South African Leader Declines to Join the Chorus on HIV and AIDS

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Durban, South Africa—When South African President Thabo Mbeki rose to address the opening ceremony for the XIII International AIDS Conference here last Sunday, the thousands of researchers packed into Kingsmead Stadium hoped he would say three simple words: HIV causes AIDS. He didn't. "He waffled while Rome is burning," said Glenda Gray, a pediatrician who co-runs a perinatal HIV clinic at Soweto's enormous Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.