These became popular during the 1980s when AIDS victims faced short (and, sadly, predictable) life expectancies.

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Yet across that continent, only 50, 000 AIDS victims -- only 50, 000 -- are receiving the medicine they need.

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Next week will also see the release of a celebrity fundraising single for victims of Aids in Africa, and for victims of the terror attacks of 11 September in New York.

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Organisers are hoping that Laila Ali's famous name will help them reach out to young men and women who they say are the main victims of Aids and human trafficking.

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Africans' lifespan is still declining, owing largely to the scourge of AIDS, 60% of whose worldwide victims are African.

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Building schools, compensating victims, creating jobs and fighting AIDS may be more effective means to promote peace and deter future violence in Rwanda.

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