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Leaders to mark World Aids Day
Former US president George W. Bush will visit Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia on a campaign against HIV/Aids, among events marking World Aids Day tomorrow. Appearing via satellite, Bush will also take part in a panel discussion with President Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton. World Aids Day was first proclaimed in 1988 by the World Health Organisation, and since 1995 the sitting US president has traditionally used December 1 to make an official proclamation on HIV/Aids policy. According to UNAids, 25 million have died from HIV/Aids between 1981 and 2007, and more than 33 million have been living with the disease since 2007, including this 58-year-old patient photographed yesterday at the Khmer-Soviet Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
HK firemen to demand a shorter week
About 1,000 off-duty firemen will take to Hong Kong's streets in support of a 20-year-old demand to cut their working week to 48 hours from 54, in line with the other disciplined services. The firemen will march from Wan Chai to the government headquarters in Admiralty, where they will hand in a letter to a Security Bureau official. Au Wah-kin, secretary of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department Staffs General Association, stressed that public safety would be not compromised by the march.
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