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HIV Kills Record 3 Million This Year

HeadlineNov 26, 2003

A record three million people with AIDS have died this year across the globe including 500,000 children under the age of 15. Meanwhile the total number of people infected with HIV has grown to 40 million as the virus is spreading more quickly in places like India, Russia and China. This according to a report issued Tuesday by the organization UNAIDS. However UNAIDS did report that the infection rate was falling in portions of Africa.

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