members of the new Pan-African Parliament to be the &quot;fearless champions&quot; of people who are hungry for change and hope to see a &quot;humane Africa&quot; finally born.
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A Conservative MP bids to give parents the right to know if underage daughters are being advised on abortion.
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South Africa's deputy health  minister on Tuesday denied calling upon President Thabo Mbeki  to take a public AIDS test, but repeated that she believed it  was important for national leaders to be tested.
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South Africa's leading churches  urged President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday to call a referendum on  gay marriages, saying a recent court ruling in favor of the  unions ignored overwhelming public opposition.
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Hundreds of virgins gathered in the Ugandan capital on Friday to meet the country&#39;s first lady and renew their pledges to abstain from premarital sex.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, surrounded by rock stars, launched a book of photographs of a major anti-AIDS concert on Thursday with a call to ordinary people to take a lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - A leading Australian fertility expert said Thursday he has asked state lawmakers to help turn around dwindling sperm bank reserves by publicly signing up as donors.  Prof.
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Ireland should give greater rights to homosexual couples, says Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
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Â· Law must take its course, says South Africa president Â· Comments follow defeat for ANC leadership
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PUTRAJAYA: People who are HIV-positive must build up their own skills and not depend too much on employers, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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The mayor of the tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn has pleaded not guilty to sex abuse charges, reports say. Steve Christian was the first of seven men to appear in a trial highlighting a local culture of underage sex.
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South Africa has unveiled plans to halve the number of people being infected with the AIDS virus within five years by persuading youngsters to delay the start of their sex lives.